lol pretty much
On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 11:02 AM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/5/22 10:50 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > I'll leave this here then: > http://web.archive.org/web/20160112000701/http://www.timecube.com/ > and no it doesn't make sense. > > Geeze Gil! What are you trying to do to me? That lead to some serious > Klein-Bottle Navel-Gazing! > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 10:18 AM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good one Carl/Ken ... >> >> And don't even get me started on converting calendars and clocks to >> *metric* (y'all know how much I prefer fractions over decimals for everyday >> measures and calculations). >> >> As a child, WWV was one of the very few constant signals I could tune in >> on my parent's antique (even then) "Zenith Wave Magnet" they let me keep in >> my bedroom... I can still see the dull orange glow seeping out of the back >> of the set when the tubes were cooking... now-adays when I fire it up I >> also smell the dust burning off. Deeply visceral... "beep, beep, >> beep..." WWV-Fort Collins. >> >> I haven't cared "much" about DST in any part of my life... it has just >> been an opportunity to stir the pot and be contrarian about something I >> know to be arbitrarily arbitrary really. Same for metric/english/archaic >> measures. All those things exist for good reason even if they persist for >> bad ones. >> On 11/4/22 10:45 PM, Carl Tollander wrote: >> >> OK, then. Ken Nordine on Time. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYpCdY4Y_0 >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:33 PM Gillian Densmore <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Protection_Act#:~:text=The%20bill%20received%20bipartisan%20support,consent%20on%20March%2015%2C%202022. >>> steeeve >>> It's a BFD to me because of GP. mucking about with the clock a ruining >>> winter is dumb. >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:26 PM glen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Honestly, I just don't get why it's such a big deal. Sure, it's >>>> obsolete. And maybe it kills a few people, raises cortisol, etc. But there >>>> are so many other things that affect our (sleep) cycles soooooo much more, >>>> like obesity, alcoholism, wage slavery, TikTok fomo, ... on and on. Passing >>>> such a law feels like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Or maybe >>>> complaining about how a reporter discussing Putin mispronounces "nukular" >>>> ... an odd thing to complain about while the ICBM heads your way. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/4/22 15:17, Steve Smith wrote: >>>> > >>>> > On 11/4/22 4:14 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: >>>> >> Didn't the sunshine act already pass? but yes I agree I despise the >>>> clock change bull sh**** It takes effect next year unless Turtle neck had >>>> his usual tantrum. >>>> > >>>> > From the linked article: >>>> > >>>> > /Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan >>>> legislation to abolish clock changes and make daylight saving time >>>> permanent, beginning in 2023. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, >>>> introduced////the Sunshine Protection Act < >>>> https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623>//, and >>>> Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, was among the co-sponsors./ >>>> > >>>> > /"Glad the Senate has passed the Sunshine Protection Act so >>>> Oregonians aren’t springing back & forth each year in a silly exercise that >>>> hurts everybody’s health & our economy," Wyden tweeted March 15. "Time now >>>> for the House to act."/ >>>> > >>>> > /In June 2022, the U.S. House failed to pass the bill, which is >>>> now stalled and scheduled to expire in December./ >>>> > >>>> > /Let the debate resume in March 2023./ >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> as we all know I'm no fan of semi-annual clock changes... and I >>>> thought the Sunshine Act < >>>> https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623>would put >>>> an end to that nonsense even if did fall on the "wrong side" with a >>>> year-round DST timesqew. Looks like it is going to fail despite >>>> bipartisan support in the Senate (unsurprising that Florida, closest to the >>>> equator, effected least, would be the one to sponsor/promote it?)... >>>> >> >>>> >> Oregon (in coordination with CA/WA) have tried to take things >>>> into their own hands independent of the rest of the country? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/11/03/oregon-daylight-saving-time-november-march/69613463007/ >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> I suppose I could live with the sqew and just change the idioms >>>> from 12 noon and 12 midnight to 11 noon and 11 midnight and call it a >>>> day/year/life. Seems like it would just make more sense to sqew the 8-5 >>>> (or 9-4) for bankers) an hour earlier instead, but what is the point of >>>> having a state/federal/global government if it isn't going to decide for >>>> you how we index time? >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ >>>> >>>> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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