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Date Posted: 13:53:40 08/28/05 Sun
Author: Matthew Villani
Subject: Re: Daylight savings time extension
In reply to: Adriana 's message, "Re: Daylight savings time extension" on 08:50:39 08/25/05 Thu

>>>>>yea, bad idea unless you live in a great sunshine
>>>>>state like california or florida which i do. i
>guess
>>>>>it only adds to the dreary feeling most midwest and
>>>>>north attitude which is apparent there when the
>>>don't
>>>>>get enough sunshine. sunlamps are available in
>store
>>>>>kinda of inexpensive so people don't go off the
>deep
>>>>>end. also a two or three week vacation in hawaii
>>>might
>>>>>get you through the winter.
>>>>
>>>>But still, the days are short in the south, too. The
>>>>winter blues is caused mainly by a lack of sunlight,
>>>>and can even be seen as far south as tropical Key
>>>>West. Anyhow, I'd have to partially agree with
>>Adriana
>>>>about DST. But, I'd like to keep DST around for
>>>>April-October. And the sun time thing is a bit too
>>>>weird. I agree that it's most natural, but I
>couldn't
>>>>imagine it being 8:10 AM here, and 8:05 AM in nearby
>>>>Johnstown, and 8:30 in NYC. I like having DST for
>the
>>>>summer, since it would only be daytime until a
>little
>>>>after 9 PM in late June, instead of how it is now,
>>>>getting dark out around 10:15 in late June. But, I
>>>>agree, dumb idea to make it stay light out until
>>after
>>>>8 PM in the middle of March, which is clearly
>winter,
>>>>because it just wouldn't make sense. The first week
>>in
>>>>November having DST I could deal with (but not any
>>>>farther into November than that), but not before the
>>>>first Sunday in April.
>>>
>>>Like i said the sun time thing wouldn't work,
>>>especially in modern times, however i don't see the
>>>appeal of sunlight until almost midnight, unless you
>>>live in Alaska or whatever. Don't you agree that it
>>>just seems unnatural to be light out that late and
>not
>>>get light out until around 4 AM?
>>
>>It doesn't seem that unnatural. The appeal is you can
>>do outdoor activities until after 10, instead of
>>thinking about packing it up at 9. And besides, do you
>>really want the sun to fill your bedroom with its glow
>>at 4 AM, which is the very beginning of the morning?
>>And starting to see streaks of light in the horizon,
>>in the middle of the night? That would seem weird to
>>me.
>
>To tell the truth, yes i would like it. It would be
>nice to have early sunlight. 4 AM isn't the middle of
>the night, btw, it's the early morning.

Any reason you'd prefer to have it early instead of late? BTW, I wasn't referring to 4 AM, I meant 3 AM, which is night, and when you would see the first signs of twilight.

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