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Howard Brazee
Jun 26, 2012, 11:22:35 AM6/26/12
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:40:44 -0400, Peter Flass
<Peter...@Yahoo.com> wrote:
>> It is untrue that daylight saving time was invented for farmers. Farmers
>> work by the sun. Fields and livestock don't know or care what time it
>> is, and daylight saving time causes stores to close an hour earlier in
>> summer, which inconveniences farmers.
>>
>
>I believe, as someone here said a while ago, that the idea was to
>provide people with more daylight after work to cultivate their "victory
>gardens." This at least makes sense.
As opposed to cultivating them before work, when it's not so hot.
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"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison
<Peter...@Yahoo.com> wrote:
>> It is untrue that daylight saving time was invented for farmers. Farmers
>> work by the sun. Fields and livestock don't know or care what time it
>> is, and daylight saving time causes stores to close an hour earlier in
>> summer, which inconveniences farmers.
>>
>
>I believe, as someone here said a while ago, that the idea was to
>provide people with more daylight after work to cultivate their "victory
>gardens." This at least makes sense.
As opposed to cultivating them before work, when it's not so hot.
--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison
Rod Speed
Jun 26, 2012, 2:25:29 PM6/26/12
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Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote
> Peter Flass <Peter...@Yahoo.com> wrote
>>> It is untrue that daylight saving time was invented for farmers.
>>> Farmers work by the sun. Fields and livestock don't know or
>>> care what time it is, and daylight saving time causes stores to
>>> close an hour earlier in summer, which inconveniences farmers.
>> I believe, as someone here said a while ago, that the idea was
>> to provide people with more daylight after work to cultivate
>> their "victory gardens." This at least makes sense.
> As opposed to cultivating them before work, when it's not so hot.
It doesn't get hot in that soggy little island.
>>> It is untrue that daylight saving time was invented for farmers.
>>> Farmers work by the sun. Fields and livestock don't know or
>>> care what time it is, and daylight saving time causes stores to
>>> close an hour earlier in summer, which inconveniences farmers.
>> I believe, as someone here said a while ago, that the idea was
>> to provide people with more daylight after work to cultivate
>> their "victory gardens." This at least makes sense.
> As opposed to cultivating them before work, when it's not so hot.
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