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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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 Posted - 03/26/2007 : 19:41:53
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Daylight savings time is good for the exconomy - I think Benjamin Franklin started it (I know in the US he did, not sure if he pioneered it worldwide) - it was originally meant to allow for longer work days for havesting, but now contributes to more retail sales, less energy consumption among other positive externalities.
On the negative side, some people have difficulty waking up in the dark and others report higher levels of depression due to starting their day in the dark. |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 22:03:45
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Originally posted by turrell
On the negative side, some people have difficulty waking up in the dark and others report higher levels of depression due to starting their day in the dark.
And with all that extra daylight, the curtains fade. 
For the record, I love daylight savings time . |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 00:22:01
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Well, WA are trying out daylight saving - and I haaaaate it  Whoever heard of getting up in the dark in summer?
Yep daylight saving was never meant for the tropics, hence QLD and NT don't have it. The Kimberleys should secede from WA and cancel daylight saving. |
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 08:36:07
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| A writer in 1947 noted, "I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. I even object to the implication that I am wasting something valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves." (Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, 1947, XIX, Sunday.) |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 09:09:52
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| I am more than happy for days to start earlier in the summer, but we should just admit that that is the case. With many people now having flexi-time, there is less and less point to it. People who want to start work at 8:00 should be able to, and people who want to start at 9:00 should be able to. |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 09:26:36
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Originally posted by turrell
Daylight savings time is good for the exconomy - I think Benjamin Franklin started it (I know in the US he did, not sure if he pioneered it worldwide) - it was originally meant to allow for longer work days for havesting, but now contributes to more retail sales, less energy consumption among other positive externalities.
On the negative side, some people have difficulty waking up in the dark and others report higher levels of depression due to starting their day in the dark.
It's certainly economics driving it here. Because other states have daylight saving, there were parts of the year where there was a three hour difference between NSW, Canberra and Sydney and the West. Government deparments, banks and politicans don't like that, poor things
The other thing is that there is a 45minute difference in the sun setting and rising between the north and south of the state. So while the sun is setting at around 6.10pm in Perth, everyone up here is still hanging out for it to go down. Just makes the day hotter and longer.
There is going to be a referendum, but since 80% of WA's population live in the SW corner and below the 26th parallel, there ain't much chance the northerners are going to swing this thing.
I agree with Sean, secession is the only answer |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 09:34:01
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Gosh, however did those Cro Magnons manage?
"Get up, Og! We're going to be late!"
"mmmhhhm"
"The mastadons ... we'll miss the mastadons. They're due any minute."
"Don't sweat it, Globba ... the clocks went back last night. We've got an extra hour. But since you're up, you can light the fire."
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 09:46:43
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
If february is the shortest month which other month is the longest?
October
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