Should We Do Away With "Daylight Savings Time"?
arwalden
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Sun Oct-30-05 12:50 PM
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Poll question: Should We Do Away With "Daylight Savings Time"?
Isn't this tinkering with the clock something that had more benefits to eighteenth century farmers and other work-by-daylight folks? In our current society, are such tricks necessary anymore? Is it outdated? In the twenty-first century, does it still have any real benefit to the US or our economy?
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:15 PM
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1. Yes, we should do away with it.
I don't see any point in it. I don't understand why we even have it anymore. It's not relevant in the 21st century. It's nothing more than a nuisance. Get rid of it. Daylight savings is nothing more than an anachronism.
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:23 PM
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3. How is it an anachronism?
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:18 PM
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2. It is a benefit to some businesses...
Particularly in tourist areas where they can get alot of foot traffic later in the day... Also, on a selfish note...I HATE leaving work when it is dark outside. And, not only are they not doing away with it...I believe in 2007 it is being extended a month!!!
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:23 PM
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4. eighteenth century farmers?
DST didn't really come into effect anywhere until the Great War
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:03 PM
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... I thought Benjamin Franklin had proposed the idea.
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:22 PM
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9. Franklin was not proposing DST, but rather that people should get up
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:25 PM
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5. We should do away with standard time..I like it lighter later in the day
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:36 PM
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10. What we *really* should do is
alter Earth's orbit and its pitch on its axis so that we have sunlight at least 18 hours a day, every day. Light good. Dark bad.
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:39 PM
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13. I get up early and prefer morning sunshine.
Until today, it's still been dark at 8:00 AM! I hate that. I like having daylight time and standard time.
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:26 PM
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6. When was/is daylight savings?
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:38 PM
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11. We returned to standard time today.
Daylight Savings Time is from April to October; Standard Time from October to April.
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Sun Oct-30-05 01:27 PM
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otherwise our calendars would be screwed up in the long run.
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:39 PM
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we're not a completely agrarian based society anymore more light occurs naturally during the summer anyway the only good thing about it is when we switch back to standard... the one day a year when i feel i got an extra hour of sleep i feel good & rested today... about 3 years younger :7
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Sun Oct-30-05 02:41 PM
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14. If it wasn't for DST, I'd have gotten up at 4:30 instead of 3:30PM today
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