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dst - 'disputing saving time'?
Published Mar. 9, 2008This will put some kids out standing in the dark waiting on the bus won't it. I go with kids needs over adults wants any day.
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Yes. Are we now a nation scared of the dark?
March 9, 2008 11:48 p.m.
March 9, 2008 10:56 p.m.
I mean, just what is so sacred about the standard shift work hours of 7-3, 3-11, and 11-7? They are completely arbitrary and stem from cultural influences without any influence from the actual "time" of events. Who says that lunch is from 12-1? If you eat breakfast at 8 am, then lunch is four hours later, but dinner is at 6 so there is a five hour wait between those two meals. Why does the office workday end at 5? What makes 11 pm so special as a general bedtime? Why is August summer? You'd be freezing in August in the southern hemisphere.
It's all relative and arbitrary anyway.
GOLO member since July 3, 2007
March 9, 2008 10:46 p.m.
now why can't the gov think like this...this make sense...right ? i liked it anyway
GOLO member since February 21, 2008
March 9, 2008 10:36 p.m.
He learned patience even in solitude since his hometown was essentially a rural community with rather few neighbors. And he taught me imagination; the ability to dream and envision worlds unseen not only those under my feet (which led to a strong interest in science,) but also the world at large through reading.
One stark difference I remember was how we played Army. Up north, kids took army men and military vehicles, and had a melee without much direction or strategy. In the south, we build dirt mounds and constructed entire battle scenes, playing them out as if it were a true simulation.
GOLO member since July 3, 2007
March 9, 2008 10:11 p.m.
March 9, 2008 10:09 p.m.
I hate DST.
March 9, 2008 10:05 p.m.
March 9, 2008 10:03 p.m.
I grew up in the best of both worlds with the advantages of each.
GOLO member since July 3, 2007
March 9, 2008 10:02 p.m.
March 9, 2008 9:59 p.m.
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