[CW] Daylight Savings Time.

[N7DC at cs.com]

I alwlays call it "Daylight Idiot Time" personally. If someone wants to go to work an hour earlier, or later, let him do it.  Leave me alone?  I had much rather have an extra hour of daylight when I get home in the afternoon, so I can do some things around the yard.  Thumbs up for Arizona.




myself."Sherrill Watkins" <Sherrill.Watkins at dgs.virginia.gov> wrote:

>Gentlemen: Wayne, your story is incomplete. While it may have been Mr.
>Benjamin Franklin who developed the idea in the 18th Century, 100+ years
>before the invention of low cost efficient lighting, it was the U.S. Congress
>that adopted daylight saving time nationwide about 35 years ago so as to
>provide more daylight at the end of the working day during late spring,
>summer and early fall. (It was Carl Marx who developed the idea of the income
>tax as a way to distroy the middle class so as to develop a "workers
>paradise" but it was Congress that enacted it to pay for World War I. The
>income tax passed Congress with all kinds of lofty ideals and b.s.) I
>remember when Congress passed daylight saving time and there was opposition
>to it, mainly from rural people who did not want their children waiting for
>the school bus in the early morning darkness. They were outvoted by the
>idealistic "best interest of the people" crowd. But never fear, CONGRESS
>always knows best! HI! - 73-k4own- Sherrill W.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: k9di at k9di.org [mailto:k9di at k9di.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:21 AM
>To: cw at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [CW] Re: Daylight Savings Time.
>
>
> Hi Don es the gang,
>Wayne K9DI es Leader Dog Patriot here.
>The person you want to string up for coming up with
>the idea of Daylight Savings is the one...the only...
>Benjamin Franklin.  He came up with the idea to help
>owners of various types of manufactories.  The main
>idea was to allow these entrepenaurs (sp?) to get as
>much use of free daylight without incurring the extra
>expense of providing light by burning the expensive
>light sources then available. i.e. candles and or
>torches.  As far as I know this is the "story" behind
>Daylight savings time.  I could be wrong.
>Vy 73
>de
>Wayne K9DI
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