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thaitom
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Phopphra, Thailand
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 Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:09 am Post subject: Daylight savings time |
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| Are we suppose to set our clocks ahead tonite? |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| Not in Korea. |
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thaitom
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Phopphra, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't remember if we do it here. I just didn't want to be late for work tomorrow. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Korea tried it out for a couple of years around the 1988 Olympics but gave it up as "too complicated."
Worth the effort to try again, seems to me. Longer light summer evenings would be a good thing. |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| yeah, saves energy and its much safer when you're driving home from work in daylight. plus, crimes go down when its lighter. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:50 am Post subject: |
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crimes go down when its lighter.
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Is this really true? Does the mafia not have Rolexes that can be changed to daylight savings time? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| If Daylight Savings Time really works, why not have it all year round? |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
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crimes go down when its lighter.
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Is this really true? Does the mafia not have Rolexes that can be changed to daylight savings time? |
It is true. Why do you think the crime rates are so low in Alaska? In the summer it's too light to get away with anything and in the winter it's too cold to bother. 
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| If Daylight Savings Time really works, why not have it all year round? |
Because it doesn't work in the winter. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| krats1976 wrote: |
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| If Daylight Savings Time really works, why not have it all year round? |
Because it doesn't work in the winter. |
Stupid Father Time. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:42 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| If Daylight Savings Time really works, why not have it all year round? |
Because it doesn't work in the winter. |
Stupid Father Time. |
Stupid Daylight Savings Time.
Seriously, if nature intended for us to "have an extra hour" in summer, it would have accomadated us in that way. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Seriously, if nature intended for us to "have an extra hour" in summer, it would have accomadated us in that way. |
Thats tongue-in-cheek, I hope. But the "seriously" makes me uncertain.
Telling time (not to mention modern clock worship) has zero relation with nature. DST serves to put us at least a bit more in synch with natural daily rhythms. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Telling time (not to mention modern clock worship) has zero relation with nature. DST serves to put us at least a bit more in synch with natural daily rhythms. |
Plus saves us money and helps save the environment by reducing energy usage (if more of our 'awake time' is in line with daylight hours, we're turning on fewer lights for shorter amounts of time... ). |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'm glad they are getting rid of it next year- about friggin time they got around to it. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm glad they are getting rid of it next year- about friggin time they got around to it. |
"They" who? Did I miss something? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Oops, no. Wisahful thinking on my part (I blame it on lack of sleep).
But they are shortening, err, lengthening it starting next year. Ontario is following suit, and I believe Saskatchewan is not?
Anyway, I'm all confused- I wish there was no changing of time twice a year.
http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2006/03/31/news/02daylight.txt
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