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To: BenLurkin

Just think, without the invention of clocks, there’d be no daylight savings time.

The point of daylight savings time was part of makig time regular, at every point on earth, relative to each other and one place in particular.

Additionally, daylight savings Improves productivity and economic output.

The author misses the point.


8 posted on 11/01/2014 11:23:41 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome
I'm not sure I understand that. It looks like you've presented a compelling reason to have time zones, but I don't see how Daylight Savings Time has anything to do with "making time regular" -- especially when a lot of countries (I believe all of Asia, for example) don't even observe it.
21 posted on 11/01/2014 11:33:39 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: Vendome

Best answer is to retire. Go to bed when you want... get up when you want and don’t worry about the clock. :)


22 posted on 11/01/2014 11:33:43 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Vendome

Additionally, daylight savings Improves productivity and economic output.

I doubt it. There is a lot of productivity wasted in the twice yearly turnover.


31 posted on 11/01/2014 11:39:25 AM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Vendome

No, that is the point of time zones.


40 posted on 11/01/2014 11:49:25 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: Vendome

“Additionally, daylight savings Improves productivity and economic output.”

You really believe that nonsense? Just how much more productive do you expect people to be with bureaucrats messing with the sleep cycles of an entire nation? Daylight Savings Time has always resulted in a whole month where I have to drag myself through the day instead of feel alert and productive like I should. I’m sure I’m far from the only one affected in such a manner.


62 posted on 11/01/2014 12:47:38 PM PDT by Bill93
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To: Vendome
If DST really improves productivity and economic output, then why not move the clocks ahead permanently?

I'd suggest that DST has become less relevant over time no matter how you look at it, as computer networks, telecommunications and modern travel have effectively made the world much smaller. More and more business is being conducted internationally, which means the local time in a place halfway around the world has become less meaningful.

67 posted on 11/01/2014 12:57:01 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: Vendome

I say that if we can’t agree on either standard or daylight, the next time we need to adjust our clocks...

Let’s move them thirty minutes (half-way) and then leave them alone!!

Everybody wins.


101 posted on 11/01/2014 4:53:23 PM PDT by jaydee770
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