Random Rants

[Alex]

@Matt didn’t this get banned last year in the USA? Sunshine Bill or some equally dumb name (but decent concept)

[Jett129]

@Alex Had to look it up, but it was called The Sunshine Protection Act. It got approved half way and is currently stalled/in limbo. If passed it will make DST permanent.

[EdH]

I'd love it if the UK could stay on Summer Time. The early-evening darkness during winter is depressing.

[EdH]

Ha - just got to the part of my bank statements where I went to the 20th Anny Party. I was like "daaaaaaamn that was an expensive couple of days, what did I do?!"... and then I saw the date.

[Alex]

@Jett129 from memory it was tabled when there were a few world crises going on. Got to hand it to America to really focus on what’s important

[Matt]

Right. Think the Act has something in it about a percentage of states needing to adopt it before it becomes a federal law. The govt wants to keep DST but scientists say ST is better for people’s biorhythms.

[Jett129]

There was going to be a 2 year trial,but parents were afraid of traffic accidents/deaths related to their kids walking to school in the dark. So it’s been postponed.

[Alex]

@Jett129 said in Random Rants:

parents were afraid of traffic accidents/deaths related to their kids walking to school in the dark

..........

[mclaincausey]

Unquestionably a good idea when we were an agrarian nation burning whale blubber to see at night, but DST is obviously obsolete and carries a public health burden. It needs to go.

[Palmer]

@Matt said in Random Rants:

Daylight Savings can kiss my butt.

Laughs in Arizona

[Matt]

Sounds good in theory @Palmer but if you’re like me you operate in 3-4 different time zones so it’s probably even more confusing.

[louisbosco]

@Matt Perth had it for a few years about 20 years ago than canned it because it was stupid. now only our eastern states mingle in that nonsense

[endo]

@mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

when we were an agrarian nation burning whale blubber to see at night

aren't you any more?

[mclaincausey]

@endo said in Random Rants:

@mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

when we were an agrarian nation burning whale blubber to see at night

aren't you any more?

Now we’re just

an agrarian nation burning whale blubber to see at night

[endo]

@mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

Now we’re just

an agrarian nation burning whale blubber to see at night

IMO you're fine people, most many of you (got family in the states and have been over there many times in the last 35 yrs or so)

[SKT]

@endo My experience tells me that this is generous of you to say

[sabergirl]

@endo your data may be skewed by the quality of company you keep. As an American who has worked in food service, hospitality and other public-facing jobs for twenty+ years, I can assure you that we are pretty much the worst

[endo]

Sorry for making this fuzz, my beloved american friends. Before we leave this topic, let me say that during my trips through the US (I've been to 22 states, solely CONUS unfortunately) I've made some of the nicest and only few not-so-nice encouters with other people. Certainly left out some rough spots.

[mclaincausey]

[tody]

Here's an interesting cover version of that song. The singer is a fairly famous tv celebrity in Germany nowadays: