SiamSam Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 It is Daylight Savings Time (DST) in Canada. It started today. I personally hate it since I prefer more light in the morning than in the evening. One out of ten provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan) does not observe it. I believe two states in the US (Arizona & Hawaii) do not observe it. The rest of the world seems to tag along for no good reason other than to stay in step with US business hours. DST was put forth by Benjamin Franklin to the French as a joke. In an article he wrote he calculated how much candle wax would be saved if they push forward by an hour in the spring. This idea did not have any legs until the early 1900's when savvy businessmen in the US realized they could sell more if they had an extra hour of light at the end of the day. For example the US candy lobby pushed hard to have DST extended to the end of October so little trick and treaters had an extra hour of daylight to do their Halloween harvest of candy. Just want to know your thoughts on this DST practise. Is it still necessary to disrupt people's lives twice a year for an idea that may not serve any useful purpose whatsoever? Your thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment
strocube Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I think it's inconvenient bullshit. Quote Link to comment
sustra2 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 DST has been created not to see ugly lbs in the morning....no make up...an incipient sign of beard...a bad mouth smell etc etc etc....you just say " turn off the light...it's daylight saving time " and you keep on sleeping.....if you can Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 It kicks in here at the end or March and personally I can't wait. Suddenly the winter just feels over and long, warmer days are back again. It's usually so cloudy here that it makes little difference to the mornings. Roll on summer. Sorry to sound so positive. Quote Link to comment
ciobha Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I am with BB on this one, love the clear nights, where here in Belfast come June it can be light to round about 11p.m. Story at home about DST is that the farmers campaigned many years ago to have an extra hours daylight in the winter mornings, to allow them to get work done??? Quote Link to comment
Kahuna Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I live in Arizona......................... Where time never changes....................... Quote Link to comment
TEXASMAC Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 We all know it is all about $$$$$. Quote Link to comment
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