Re: [IRCA] Daylight Savings Time

[Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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