End the semi-annual reset
Twice a year, they (anonymous) try to sneak this clock silliness by me. I see you! Let the record show. Just because most people fail to complain, this “spring ahead, fall back” model of making the average person fight with their stove display should end. Relegated to the archives.
Yes, we are doing our effort for the war. Wait. That ended, more than a century ago. Not war, per se, but this idea that we can save energy, yada yada. Let’s look at the details, in the clear light of day. Cows never held off bellowing for the farmer to get busy. Skylight in the factory are an architectural anomaly. The trains don’t do a better job of keeping time because we fiddle with the big hand and the small nad=nd on our pendulum clocks.
Sadly, there seems to be only one remaining reason to conserve Daylight Saving Time. Habit. And inertia tia in the halls of Parliament. Our computers keep time, their own way (accurately), and that nifty time display is only for human interest. I believe that there is a lobby, controlled by the battery sellers for our smoke detectors. The average lifespan of a nine volt battery is about six months; what better way to remind us to “change the batteries when you chaange the clocks”. I propose a new campaign: “change the batteries”. Forget my clocks.
Ask yourself. Do the people living in Saskatechwan appreciate their lack of DST? You bet your sweet bippy. Their car clocks are always right. And when you (last) rode the trains, you didn’t have to adjust your pocket watch as you moved from one time zone to another at the speed of a cantering horse. You were smarter than that. Time for the laws to catch up with reality. We don’t use the clock to tell us that the sun has risen.
