This is one for the books.

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Well of course not. What it does do is add hours of sunlight when
more
people are awake.

Probably a good reason that we don't have that Daylight Savings Time
nonsense here in Arizona. Around here, energy use is significantly
higher when the sun is shining.

I remember back during the "Oil Crisis" when they didn't revert to
standard
time in the winter. I loved it but I was between 10 & 12 years old at
the
time.

You liked that? I remember having to go to school while it was
still pitch dark outside. I hated it.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 at 14:11:07 in message
.com, John Galban
wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Well of course not. What it does do is add hours of sunlight when
more
people are awake.

Probably a good reason that we don't have that Daylight Savings Time
nonsense here in Arizona. Around here, energy use is significantly
higher when the sun is shining.

I remember back during the "Oil Crisis" when they didn't revert to
standard
time in the winter. I loved it but I was between 10 & 12 years old at
the
time.

You liked that? I remember having to go to school while it was
still pitch dark outside. I hated it.

In the UK during WW2 we had 'summer' time all the year round and
'double' summer time during the normal summer time period. I think the
idea then was to help boost factory production. I was at school then and
had to ride a mile to the rail station to catch an 07:35 train to
school. Mind you T think that almost all of the UK (except perhaps the
Channel Islands) are well north of all of the USA. So we get shorter
winter days.
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David CL Francis