Sell your Noctilux

[jeff voorhees]

Now that the collective genius that is our House of Representatives

has decided to extend daylight savings time...what a bunch of idiots.

[kelly_flanigan1]

Jeff; just move to part of Indiana; or any of Hawaii or Arizona :) Daylight savings was used in 1918; then later in World war 2. During the 1970's it was diddled with again in the energy-availablity crisis. In the UK it was called summer time in 1916.<BR><BR>OK required reading for tonight is "An Economical Project"; by Ben Franklin.<BR><BR><a href="http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin.html"><b>"This event has given rise in my mind to several serious and important reflections," the letter continued. Had he not been aroused at so early a morning hour, he would have slept until noon through six hours of daylight and therefore, living six hours the following night by candlelight. Realizing the latter was much more expensive than the former, he began calculating, for the sheer love of economy, the utility of his discovery -- the true test of any invention.</b></a><BR><BR>

[kelly_flanigan1]

The Navajo Indian Reservation in arizona does use DST

[kelly_flanigan1]

Most folks sell their Noctilux in less than 24 months; after the honeymoon phase.

[garvey_p]

The House of Representatives has decided to [send a bill to the Senate for their consideration, which, if passed by the Senate and then signed into law by the President, would] extend daylight savings time.

 

...just a refresher for those who have no flippin' idea how the country works...

[eliot_rosen1]

So what. Chill out, man.

[eliot_rosen1]

Garvey. To be really picky, one would have to say that it does not have be signed by the President to become law. If the President does not veto it within a prescribed period, it will automatically become law even if it is not signed.

[david j.lee]

aahhhh......the sweet sound of the kids in the neighborhood playing and

shouting outside your window in broadlight at 10pm....

[nemeng]

Hmmm, sounds like Mr Voorhees needs to pack and move to Queensland...<p>

 

<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/04/more_on_dayligh.html">

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/04/more_on_dayligh.html</a>

[garvey_p]

Eliot:

 

Or to be really, really picky, if Congress were in adjournment, a pocket veto would occur.

;-)

Garvey

[richie chishty]

What's the big deal? Don't you like sunlight? :-)

[SCL]

Jeff - And you find a problem with conservation of energy, or daylight, or is it the House of Representatives? I personally think it is a terrific idea.

[steve g]

Congress loooves conservation:

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/26/energy.bill.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/26/energy.bill.ap/index.html</a><br>

<br>

So does the EPA!:

<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/28/news/economy/epa_fueleconomy/index.htm">http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/28/news/economy/epa_fueleconomy/index.htm</a>

[eliot_rosen1]

So go buy a Yugo and keep the political crap off pnet. :-)

[jim_cain]

I dedest daylight saving time. If your car is parked outside, it will induce

fading of the paint.

[dave_chadderton]

The number of daylight (and dark) hours does not change!

Think of all those early morning shots you can use the Noctilux for ..

 

I know that the US government can do most things, but slowing the rotation of the earth isn't one of them. Yet.

[ben z]

"Sell your Noctilux

 

Now that the collective genius that is our House of Representatives has decided to extend daylight savings time...what a bunch of idiots."

 

 

I've already asked my Mom and she's agreed to let me stay up an extra hour if that happens.

[jeff voorhees]

Thanks everyone. There are some funny and intelligent responses here. I realize it has yet to be signed into law, but my point is that the whole bill only looks forward to the next decade...what about 25 to 50 years down the line? This daylight savings time thing is just myopic.

 

Yes indeed, there is life beyond the end of the nose and the Noctilux is a beast anyway.

[dr._karl_hoppe]

Yes, the Navajo Reservation--which spans non-DST Arizona and DST-observing New Mexico--does use DST, but the Hopi Reservation--which is completely surrounded by the Navajo Reservation (and wholly within Arizona)--does not observe DST. When driving up to the Hopi Reservation, you go from non-DST Arizona, to DST Navajo Land, and finally back to non-DST Hopi Land.