permanent daylight savings time

Actually Daylight Savings Time goes clear back to Ben Franklin, at least the idea of it.

I recall when the Texas legislature was "debating" implementing "Daylight Savings Time" and some West Texas ranchers/farmers testified that the increased Sun light would cause them to have a water shortage and kill their livestock and crops.*

Probably "Ben Franklin" considered it with respect to electricity and light!

*The only other session that even got close to enjoyable and entertaining were the Texas House "debates" on the crafting and passage of the "concealed handgun" statute ... the first version passed ... the two district attorneys (not assistants ... "the") with whom I was watching and listening joined the discussion about who on the floor had actually held a handgun! (one DA was rural and the other big city so there was a spectrum of opinion, but some issues were identical in nature with respect to "enforcement" and LE!).

These legislative moves bring out the .. err .. "cognitive deficiencies" !

Actually Daylight Savings Time goes clear back to Ben Franklin, at least the idea of it. Originally Posted by farmstud60

did you read the last paragraph before you repeated it?

did you read the last paragraph before you repeated it? Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

The coffee must not have kicked in yet

I recall when the Texas legislature was "debating" implementing "Daylight Savings Time" and some West Texas ranchers/farmers testified that the increased Sun light would cause them to have a water shortage and kill their livestock and crops.*

Probably "Ben Franklin" considered it with respect to electricity and light!

*The only other session that even got close to enjoyable and entertaining were the Texas House "debates" on the crafting and passage of the "concealed handgun" statute ... the first version passed ... the two district attorneys (not assistants ... "the") with whom I was watching and listening joined the discussion about who on the floor had actually held a handgun! (one DA was rural and the other big city so there was a spectrum of opinion, but some issues were identical in nature with respect to "enforcement" and LE!).

These legislative moves bring out the .. err .. "cognitive deficiencies" ! Originally Posted by LexusLover

Ben Franklin was about saving whale oil which is what people used in lamps at the time.

it ruined a huge segment of our economy

drive in movie theatres Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

OH at he HUMANITY!!!

Ben Franklin was about saving whale oil which is what people used in lamps at the time. Originally Posted by farmstud60

... Franklin had a saying: "Oil saved is oil NOT burned."

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Ben Franklin was about saving whale oil which is what people used in lamps at the time. Originally Posted by farmstud60

Old Ben is not to blame for the idea, since his idea never took hold. however, that blame credit goes to a british bloke who refined Old Ben's idea in 1916 and introduced it in the british empire; every european country soon followed it thinking this was a great idea.