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Date Posted: 21:19:57 09/29/05 Thu
Author: Adriana
Subject: Re: Alright i guess this is a boring topic to discuss
In reply to: Matthew Villani 's message, "Re: Alright i guess this is a boring topic to discuss" on 17:57:06 09/29/05 Thu

>>>So, what's everyone think of the expansion of
>daylight
>>>savings time from the middle of March until the
>middle
>>>of November? Personally i think that it's just plain
>>>bullshit, we already have the dst change to screw
>with
>>>our biological clocks, but to extend it from late
>>>winter until late fall?! They might as well start
>>>calling dst standard time and what's now known as
>>>standard time can be called "winter time" or
>whatever.
>>>Plus the setup makes no sense at all. Why start dst
>in
>>>mid-March, which is still winter? Personally, not
>only
>>>do i like the idea of abolishing dst altogether, but
>>>i'd like to take it a step further (although I
>realize
>>>it wouldn't work in the real world). I'd like to
>>>aboilish standard time too, and every community could
>>>go by sun time, the most natural time to go by. But i
>>>could live with standard time year round. 7 months of
>>>dst are bad enough (it seems so fake and unnatural),
>>>why increase it?
>>
>>Dammit i just wanna know if everyone agrees with me. I
>>wanna prove that more people agree with me than you,
>>Matthew, when it comes to this.
>
>Adriana, nobody agrees about dropping DST, get over
>it. :-P And yes, this really is a topic that most
>people would find boring.

Matthew, plenty of people care that's why it made the news. Come on there have to be some people that like discussing this kind of stuff. Or maybe then again i am a weirdo like everyone says.

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