OT: Danger! Time warp!

Also, try to limit travel between areas that observe DST and those reasonable areas that do not. Frequent exposure to the extreme stress from temporal displacement at infinite speed can cause one or more (usually more) physical symptoms including blindness, strong headaches, loss of sex life, persistent anal itching, and in extreme cases terminal temporal perception disorder.

Phone calls across DST boundaries can lead to causality violation (one side of the conversation is going in the reverse temporal direction). This can lead to any of various problems, as mild as embarrassment or as serious as total de-actualization of the entire universe. It can also shrink blankets.

Be really careful with Daylight Saving Time.

Was the above too complicated for you?

ROTFPMSL!

On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 02:03:28 -0000, Uncle Monster w= rote:

into the future, as our clocks are out of step with reality.

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That's the most cheaply made piece of s*it our thieving (look up mandato= ry TV license) BBC comes up with.

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Whatever, we should remove it altogether.

In the summer it really doesn't matter what time it is, we have lots of daylight. But in winter we could do with more in the evening, so the clock should be further forwards.

Did he not think it would be nice to have that hour of sunlight in the winter evenings too? Or even three hours? I'd shift the clocks permanently all year round to GMT+3.

Today, at my location, solar noon is at 13:17. Next week, without daylight savings time, it'll be at 12:17. That is much more in step with reality.

Get up an hour earlier.

Cindy Hamilton

What makes you say that? It's just numbers on a clock. By changing the clocks, we can make it lighter in the morning or lighter in the evening (much preferred). During summer, we don't need to do either, so might aswell leave it the same as whatever we chose in the winter.

We tend to have to sync ourselves with times that shops are open, our places of work open, etc.

into the future, as our clocks are out of step with reality.

clocks, we can make it lighter in the morning or lighter in the evening (mu ch preferred). During summer, we don't need to do either, so might aswell leave it the same as whatever we chose in the winter.

Preferred by you. I'd rather have more light in the morning. If it were up to me, there would be no DST.

ces of work open, etc.

I thought everybody on Usenet was retirement age ;)

Cindy Hamilton

Most people stay up till about midnight. That's when they want the light. Very few people are earlybirds.

How can you be old and get up early? I thought old people slowed down?

On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:21:18 -0000, Uncle Monster w= rote:

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atory TV license) BBC comes up with.

es back in 2012. I suppose it's very inexpensive to produce episodes on = location?

They should spend more money on the script writers. The storyline appea= rs to have been made up by a 6 year old.

And why do you keep editing out half the newsgroups?

Especially like this:

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I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much= faster now.

Your location in the time zone makes a difference too, as light and dark can vary by about an hour between the borders. MA is considering becoming art of the Atlantic zone to maintain the hour of light later in the day.

Personally, I prefer the light in the evening in spite of getting up and leaving for work in the dark for many months of the year.

Yes, many of us are near retirement age and I'm past it. Since I retired I don't care what time the sun comes up. I'm still asleep until it is up. Should I be awake around 6:20, my leaving time for work, I just smile and put my head back on the pillow for another hour. Nice!

Yeah, but that doesn't mean we're smart enough to retire...

Or rich enough.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:03:31 -0000, Uncle Monster w= rote:

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EGAD! Use a real newsserver and a newsgroups program.

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In fact we have now moved into the realm of real time - GMT -almost identical to UTC worldwide time.

No such thing as "real" time. It's just a number on a clock, it can be anything we want it to be, but putting the clocks back in the winter is the wrong way round, giving us LESS light!

Almost? Is it 5 seconds out or something?

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places of work open, etc.

I'm 60, and still working. I get up at 4 am every day. Sometimes on the weekend I sleep in until 5 am.

Cindy Hamilton

So not retirement age then.

That is the case for many. Personally I'll soon be at the point where working is counterproductive. The monthly benefit increases for every year you delay filing past the nominal retirement age until 70. After that they can't force you to file but the benefits will be as good as they'll ever be. Then at 70 1/2 you're required to start dispersing your IRA savings. Contrary to some people's belief all of this is taxable income and when added to your work salary can lead to an unpleasant surprise on tax day.

Part of the legislation was to encourage older people to get out of the workforce, creating jobs for the next generation. Unfortunately given the current birth rates the next generation tends to be low skilled warm bodies.

It's a slow motion example of what has occurred many times in history with bands of fellaheen wandering through the ruins of a civilization they no longer can comprehend. It's also a popular SciFi topic, q.v. 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'.