XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: hi@ku.not   
      
   On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:40:51 -0500   
   Frank  wrote:   
      
   > On 3/6/2026 12:07 PM, 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.     
   >    
   > It is interesting and reminds me of the time I did a couple of days   
   > work in western Michigan and people were up and going to work and   
   > school in the dark while back home in Delaware it was daylight.  Then   
   > there were people I worked with in northern UK that in the winter   
   > Went to work and came home in the dark.  First time I was in that   
   > area in the summer, sun was up at 5 am and down at 10 pm.  Time zones   
   > would make no difference.   
      
   Of course they do, did you want dark nights earlier in summer?   
      
   If so, why?   
      
   Aridzona likes that because it (slightly) cools off a bit faster after   
   work.   
      
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