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Title: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 29, 2016, 08:04:02 PM
..is November 6th this year....
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: BallAquatics on October 30, 2016, 06:53:35 AM
Can hardly wait.....  I'll be up at 4:00 instead of 5:00  LOL

Dennis
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 06:55:47 AM
Quote from: BallAquatics on October 30, 2016, 06:53:35 AM
Can hardly wait.....  I'll be up at 4:00 instead of 5:00  LOL

Dennis


LOL...
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: wsantia1 on October 30, 2016, 07:36:45 AM
Wouldn't we be returning to Standard Time? huh
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 07:43:15 AM
Quote from: wsantia1 on October 30, 2016, 07:36:45 AM
Wouldn't we be returning to Standard Time? huh

If we abandon DST...which time will we stay on... huh
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: wsantia1 on October 30, 2016, 08:03:24 AM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 07:43:15 AM
Quote from: wsantia1 on October 30, 2016, 07:36:45 AM
Wouldn't we be returning to Standard Time? huh

If we abandon DST...which time will we stay on... huh

I prefer Daylight Savings Time these days. When I was younger and enjoyed the night life it would be Standard Time. lol
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: BallAquatics on October 30, 2016, 09:18:41 AM
Yep, DST ends when we "Fall Back".....

http://globalnews.ca/news/3031560/time-change-9-things-you-didnt-know-about-dst-around-the-world/ (http://globalnews.ca/news/3031560/time-change-9-things-you-didnt-know-about-dst-around-the-world/)

https://youtu.be/O6MbPWzIFUk

Dennis
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: wallace on October 30, 2016, 11:59:10 AM
Benjamin Franklin's Essay on Daylight Saving

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 12:35:31 PM
Quote from: wallace on October 30, 2016, 11:59:10 AM
Benjamin Franklin's Essay on Daylight Saving

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html

..that's it !!!!!!!.....church bells rung, and cannons fired on every street as the sun rises......LOL...gotta save that candle wax |^|
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: BallAquatics on October 30, 2016, 05:16:54 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 12:35:31 PM
...gotta save that candle wax |^|

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Dennis
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 05:25:54 PM
Quote from: BallAquatics on October 30, 2016, 05:16:54 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 12:35:31 PM
...gotta save that candle wax |^|

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Dennis

Did you know that old Ben was quite a ladies man....and a jerk....?
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2016, 05:41:06 PM
He may have been a jerk to some.  I love him.  He was a great creative genius.  He was full of curiosity.  He had no problem saying  that human beings are nothing more than animals trying to act like we are on a higher plain.  Anyone who sends an article entitled "Fart Proudly" to the Acadamy of Science to poke fun of their holier than thou attitude is, in my book, deserving of great respect
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 06:20:33 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2016, 05:41:06 PM
He may have been a jerk to some.  I love him.  He was a great creative genius.  He was full of curiosity.  He had no problem saying  that human beings are nothing more than animals trying to act like we are on a higher plain.  Anyone who sends an article entitled "Fart Proudly" to the Acadamy of Science to poke fun of their holier than thou attitude is, in my book, deserving of great respect


...just because he was a jerk doesn't mean he wasn't smart.....but those types of articles such as "Fart Proudly" are examples of how difficult he was to work with most times. He wrote that, I believe, while he was the Ambassador to France. John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, were working very hard to get recognition, and trade agreements, with Britain and France....the only source of borrowing funds, for the colony to sustain itself, was the bank in Amsterdam. Adams was also one of the founders of the 'Royal Academies for Science and the Arts'. So you can imagine the concern by the Congress of Franklin's actions having an effect that the new colony wasn't to be considered seriously. It was a delicate time in our nations history, we lacked trading partners, and the country was very nearly broke. Efforts to rein him in, he was very popular in France, were difficult, and only threats of recalling him finally toned him down ....he was after all as advertised....a drinking, womanizing, intellectual who lived life in the higher classes of the French aristocracy....and he took full advantage of all that it offered....the risk of losing this part of his life was worth seeing the light...and the lesson served him well in later years when he returned home to stay.   
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: wallace on October 30, 2016, 07:41:04 PM
"There are more old drunkards than old doctors."  -Poor Richard's
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 07:54:32 PM
Quote from: wallace on October 30, 2016, 07:41:04 PM
"There are more old drunkards than old doctors."  -Poor Richard's

...lol...likely
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2016, 07:55:08 PM
I guess I'm thankful that they were able to rein him is some. 

I will always look up to him.  He wasn't afraid to be who he was.  It took me until my late 50's to get to that point with myself.
Title: Re: Daylight Saving time
Post by: Mugwump on October 30, 2016, 08:12:57 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 30, 2016, 07:55:08 PM
I guess I'm thankful that they were able to rein him is some. 

I will always look up to him.  He wasn't afraid to be who he was.  It took me until my late 50's to get to that point with myself.

No doubt about it, he was a great man.....and quite the character to boot... |^|...