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To: ottbmare

You’re joking, right?


53 posted on 03/05/2014 9:16:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
You’re joking, right?

No, I'm certainly not joking. Let us say that the sun sets at eight p.m. If I finish work at, say, five o'clock, like most people, and get home at six, there are two hours in which I can enjoy sunshine--two hours to work in the garden, cut the grass, have dinner on the terrace, take the dogs for a run, ride a horse, whatever. If, however, DST is in operation and the clock is adjusted so that the sun sets at nine o'clock, I am still getting off work at five and taking an hour to get home, but now I have three hours after work in which to enjoy the outdoors.

IT would make no difference if work schedules shifted along with the clock, but for most of us they don't.

Now, you may say, "Do those things in the morning, before work." But this is not a practical suggestion. You can't have dinner before work. You can't run the lawnmower at 5:30 a.m. I certainly can't get up early enough to do something time-consuming and filthy, like riding a horse, and still be cleaned up, non-stinky, and ready to leave for work at 8 a.m.

No, like most people I treasure those long summer twilights with the kids running around until 9 or 9:30. DST gives families more time together before dark, and it's a beautiful idea.

61 posted on 03/05/2014 10:33:54 PM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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