Comments on: Daylight Savings Scam

By: BobX

BobX — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:20:00 +0000

Possibly apocryphal story: the lady of a large house, which had a lot of clocks all around, was having difficulty explaining to her Mexican maid, who had never heard of Daylight Savings Time, why she had to go around and set all the clocks ahead one hour tomorrow. She said, “We do this so we will have more light all summer.”
“Ah!” said the maid, finally understanding. “It’s a superstition!”

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:59:10 +0000

It's a rumor that gets kicked around from time to time, but I'll believe it when I see it…

By: Patti Stafford

Patti Stafford — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:10:35 +0000

I don't see the point in it at all.

Adjusting the clock twice a year is easy. Getting the body to readjust twice a year is not so easy, especially as you get older.

I've heard rumors they were going to stop using DST. I'd like to see that happen.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:59:10 +0000

It's a rumor that gets kicked around from time to time, but I'll believe it when I see it…

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:59:10 +0000

It's a rumor that gets kicked around from time to time, but I'll believe it when I see it…

By: Patti Stafford

Patti Stafford — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:10:35 +0000

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:49:52 +0000

Chris Matthieu, the former co-host of the Copyright 2.0 Show, also lives in Arizona. This caused a problem when, twice a year, we would miss our recording times due to the time change and one of us would be forced to wait for an hour while the other showed up. We're lucky we managed to get our episodes off every week with that.

I think Arizona though has the right idea. However, Navajo parts of the state do actually observe it, setting it up for an even greater headache…

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:53:02 +0000

I live in Arizona and LOVE the fact that we don't deal [directly] with DST. Of course, for half the year, we're on the same time Zone as CA and the other half, the same as NV and CO. That extra hour (3 different rather than just 2) between AZ and NY, where I have family, makes a HUGE difference for telephone communication. Really wish the rest of the country didn't have DST. Of course, it does give me an excuse not to phone home.