ok maybe i can see the trick-or-treator safety idea if i really stretch my 
imagination



pro is to con as progress is to congress


On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Steve Dresser wrote:

> Hank,
>
> In 1974, President Nixon abolished daylight saving time on the theory that
> doing so would save energy.  He assumed that if the sun went down later in
> the day, people would use less energy for lights at night.  Unfortunately,
> he overlooked the fact that they would have to use the energy for lights in
> the morning before the sun came up.  As a friend of mine used to say, "It
> don't take no brains to be stupid."
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 17:32
> Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change
>
>
>> what happened in 1974?
>>
>> 73
>> hank smith
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harvey" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change
>>
>>
>>> Yes, they will give it a couple of years so that software authors will
>>> have
>>> time to undo the damage done by this experiment.  I remember the disaster
>>> of
>>> 1974, and you're right, Steve.  It was a dismal failure.  I don't really
>>> see
>>> the need for Daylight Saving time at all, but if we are going to have it,
>>> I
>>> think something like from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend is enough.  I
>>> believe Glenn Houser and Art Bell have also spoken out against this hoax.
>>> Harvey
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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