[Shotimes] Re: OT Indiana Goofy Time

[epperly1@optonline.net]

Makes more sense to have it at the end of the day. For only 2 weeks do I get to see the start of sunrise on the way to work. Then in the winter it is dark when I get home, killing any chance of working outside unless I bring out the lights.

                     Ken


> Z:  "Come on really, think about it, what  is the advantage to 
> DST?  I think 
> it's ridiculous.  Don't tell me "the  farmers want it"  I live in 
> the middle 
> of farm country, we don't want  it.  It's stupid, plain stupid.  
> Make it go 
> ther other way, that makes  sense.  Make it so I have an
> extra hour of daylight in the afternoon."  
> 
> Hooray, another voice crying in the wilderness.  I spent a lot of 
> time  on a 
> dairy farm when I was growing up and you're pretty much out of  
> bed when it's 
> still dark no matter what season it is.  (OK, on a crop  farm you 
> don't have 
> to get up early to milk the corn.)  I druther have the  daylight 
> at the end of 
> the day all year round.
> 
> Now for normal workadaddies like most of us, it's just a pisser to 
> have it  
> get dark so quick when they change the clock for winter.  Can't 
> get a damn  
> thing done outside after work.  Whereas, I only have to flick the 
> light  switch 
> in my office so why would I care if it's still dark outside when I 
> start work! 
> No, if they're gonna change it in winter, they should change  it 
> in the 
> OTHER direction so we have MORE daylight after work.
> 
> If there are any contractors or similar kinds of outdoor  workers 
> on this 
> list it'd be interesting to hear their opinions which might or  
> might not be 
> different from farmers.
> 
> Cheers
> Mark LaBarre
> 94 atx 130k
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