Erik, I just told you what my parents told me, I didn't care to get involved in a debate with them and I'm not now, at least one based on ecconomic reasons or Big Brother wathcfullness (what will they blame the heart attacks on if the clocks don't change?) I can tell you are dead-set against DST. I love it, as I said before, for the extra daylight during my waking hours. I was a lab tech in a dark room for 5 years in the early '80's. During winter I'd arrive at work in the dark, work in the dark all day, and go home in the dark. It was utterly depressing. The only sunlight I'd see is if I had time to go out for lunch. And we don't get direct sunlight during the noon hour very often in winter. At least it was light. It sucked. Having the sun go down at 6 in December instead of 5 would have raised my spirits considerably. I can offer no ecconomic reason to stay on DST. I just like late evenings with natural illumination, for different reasons depending on the season. Makes me happy. That's justification enough, for me. If I had enough money, I'd quit my job and set my clocks to whatever time suited me. On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:37 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Changing school hours would be simple matter.
When I was a kid I remember my parents telling me that changing the clock
back in the fall had something to do with kids not walking to school in darkness in the morning. I never hear that story anymore. And I don't think kids walk anywhere anymore, anyway. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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