Not mentioned in the article is a motivation I heard from childhood: tending one's garden. As part of the general war effort, the populace were encouraged to grow at least some of their own food in order to free up commercial agriculture for the troops. These so-called Victory Gardens were deemed more manageable by working stiffs if there were still some daylight left at the end of the job day. Having to prune tomato plants in the pitch of night was rightly considered a disincentive to self-sufficiency.
All of this early campaigning occurred well before the exigencies of IT. Reset the household clocks before retiring Saturday night and all would be well the next morning. Who would even notice at 2 AM on a Sunday? Ah, the simpler days. Well, the early opponents trotted out the true objectors: cows and other farm animals who were governed by internal biological clock. Try to explain to them why their daily lives were periodically jerked around by an hour. Ah, the simpler days. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: RE-IPL for the Daylight to Standard time conversion? On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:43:14 -0400, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >I've been wondering how long it would take for time-change questions to start. >It's a little later this year. > Well, the U.S. keeps extending the DST season. Here's the CSM's take on it: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/1031/Daylight-saving-time-Why-isn-t-going-away -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
