March 8, 2013
Dear Everyone:
Well, here we are. Once
again we all have to “spring ahead” into
Daylight Saving Time, which
means resetting all the clocks because The Government says that we have
to.
So, I’ve been wondering:
What’s become of all that Daylight that we’ve been “saving” all these
years? Is it in a “bank” of
some sort? If so, where,
exactly, is this “bank”? And
how, pray tell, does one go about making a “withdrawal”?
“I’d like to withdraw a couple hours of Daylight to use in my yard this
evening. Got a project
that’s almost completed and I’d just like to finish it now.”
How do you “prove” that those hours of Daylight are yours and not
somebody else’s? Is there a
special number that you use?
How do you find it? And
where do you keep it, with all those other PINs (Personal Identification
Number) and passwords?
(Pop Quiz!!! How many login
IDs and passwords do you currently have?
Really. I keep a list
and just counted: 50.
Yikes!)
Actually, switching “time” for DST is much easier now that it used to
be. I no longer have 3-4
VCRs to reprogram. Just the
DVR, which is part of the
cable-box and which gets the time, as well as
all the programming, from the “central computer”.
Many decades ago, I went on a business trip to
Princeton, New Jersey.
We were up well past midnight when we got there and I wondered
how on earth I was going to wake up in the morning for the first
meeting. No problem:
My hotel room faced east and the rising sun came blazing in
through the window. Woke me
up just like that.
When I got home, I invested in a small timer and plugged a bedroom lamp
into it. Every morning,
literally like clockwork, the lamp came on and helped me to wake up to
go to work. And I’ve had a
timer in the bedroom ever since.
Except now that I’m retired, I don’t need it; so that’s one less clock
to change. Still have one in
the living room as it’s a good idea to have at least one lamp going on
and off to show somebody’s “home” in the evening.
And at least once each month, I’m out “late” for
ARMA
(Association of Records Managers and Administrators); the lamp is on
when I get home.
So this Sunday I’ll putter around, pushing clocks ahead one hour.
Then I’ll go up to “Jeannie’s” place and do the same thing.
(Note to self:
Remember to change the time on the
Kindles.)
Sure would like to know where they keep all that Daylight we’ve been
“saving”.
Love, as always,
Pete
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