CURRENT EVENTS

  • Thread starter Thread starter nycfan
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies: 1K
  • Views: 29K
  • Politics 
1moretimeagain said:
I guess the Senate is open while the House is closed

Click to expand...

I once sent an email to Jeff Jackson when he was my Representative in Congress saying I didn't care which time system we used, I just wanted the same one all year long. I quickly got a reply from one of aides and I could practically feel the spittle on the key board as he typed his response to me. Apparently I had hit a sore spot with him. He just went on and on about how one time system all year had overwhelming support in Congress but for reasons incomprehensible to him the matter just never comes to a vote. Today failure to act is attributable to Tom Cotton (POS-Ark).
 
05C40 said:
I once sent an email to Jeff Jackson when he was my Representative in Congress saying I didn't care which time system we used, I just wanted the same one all year long. I quickly got a reply from one of aides and I could practically feel the spittle on the key board as he typed his response to me. Apparently I had hit a sore spot with him. He just went on and on about how one time system all year had overwhelming support in Congress but for reasons incomprehensible to him the matter just never comes to a vote. Today failure to act is attributable to Tom Cotton (POS-Ark).
Click to expand...
As a resident of Arizona who recognizes the one true god, Mountain Standard Time, 365 days a year, I cannot stress how good it is to not ever have to change clocks.
 
I grew up on a farm and ended up working construction. My day mainly operated according to the sun. What time you called it only mattered in terms of what's open and closed and when to meet. You can call that anything as long as you have what you call it in common.

I get this is a very self centered way to look at it but I'll be damned if I understand why it matters. I'm given to understand that DST is more energy efficient. That's a tangible argument for it. Is it true? Are there tangible arguments against it? What are the intangibles?
 
finesse said:
I grew up on a farm and ended up working construction. My day mainly operated according to the sun. What time you called it only mattered in terms of what's open and closed and when to meet. You can call that anything as long as you have what you call it in common.

I get this is a very self centered way to look at it but I'll be damned if I understand why it matters. I'm given to understand that DST is more energy efficient. That's a tangible argument for it. Is it true? Are there tangible arguments against it? What are the intangibles?
Click to expand...
I think it matters most for most working people who have to work a set schedule and for kids going to school on a set schedule.
I don't know about benefits of DST but there are plenty of disadvantages, the primary one being health. There are tons of studies on the health benefits of year round standard time. Here's a recent one.
med.stanford.edu

Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time

According to a new analysis by Stanford Medicine scientists, changing clocks twice a year disrupts circadian rhythms, leading to higher rates of stroke and obesity.
med.stanford.edu med.stanford.edu
 
Twice a year, the topic of the time change comes up (for obvious reasons). As I’ve said many times before, keep it like it is! People don’t realize how good we have it.

Between March a November most of us get more tome to do things outside when we get off work. Between November and March, it’s not pitch black at 7:00 AM (like it is at the moment).

We’ve got it good, people. Setting the clock forward is only a minor inconvenience that impacts us no more than 72 hours, and then we get lots of time over the next several months to spend outside when we’re not working, and even a little daylight after work into the fall so that we can get out and enjoy that pleasant fall weather. And setting the clock back in the fall is not inconvenient at all. It’s a gift. We get an extra hour. And we don’t have to go out in the dark to go to work, take our kids to school/have them stand at the bus stop, go for a morning walk/run, etc.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top