As far as daylight savings time goes, it all balances out in the end, imo
Not worth getting too upset about, as I see it
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Disease has many contributing factors. Some genetic, some environmental, some diet etc. There are people who practice super healthy lifestyle and still keel over at a young age due to genetic predispositions. On the other side, there are people who do everything wrong and live very long lives with no consequences. Fact of life. You certainly donāt do yourself any favors by challenging your body with bad diet, lack of exercise, exposure to environmental dangers and so on. But to say itās all within your control is fundamentally wrongā¦
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A friendās grandfather lived to almost 100. He attributed his longevity to his daily giant cigar.
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When I was a teenager, grandpa Vic told me that when (not if, but when) I started smoking, I should smoke cigars and not cigarettes because they were better for you. He smoked 2 a day and lived to 90.
Around the same time grandpa Karl told me that when I had a cold I should switch to menthol cigarettes to help clear my sinuses. He died of lung disease at 71.
Everybody smoked back then.
I agree that itās not worth getting upset about, but Congress did pledge to end it, last year.
Iām so surprised that nothing has happened on that front.
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It adds an hour of usable sunlight to the day, and that has some value. I canāt mow my lawn at 7am but I can at 7pm. I canāt go watch my kid play baseball at 7am, but I can at 7pm. I canāt sit on my back deck and enjoy the viewā¦
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Congress is in complete agreement as to eliminating daylight savings time. The problem is they canāt decide which time to keep it at.
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We tried instituting year-round daylight savings time in the ā70s. It was a complete failure, they went back. So we know that doesnāt work, and I doubt the majority will go for getting rid of it.
Most of the medical field says Standard time is the healthier option. I agree with them, and have always felt that way.
Even back in the 1960s, when Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, the ultimate long term goal was year round Daylight SavinG Time. Theyāve been lengthening the DST period in the U.S. by a month every twenty years. The last time was in 2005. In this decade they might make it permanent.
Iām in the minority on this, as I am with where to set tire pressures, how I drive with regards to speed limits, and my preference for the picture on an old tube TV:
Iām a relatively early riser, and prefer it light in the mornings. DST delays apparent sunrise (something that is lost on legislators and our dependable āWeāre losing an hour of daylight this weekend!ā media.
Per Wiki: āPermanent daylight saving time was enacted for the winter of 1974, but there were complaints of children going to school in the dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch darkness during the winter, and it was repealed a year later.ā
More here:
The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving timeāand hated it | Popular Science
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With all due respect, itās not 1974 anymore (I wish it still was, for reasons other than daylight saving!).
People have changed.
Early In 2022, the Senate bi-partisanly passed the āSunshine Preservation Actā. It was poised to be voted on by the House of Reps., when history had other plans - Ukraine.
Legislators were poised to close the loop (eliminate the two and half remaining months of Standard time), and make year-round DST the law of the land, but still exempting entire states that chose to remain on standard, as they do now.
If it eventually does happen, I will keep all of my household clocks on Standard time, and just remember that work begins at 10am instead of 11 (if closing shift) and 7am instead of 8, (if opening).
Donāt get me wrong: I was in favor of the switch, when DST was observed for only 6 months of the year, in months where there were more than 12 hours of daylight.
Ideally, DST is best used, as Benjamin Franklin and William Willett intended, during months with 13 or more hours of daylight (April - Sept). The effects of the switch are less noticeable than they are the way it is now (switching in March and in November).
A change in apparent sunrise clock time from 5am to 6am is less noticeable than a change from 6am to 7am. And I could sincerely care less how early the sun sets. The night is for sleeping anyway.
But if I had to pick one or the other for year-round permanent use, Iād definitely pick Standard - where 12pm and solar noon approximate each other, instead of 1pm.
See folks? I did my research. And have known for years how Daylight SavinG works. But as they have for years, folks will continue to debate and refute me, as they have on many other topics I recently listed.
Sometimes being informed and knowledgeable, about any subject, is a liability.
Donāt come crying to us when you get fired for being late one too many times
Just close the shades and you can go to bed anytime you want. Lawn crews need the extra daylight , little league ball teams benefit and many other after work outdoor activties that people enjoy are a good reason for DST.
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Itās also very helpful to those of us that suffer from seasonal affective disorder.
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Shifted from early in the morning to later in the evening.
DST creates no extra/additional daylight.
Some people object to the sound of lawn mowers at 5:00 AM.
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There are other chores one can do indoors by 5am sun-up.
Daylight SavinG, as observed in months it has no business being in effect during (March, October, Nov), delays sunrises excessively, making it more difficult for this early riser to do so.
And thatās even in in Connecticut, which is 7 minutes āfastā with regards to its location in the Eastern Time Zone. Imagine how late sunrises are in cities like Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Indianapolis, (all currently occupants of Eastern time.)
They stand to experience sunrises no earlire than 8:30am, if year-round Daylight SavinG becomes the de facto āstandardā.
I wonder how many of these Drum Brake horror stories involve people driving around with bellmouthed drums? I do not tolerate bell mouthed drums, even in my younger wild days and will replace them at that point they start to measure out like that. It can lower efficiency bu a surprising amount.
Riding around with bell mouthed drums is no joke especially if you just put new shoes on and expect the traditional power of the drum brake because your not going to get it.
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I will not scrape one with my thumb.
I do not think the sides are plumb.
I really do think they are dumb.
Seeing one makes me feel glum.
I do not tolerate bell mouthed drums.
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