Howard Brazee wrote:
Especially if you are in Arizona in the summer, one of the few places that doesn't believe we "save" time by changing our clocks.
Of course, Shane was referring to the fact that he lives in Australia. Eastern Time for them is not the same as Eastern Time in the United States.
When I was a kid, we had one analog clock on the mantle above the fireplace in the living room. Twice a year, my Dad would walk up to the clock and, in a process that took all of about two seconds, spin the minute hand on the clock once in the proper direction and walk away ... done!
Now, I have a clock in every room, in every car, on numerous kitchen appliances (oven, microwave, coffee maker, refrigerator, etc.), on telephones, answering machines, radios, TVs, fax machines, etc. I even have a clock on my shaver!
In my house, switching to/from Daylight Time has become an unbelievable twice-a-year hassle. Some clocks, e.g. on my fax machine, never get reset because I can't remember how to do it without digging out the manual. Life's too short!
IMHO, we should either a) make all time-telling devices adjust themselves automatically -- with some way to keep up with the local policy changes that will inevitably occur from time-to-time -- like mainframes do when synchronized with an ETR (notice the on-topic reference!) -- or b) just *permanently * set the time half-way between Standard and Daylight Time and call it even!
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