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Turning back time or, Is it getting hot?
My pea brain
| 11/09/2014
| outofsalt
Posted on 11/09/2014 6:55:30 AM PST by outofsalt
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Somehow our government feels we benefit from adjusting the clocks to obscure our perception of time. They do this in other ways; inflation data, unemployment data, census data, health data and, many other policy forming information are, massaged or adjusted to generate metadata in order to help us cope with the myriad of societal problems we face. By, calibrating information we can improve the, message and impose policies to resolve issues. Daylight savings was adopted to help us save energy, or so the argument goes.
As a service to my country, and in an attempt to help us all feel better and get along, I would like to help resolve the climate science debate by proposing a new way to handle the problem. We should stop adjusting the data from the many weather stations used to measure climate change and simply introduce thermometers calibrated for winter and summer. On the spring and autumn equinoxes we simply exchange thermometers.
The summer thermometers will measure 100 degrees Fahrenheit as 85 degrees, summer cooling therms and in the winter, 32 degrees will be reported as 45 winter warming therms. By adjusting the terms we improve the therms! We will end all the acrimony of unsettled science. We will all save energy and reduce pollution by feeling better about the milder temperatures and most importantly we will come together as a nation united by our common delusion! What do you say America?
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:55:30 AM PST
by
outofsalt
To: outofsalt
Somehow our government feels we benefit from adjusting the clocks to obscure our perception of time.
Excellent!!
I hate daylight savings time..and its unecessarily necessary adjustments!
May i suggest all like minded FREEPERS in those states that Observe DST....and allow for ballot initiatives...help ELIMINATE this travesty at the next election.
- - - - - - -[ your state name here ] Shall hereby recognize Standard TIme.
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:59:34 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
My brilliance seems lost on you. Rather than fight daylight savings you might consider nominating me for a nobel, or at least an ig-nobel.
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:08:23 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
LOL!
I couldn't resist!
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:08:52 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: outofsalt
When told the reason for daylight savings time the Old Indian said, “Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.”
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:11:53 AM PST
by
Redcitizen
(.)
To: outofsalt
It’s like cutting two feet off the top of your blanket and sewing in onto the bottom of your blanket so you have a longer blanket.
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:12:45 AM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:18:40 AM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: outofsalt
Try working rotating shifts.
Week 1 - four 8hr days Monday-Thursday
Week 2 - Three 12hr nights starting Friday night
Week 3 - 12hr night Monday night, and three 12hr days Friday-Sunday
Week 4 - Three 12hr nights Tuesday-Thursday
Week 5 - Four 12hr days Monday-Thursday
Repeat for 30 years.
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:19:55 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
To: outofsalt
***and in the winter, 32 degrees will be reported as 45 winter warming therms.***
Reminds me of the story of the farmer who planted a field of popcorn.
That summer it got so hot the popcorn started popping in the fields. Two mules in a nearby field thought it was snowing so they immediately froze to death.
To: outofsalt
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:22:14 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Jack Hydrazine
Let's not squaw-bull! Is she the first fauxahantes?
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:23:22 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Not mules. Maybe, Jackasses...
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:27:39 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
I think you miss the point. The dim’s need global warming to scare monger the public. Thus they need DST. The extra hour of daylight causes the earth to warm.
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:44:58 AM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: outofsalt
To: Nuc 1.1
Ahh..! It’s a conspiracy! That Algore guy is really something.
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posted on
11/09/2014 8:13:45 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Robert DeLong
I knew the Socialist Democrats were at the root of the problem...most problems, really. Though maybe in 1916 they were still called progressives?
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posted on
11/09/2014 8:16:16 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
11/09/2014 8:33:08 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: dynoman
Try working rotating shifts.
I lasted about 3 years at Kaiser Aluminum (mid 70's) with a similar schedule, which they called a 21 day turn.
Week 1: Swing shift, 7 days straight then 2 days off.
Week 2: Day shift, 7 days straight then 2 days off.
Week 3: Graveyard shift for 7 days then 5 days off.
Repeat for 5 years then you got 10 weeks paid time off to clear all the toxins from your body. It was brutally hard work that paid pretty well.
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posted on
11/09/2014 8:57:23 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: outofsalt
YES! See how easy it was! ; D )
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posted on
11/09/2014 9:00:52 AM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
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