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Stupid whiny Indiana chowderheads who are so afraid of change that they feel the need to bitch about it in the letters to the editor for six straight months.
Waaah. I don't wanna have to change my clocks in the fall and spring. Waaah. It's dark out in the morning and light in the evening. Waaah. I'm a farmer and trying to go to bed at 8pm when it's still light out is hard. Waaah. My kids have to get up in the dark in the morning. Waaah. Our governor is a bastard for switching us to DST. Waaah.
*Collective smack in the face for the majority of Indiana*
I'm also getting tired of the whole we're-closer-to-Chicago-thus-we-should-be-on-central-time schtick. First of all, Chicago does daylight savings, so if you want to be on Chicago's time, you'll have to do it too, and we all can plainly see how much you bitch about that. Second of all, northwestern Indiana is indeed closer to Chicago, but southern Indiana is closer to Kentucky, eastern Indiana is closer to Ohio, and northern Indiana is closer to Michigan. What do all those borders have in common?? Oh, the other state is in Eastern time. They are demanding one time zone, one state, yet to put all of Indiana on Central time is retarded. Much of southeastern Indiana is a suburb of Lousiville - what about those commuters who live in IN yet work in Louisville?? How annoying to have to change your watch between your home and your workplace when you only commute a few miles. ;o) Same goes for eastern IN and Cincinnati.
One letter said: "We're closer to Chicago than New York City, after all." Listen, idiot. NYC is on the far eastern side of EST. The most central point of EST is near Pittsburgh or Charleston (from eyeballing it on a map). Lafayette is 420 miles from Pittsburgh. The most central point of CST is near Kansas City (again, eyeballing on a map). We are 493 miles from Kansas City. Our closest major metropolitan area is Indianapolis, and they are on Eastern time. Thus, by any argument, being on Chicago time is ridiculous. Unless, of course, you only consider Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles to be major cities. Or, of course, you believe your own plans and connections to be shared by everyone in your town and indeed, in your state.
Everyone in Indiana should be on Chicago time. What a crock of crap.
Whiny bastards.
Waaah. I don't wanna have to change my clocks in the fall and spring. Waaah. It's dark out in the morning and light in the evening. Waaah. I'm a farmer and trying to go to bed at 8pm when it's still light out is hard. Waaah. My kids have to get up in the dark in the morning. Waaah. Our governor is a bastard for switching us to DST. Waaah.
*Collective smack in the face for the majority of Indiana*
I'm also getting tired of the whole we're-closer-to-Chicago-thus-we-should-be-on-central-time schtick. First of all, Chicago does daylight savings, so if you want to be on Chicago's time, you'll have to do it too, and we all can plainly see how much you bitch about that. Second of all, northwestern Indiana is indeed closer to Chicago, but southern Indiana is closer to Kentucky, eastern Indiana is closer to Ohio, and northern Indiana is closer to Michigan. What do all those borders have in common?? Oh, the other state is in Eastern time. They are demanding one time zone, one state, yet to put all of Indiana on Central time is retarded. Much of southeastern Indiana is a suburb of Lousiville - what about those commuters who live in IN yet work in Louisville?? How annoying to have to change your watch between your home and your workplace when you only commute a few miles. ;o) Same goes for eastern IN and Cincinnati.
One letter said: "We're closer to Chicago than New York City, after all." Listen, idiot. NYC is on the far eastern side of EST. The most central point of EST is near Pittsburgh or Charleston (from eyeballing it on a map). Lafayette is 420 miles from Pittsburgh. The most central point of CST is near Kansas City (again, eyeballing on a map). We are 493 miles from Kansas City. Our closest major metropolitan area is Indianapolis, and they are on Eastern time. Thus, by any argument, being on Chicago time is ridiculous. Unless, of course, you only consider Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles to be major cities. Or, of course, you believe your own plans and connections to be shared by everyone in your town and indeed, in your state.
Everyone in Indiana should be on Chicago time. What a crock of crap.
Whiny bastards.