Wow, that is too funny. Good thing I hadn't just taken a sip of water or coffee when I opened up that picture.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Not only cows, but dogs don't like it either. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 10:13 AM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Dan Penoff > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sun's out later > > That was part of it, and little to do with the Wednesday afternoon fun on > the links of lawyers and bankers (my father was a banker, so I have direct > experience in this area.) > > Much of DST has to do with agrarian societies, the reasoning being that > longer light into the evenings gives farmers more time to work the fields. > While I can’t address all of this directly, I can tell you that based on > personal experience as a young man, farmers did use DST to their advantage > and it did help. When harvesting or detassling corn, being able to start > later in the day and work later made a difference as the condensation or > morning dew on the crops made it much harder to harvest or handle the > plants. Dairy farmers, however, don’t like it, because cows are sensitive > to time and changing their milking schedules can cause some serious affects > on production. We heard about this a lot in Wisconsin. > > Personally, I would like to see it gone. I know when we were growing up > in Indiana it was PITA because different parts of the state were on > different times…. > > -D > > > On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:32 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The feds meddled in the 70s. Jimmay cahtah's "energy saving" program > probably. AZ and HI opted out, but everyone else had to begin and end > stupid time on the same day. Fed meddling still exists. > > > > Max, in the beginning it was not about "energy savings" It was about > > more afternoon time on Wed afternoon when the docs, shysters and > > bankers closed early to go "hunt golf eggs in a pasture." (Granny > > Clampett) > > > > > > > >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> March 12, > >> 2018 at 9:37 AM > >> Here is what I think about every 6 months -- how can something so > universally-hated persist? At some point in the past I suppose there was > some semi-compelling reason to do it but there does not appear to be any > such reason now. The strongest one has something to do with kids going to > school, but that seems pretty lame. It appears there is no energy savings > to speak of, maybe even more is being used. > >> > >> I spent my first 20some years in Indiana where the clocks did not > change, but everyone else did. So in the summer we were in Central > Daylight Time zone, an hour behind the east coast, but in the winter we > were Eastern Standard Time zone, an hour ahead of Central Standard. The > only real issue was TV shows were on an hour earlier in the summer. I > think a coupla counties near Louisville and Chicago did whatever those > cities did, so they changed their clocks mostly so people who worked there > were not constantly in some weird situation. It mattered not to us as the > clocks and the sun just kept doing their things and there was a smooth > transition among the seasons. > >> > >> So it seems the states control whether clocks change, I don't think the > federal gubmint has anything to do with it. Next time I find myself > amongst any of our elected fools at the state level I need to ax this > question. > >> > >> --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
