On Feb 23, 6:19 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2/22/2010 11:32 PM, Peter T. Daniels wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 10:55 pm, "Brian M. Scott"<b.sc...@csuohio.edu> wrote: > >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:43 +0800, Robert Bannister > >> <robb...@bigpond.com> wrote in > >> <news:7ugpr7Fll6U1@mid.individual.net> in > >> sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > > >>> Brian M. Scott wrote: > >>>> R H Draney wrote: > >>>> [...] > >>>>> If you want a crank, find the person who came up with > >>>>> Daylight Saving Time.... > >>>>> Then find his successor who decided that DST should apply > >>>>> for more of the year than "Standard" time....r > >>>> I like DST; my only objection is that we don't have it all > >>>> year round. > >>> I think you should go and live in Inverness until you > >>> change your mind. > > >> I can't imagine why you think that I'd change my mind. As > >> far as I'm concerned, DST has no disadvantages at any time > >> of year in any climate at any latitude. In winter at higher > >> latitudes its advantages are minimal, but it still has no > >> disadvantages. I couldn't care less how dark it is in the > >> morning; it's in the afternoon and evening that I want the > >> benefit of as much daylight as possible. > > > The point is that the kiddies shouldn't go off to school in the dark. > > Dunno about the rest of the world, but in the US court-ordered busing > has most kids riding the bus to school anyway, so what difference does > it make?-
