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Deborah Benjamin's avatar

You are a rip! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Anne

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Deborah Benjamin's avatar

You said that we have continued to have DST since WW2, which triggered a memory...didn't Nixon mess with it? Yes, he did...sort of...but what happened was that as an experiment, Congress suspended standard time for a bit. We went on DST from 1/6/74 through 4/27/75. Then things got back to the way they are now. Theoretically, this move was to save fuel during the oil embargo. If their logic had been correct, they should have sprung ahead a whole day. Maybe even a week! Gee, think of all the oil THAT would have saved.

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Bobbie Emery's avatar

Exactly! I think GW Bush tweaked it some as well, if I remember correctly, it was to encourage people to spend money. I remember thinking why don't we just change the days of the week while we are at it? People spend more money on Fridays than Mondays, so let's just have 2 Fridays and no Mondays.

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Ethan Frankel's avatar

Ok, he sleeps about 21 hours each day but I know a cat that agrees with you wholeheartedly!

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Bobbie Emery's avatar

Yes, a dog might eventually forgive you - but cats can hold a grudge for ever (and beyond)...

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Deborah Benjamin's avatar

If we had 2 Fridays, then we could have two Saturdays

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Bobbie Emery's avatar

oh my! Brilliant! that makes me want to run out and buy a car!

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