The idea is that having more light earlier in the morning, the children waiting for school buses don't have to wait in the dark, where they are more at risk of either being snatched by some bad guy or hit by a car that doesn't see them in the dark.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Summer Time, "state of art" >Perhaps it is like my boss indicated. He likes the time >change. Because it gives him sunshine hours after work. >So he goes out and does things. Which stimulates the economy. >So summer hours basically help the economy by urging people >to spend more money. I'm still waiting for someone to explain why it is good to have "sunshine hours after work" in summer but not in winter. You might say that in winter it is dark when you leave the office any way, so it doesn't help. True, but it doesn't do any harm either, does it?. -- Peter Hunkeler The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
