On 10/18/06, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Blame it on FDR. It was a wartime thing to get more daylight working hours into the factories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings_time#History
DST was previously changed in 193 and back in 1976 for engery savings.
Now that most people in the US are not farmers, the excuse is schoolkids walking to school in the dark. Like any kids are actually allowed to walk to school by parents.
And don't give me any bullshit about farmers. Farmers get up when the
animals do, and always have. It's been a political thing from day
one. It's easier to dick with the clocks then it is to solve real
problems.
Blame it on FDR. It was a wartime thing to get more daylight working hours into the factories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings_time#History
DST was previously changed in 193 and back in 1976 for engery savings.
Now that most people in the US are not farmers, the excuse is schoolkids walking to school in the dark. Like any kids are actually allowed to walk to school by parents.
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