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   Message 226,818 of 227,651   
   Louis Epstein to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: (slightly OT) Bye bye US pennies   
   13 Feb 25 08:31:30   
   
   From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Kenny McCormack  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > David Carson   wrote:   
   >>On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:28:39 +0000, danny burstein    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>good thing we replaced all our home fuses w/circuit breakers [a]   
   >>>   
   >>>  President Trump announced today he was ordering   
   >>>an end to production of pennies.   
   >>   
   >>I just wanna know when we're abolishing Daylight Saving Time. A bill   
   >>was filed in Texas today to try again. Last legislative session, a   
   >>bill to make DST permanent--the only thing worse than the status quo--   
   >>failed. Now that the proposal is for permanent standard time, and it   
   >>has Trump energy, hopefully it will pass.   
   >   
   > Interesting.  This is the first I've ever heard of anyone pushing for   
   > permanent "standard" time.  As far as I know, the push has always been the   
   > other way - for "permanent" DST.   
      
   I am happy to see permanent standard,dead set against permanent DST.   
   The sun is supposed to be at its highest around noon,not 1 PM.   
      
   > Note that permanent DST is very close to what we have now, so it represents   
   > the least change.   
      
   How so?   
      
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