Mass. may defect from Eastern Time Zone

Unless you live someplace where summer lasts from mid-April to the end of October.

 

Despite Cosmo's assertion earlier, I don't recall 4:30 darkness ever, and in any case this wouldn't be addressing that, it would just be removing DST in the summertime.

Biggest effect I can see would be on youth and adult rec activities. Most facilities in California are outdoor with no lights. Without DST, you'd be talking about losing baseball/soccer/tennis/swimming daylight by 7:00 or so in April and May, 7:30 in June and July.

 

But isn't Daylight Savings Time an example of rejiggering the clocks?

 

Ace, there's probably some merit to the idea that people are out longer than they used to be. People who used to get home from work at 5:00 now get home at 6:00, kids have after-school activities longer into the day, traffic takes longer than it used to, etc.

 

I hate it when when it gets dark at 5. Instead of fussing with time zones, can't we just get the earth to stop tilting?

There's gotta be an app for that, right?

 

Being on the west side of the time zone helps. In Atlanta, it's light pretty much up until 9pm in the summer.

Hate the cold and snow of the north, but also hate the gray. Definitely someone who's mood is impacted by sunshine. When I lived up north, the number of gray days strung together could seem like an endless string. Down south, the sun rules, and a gray sky is the exception to the rule.

 

I've got two words for you:

giant lamps

 

This died in the state senate a week ago

Effort to eliminate Daylight Saving Time fizzles in Senate: 'I just like it,' says a state senator

 

Well that's good. Maybe the State of Jefferson will take it up.

 

Are those guys still at it?

 

We drove to Oregon earlier this month. Still on the California side of I-5, there's a barn off the freeway with STATE OF JEFFERSON in giant letters, I assume to be visible from the air as well as the road. My brother-in-law saw a T-shirt at a convenience store but didn't buy me one, the bastard.

 

Jagoff!

Did a search for the t-shirt, I'm not sure if that is a serious state seal or the logo from a local moonshine distributor.