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   Ed P to blank verse   
   Re: warning: daylight stupid time   
   06 Mar 26 14:16:04   
   
   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 3/6/2026 1:18 PM, blank verse wrote:   
   > On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:07:50 -0500   
   > Ed P  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/6/2026 12:00 PM, Frank wrote:   
   >>> On 3/6/2026 6:32 AM, redacted wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/6/26 01:50, T wrote:   
   >>>>> USA: Daylight Stupid Time starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't know a single taxpayer who wants DST and I've never heard   
   >>>> a reasonable explanation to keep it.... yet here we are.   
   >>   
   >> I want it.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Wiki DST article is worth reading.  Looks like US, Canada and EU   
   >>> are most of the world users and negatives outweigh positives.  I   
   >>> suspect US would stop it but undecided between DST and standard   
   >>> time.   
   >>   
   >> Some of that depends on where you are in the time zone.  On the   
   >> eastern side, I like the light at end of day, but if I was on the   
   >> western end, would not matter much.   
   >   
   > +1   
   >   
      
   Sunset here in FL is 6:34PM today.  Where I lived in CT it is 5:44  I'm   
   both further west and south.   
      
   Pick one and stick with it.   
      
   If you are into outdoor sports it is nice for later.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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