You know how in Israel we were always upset that the ultra-religious parties were forcing us to move to winter time way before Europe and the US move
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My mama always told me to have the grace to accept the things I cannot change, and that would include daylight time.
But since you bring it up - how _stupid_ is it to even have the time change?
I am a Pagan and I seek a deeper relationship with the Earth. and let me tell you, Earth has all the time change I need, built right in. I want to merge with that rhythm, and having the government force us all to bump out of nature's groove twice per year is as intrusive as it is unnecessary.
Also: when I lived in the sun belt (California) I could sort of make excuses for it; it did seem to reduce the amount of the year during which I had to work and travel in the dark.
But now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, I can tell you with certainty that there is no value in this, to me. The change between long days and long nights is precipitous, at this latitude. Waking up before daylight starts pretty much on the morning of the fall equinox and persists through the morning of the spring equinox; one little dinky hour is not going to have much impact.
So up here, we get treated to all the disruption, with none of the benefit.
Thank you for this opportunity to vent my spleen on the matter of daylight time. I will go back into my corner and be quiet now. :}
But since you bring it up - how _stupid_ is it to even have the time change?
I am a Pagan and I seek a deeper relationship with the Earth. and let me tell you, Earth has all the time change I need, built right in. I want to merge with that rhythm, and having the government force us all to bump out of nature's groove twice per year is as intrusive as it is unnecessary.
Also: when I lived in the sun belt (California) I could sort of make excuses for it; it did seem to reduce the amount of the year during which I had to work and travel in the dark.
But now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, I can tell you with certainty that there is no value in this, to me. The change between long days and long nights is precipitous, at this latitude. Waking up before daylight starts pretty much on the morning of the fall equinox and persists through the morning of the spring equinox; one little dinky hour is not going to have much impact.
So up here, we get treated to all the disruption, with none of the benefit.
Thank you for this opportunity to vent my spleen on the matter of daylight time. I will go back into my corner and be quiet now. :}
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