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Thread #32541 Message #428863
Posted By: Mark Cohen
29-Mar-01 - 08:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Clocks They Are A-Changin' (parody)
Subject: RE: BS: The Clocks They Are A Changin'
As a child I always wondered how the earth knew to slow down or speed up for Daylight Savings Time. Now I live in the other enlightened state: Hawaii, like Arizona, doesn't do DST.
Remember in 1973 when they tried to make it DST year-round? It was supposed to save energy. Hahahahaha!
Daylight Savings Time started in 1942, I believe, as "War Time", so the factory workers could work later and help the war effort. Listen to rebroadcasts of old radio shows from the 40s and you'll often hear something like "Tune in next Saturday at 7PM Eastern War Time..."
Wonderful song, Micca, and thanks for posting it, 'Spaw. (Just check your doctor's wall before the surgery, 'Spaw, and make sure the certificate says "cardiothoracic surgery" and not "urology", and you'll be fine.)