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: Chuck NewtonThe Truth About Daylight Saving
By Chuck Newton
The rule is that in the Spring you spring forward. In the Fall you fall back. So, tonight we lose an hour of our precious time. It does not make a whole lot of sense to me, but then, like Jeff Foxworthy, I do not understand how Jello works.
But, beneath all of the hype, here is the down and dirty truth about this crazy system:
1. Forget what you have heard, the system was not invented by Benjamin Franklin, although he did satirically and anonymously suggest the idea to Parisians 1784. (What a kidder ol' Ben was). It was originally proposed by Englishman William Wilmett in 1905, the the Germans and their WWI allies where the first to use it, and The United States was the last to adopt it.
2. Almost everybody mispronounces the term. It is "Daylight Saving Time", not Daylight Savings Time. Get with it people. My 6th grade English teacher would not be proud!
3. Hawaii, Arizona, Puerto Rico simply refuse to follow the system because they do not need any more sun.
4. It reduces fatal crashes with pedestrians by 5%. Every life counts my friends.
5. And no, the purpose of Daylight Saving Time is so you can make happy hour while it is still light out. Oh, I am sorry, I was the only one that thought that was true.
Full post as published by Chuck Newton on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).
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