Posted on 03/16/2022 10:08:39 AM PDT by PROCON
I remember that very clearly. That is why I advocate putting the clocks back to standard time and then just leaving them alone. It would seem easy to change business hours to suit.
-PJ
Energy crisis next
So, from Dec 73 to Oct 74? that was it?
Not even a full year?
Ask any group of people how they feel about a change and they are going to be against it.
This was before 24 hour everything, internet, stores open after 5 during the week and many even open on weekends. Large scale personal plane travel etc...
the world has changed. and we are much more a 24/7. global economy, regular people dealing with companies in different countries and time zones.
We actually NEED to know that it is X-pm in the UK or India on a regular basis now. Dealing with did they switch their clocks yet are they 5-6-7 hrs now, is a pain.
And the Russians were the bad guys, then!!
Yes. I was in high school. I had to catch the bus at 7:10 a.m. and I walked to the bus stop by starlight. I often disturbed stray dogs still using the cover of darkness to raid garbage cans. People with smaller children didn’t like sending their children off to school in the dark. It was a lot safer in 1973 than it is now, so I am guessing people will like it now even less.
I did a little research so I can write to my Congressman to vote against it. Under the new plan, the sun would rise after 8 a.m. in my part of Indiana (central time) from November through February. In Indianapolis, which is on the western edge of eastern time, the sun would rise around 9 a.m. during that time.
It was done to “alleviate the energy crisis.”
Nobody liked it except golfers, and it won’t be any different this time.
I was a kid in school and have no memory of this
I kinda like it!!
You need to find a place at the equator on the International Timeline. Alignment will shift throughout the year, and along a seven year cycle.
Not much but more than today’s crop.
This is the only bad idea that Ben Franklin had.
Why stop there? Eliminate all US time zones....lol
I remember that day. I was in first grade. My mom was helping me put on my mittens and I asked her why it was so dark outside. She replied something like, “I’ve dreaded this day since they said it was coming. It’s because of changing the clocks”.
I don’t remember anything else about it except that one morning. I don’t recall any problems arising from it.
Sheet....I walked to school. Never walked in the dark.........
I remember 22 cents a gallon gas at the pump when we stopped moving the clock......
Just saying
Vaguely. Yes I remember people complaining about it and it not lasting. I was born in 57 so I assume we are close in age.
Ditto for me and the wife. We don’t remember it either.
Pet rocks, mood rings and disco are on the horizon.
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