Re: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

That reminds me of a job I applied for which was about 60 miles away. At normal hours, the commute was never less than 90 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. At off-peak hours it could be done in about 75 minutes. Still a very ugly commute. I had plans to find a place to stay over two nights a week. 

But, they weren't flexible enough to go for either off-hours or working from home a day or two a week, either of which were fine.

Now here's the irony. The job I got a few months later was 2 miles from home; then even when that office moved it was still less than 5. My current job is also 2 miles away, and now that I'm so close, I'm in a situation where I could work from home 2 or 3 days a week if I needed to. Go figure !


Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 6:40 PM
> I find it amusing that the people who
> think about the value of DST are the
> same ones who put themselves right into the middle of the
> rat race doing
> that 8-5 thing.  They sacrifice all of their free time
> (the one thing that
> CANNOT be replaced) by 0800 traffic, 1200 lunch traffic and
> 1700 traffic.
> Where I used to live, I could never find work because
> interviewers looked at
> my 60-mile oneway drive to work and thought how long it
> would take.  By
> staggering work schedules out 60-90 minutes later, I could
> cover that 60
> miles in the same time it took them to drive 8 miles. 
> Stagger lunch by the
> same amount and I could actually have time to leisurely eat
> my lunch.
> Stagger the go-home time and I had my choice to where to
> eat and where to
> shop.  Of course I didn't feel the slightest need to
> sit in front of a TV
> every night and become a vidiot like most do.  Along
> with the time savings,
> I could get 30 mpg with the car when it would only get 20
> in
> bumper-to-bumper.  That saved me 2 gallons a day there
> too.
> 
> Mike (still cynical) Hawkins
> 
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> >
> > Why not just make the work day (for those lucky enough
> to still have jobs)
> > from 8 am to 4 pm?????  Mike
> >
> > > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:20:39 -0500
> > > From: amdxmail@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time
> > >
> > >
> > > Daylight time is the actual "standard" now, being
> in effect for nearly
> > eight months a year. Nothing standard about Standard
> Time any longer. Why
> > don't the politicians just go ahead and put EST on
> Atlantic Time, CST on
> > Eastern, MST on Central and PST on Mountain, LEAVE
> THEM THERE and forget
> > about "Daylight Saving Time"? We're two-thirds of the
> way there already, and
> > it would end the twice-yearly clock changing.
> > >
> > > Steve Francis
> > > Alcoa, Tennessee
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 4:52 pm
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > hanks for the reminder--Yes they expand DST
> constantly thinking that it
> > has a
> > > ositive effect on the economy. Spring is near!!
> Mike Sanburn
> > >
> > > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:34:45 -0800
> > > From: kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx
> > > To: ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time
> > >
> > > Unlikely as it seems (as it is still winter)
> Daylight Time starts
> > > tomorrow morning at 2 a.m. local time. Seems like
> it gets earlier every
> > > year.
> > >
> > > Don Kaskey
> > >
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