[PPRAANet] Update info for Time Change on Sunday

[amxlady at att.net]

Somebody forgot to tell my critters that the US Congress decided to make us all start an hour earlier yesterday.  In fact, yesterday the sun ignored the law and gave us a spectacular show on its own schedule.  In spite of the government's best efforts, the sun came up according to it's own schedule today and the critters woke up with the solar alarm clock.  The daytime temperature rose as the sun did, but since those who know best decided to do something ineffective instead of putting together a real energy plan, I had to light a fire when I got up because it was still cold.  Compare that to Friday morning when I did not need a fire because it was already warming up outside when I dragged myself out of bed.

I'd feel more warm and fuzzy if there were any reliable studies showing any energy savings to offset the additional costs and aggravation to those of us who are already sleep-deprived or if I thought for half a second that there were more than a handful of folks in government who ever had to stagger out of bed and start work before sunrise on a regular basis.  

My rant for the month!!!

73, de KC0PBR

--
Reputation equals character minus 
what you have been caught doing.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bob Witte K0NR <list at k0nr.com>
> Thanks for the info, Dick. However, my thinking at this point is to 
> implement a bold plan of passive resistance in my household against this 
> silly and ineffective action by the US government. We will ignore the 
> change in DST date and let our computers be off by one hour for the next 
> few weeks. Expect my email messages to have the "wrong" time on them 
> during the transition period. Following this approach with all clocks in 
> the house has the added benefit of being late to work and missing many 
> boring meetings. I would think people that are retired would find this 
> strategy to be especially practical and appealing.
> 
> What if they changed the Daylight Saving Time date and no one showed up?
> Join the revolt by ignoring stupid laws!
> 
> 73, Bob K0NR
> 
> [Just kidding...mostly ]
> 
> Dick-w0raa wrote:
> > http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/systems/daylight/windows.html
> >
> > Since we are going to have to change our computer clocks and all our 
> > other clocks on Sunday, the above link is a step by step guide to see 
> > if your operating system is up to date and modified to make the time 
> > changes automatically.  I got this site from the N1MM reflector.  I 
> > clicked on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (which is the OS I'm running), 
> > and followed the instructions of what to look for in Control Panel - 
> > Add Remove Programs area.  My system is updated and ready.
> >
> > Make sure yours is also ready.  If it isn't, the process is simple.
> >
> > Dick
> > W0RAA
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