[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next

[Phil Wheeler]

I think that was in every paper in the country, 
Dave. Truly a slow day :-)

73, Phil W7OX

On 3/8/15, 4:47 PM, dyarnes wrote:
> Phil and All,
>
> Since it's a slow day, I thought I would pass on 
> this tidbit from the Washington Post about all 
> the "myths" as to what really justifies Daylight 
> Savings time.  Here in Arizona we don't change 
> our clocks, but just about everyone else 
> does--Hawaii Doesn't, and there are a couple 
> more pockets that don't change.  Not that I 
> particularly mind DST, except for the confusion 
> it causes, but I never really understood how the 
> claimed benefits were really backed up by fact.  
> To me, the energy savings argument never made 
> sense because, for one thing, it seemed like a 
> lot of folks would run their air conditioning 
> longer!!!
>
> Anyway, here's a link to the article:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-daylight-saving-time/2015/03/06/970092d4-c2c1-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1 
>
>
> The article addresses various "myths" about why 
> we have DST--it helps the farmers, it is 
> healthier, it saves energy, business likes it, 
> etc.  None of these seem to stand up to 
> scrutiny.  In fact, there apparently is 
> significant cost, in both dollars and extensive 
> confusion, that counter the advantages--if they 
> even exist!  Apparently, even the cows get 
> confused by DST!  Hi.  Right here in Arizona I 
> marvel at how many people really struggle with 
> the fact that, during DST, we are on the same 
> time as California!
>
> Anyway, you may chose to believe what's written 
> in the article, or not.  It is an interesting 
> discussion!
>
> Dave W7AQK