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Chree

Chree

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lol i dont watch the news, and it cant be cancelled,

my fucking laptop went back an hour like 5 days ago but nothing else has....
 
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Sicc OG
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LANCASATER COUNTY, Pa. - The question "What time is it?" has been harder than usual to answer this week.

When the clock in Lancaster's Penn Square read "11 a.m.," the one at Clock Towers, a short distance away, read "10 a.m."

While patients visiting the Surgery Center of Lancaster on Plaza Boulevard saw "3 p.m.," exercisers 50 yards away at Quest Total Fitness Center saw "2 p.m."

The clock at Ephrata National Bank's drive-in on East Main Street said "8:30 a.m.," but the ones at the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley and the Ephrata Borough Hall tower said "7:30 a.m."

The confusion over the time is — surprise!! — the government's fault.

Thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight-saving time (not "savings," mind you) now begins and ends a week later than in the past.

The change caught a lot of clocks, at least those adjusted by nonhuman means, off guard. Some clocks rolled back an hour last weekend, as originally scheduled, while the rest will rightly "fall back" this weekend.

The Historical Society clock is satellite-controlled, while the Ephrata Borough Hall clock is set by a computer chip.

(The borough's maintenance chief, Scott Hackman, has since manually reset the clock ahead an hour, and will manually roll it back over the weekend.)

The XM Satellite Radio service rolled its time back an hour last week. Subscriber John Cassidy of Lancaster said he phoned the company to inquire about the problem.

"They just sort of laughed and said it will be wrong until next week," Cassidy said.

Daylight-saving is not a new concept. It was first suggested, half in jest, by 78-year-old Benjamin Franklin. In a discourse titled "An Economical Project," the elder American statesman commented on the cost savings involved with extending daylight versus burning lamp oil and candles.

Later, in his autobiography, Franklin wrote, "For in walking thro' the Strand and Fleet Street one morning at seven o'clock, I observed there was not one shop open, tho' it had been daylight and the sun up above three hours — the inhabitants of London choosing voluntarily to live much by candlelight and sleep by sunshine, and yet often complaining a little absurdly of the duty on candles and the high price of tallow."

Evidently the U.S. government was not as concerned as Franklin about tallow prices, since America did not institute daylight-saving time until March 31, 1918. The time switch ran for seven months and was supposed to be repeated in 1919.

However, it was so unpopular that the law was repealed after the end of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson vetoed the repeal, but Congress overrode it.

Daylight-saving thus became optional. It remained in effect in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt reinstated it nationwide, calling it "war time," in February 1942. It continued until the end of World War II in 1945.

From 1945 until 1966, there was no federal law regarding daylight-saving time, so states and municipalities were free to choose whether or not to observe it.

This caused a great deal of confusion among broadcasting companies as well as bus lines, railways and airlines. The issue was resolved with the Uniform Time Act of 1966, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. The law established daylight-saving time as starting on the last Sunday of April and ending on the last Sunday of October.

Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed by President George W. Bush in 2005, daylight savings now begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.

So remember, before you go to bed Saturday night, to turn those clocks back an hour.
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http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/211782
 
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Sicc OG
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Nuttkase said:
^^^ Come on Troll he isn't going to read all that, this is the Siccness lol.

It's this coming up Sunday at 2am.
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lolol..

u know, when i found that article, i thought the same thing, "he prolly wont read it all" but then i remembered thats pretty much all you do on a message board, but this is the sicc.. haha my mistake
 
Gas One

Gas One

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May 24, 2006
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if you can cancel daylight savings time why the fuck do we need it?

and whos the big wig ass mutha fucka that was like "HOLD THE PRESSES!!!"

how do you even stop that shit? is there a button you push, or do you have to call up "sam" to get it stopped? was he just hungover that night?

"nah fuck this shit man..i need another hour.."
 
I AM

I AM

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IT'S THIS SUNDAY.

Bush and the DOE (Dept of Energy) changed day light savings time for the next few years to see if they can save money.

The only reason they have it, is for energy efficiency and bullshit like that.

In all reality, day light savings time is a made up concept. It's still "5pm" even though your clock says 4pm. The world and universe didn't change, just the man made shit that people let run their lives.
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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May 13, 2002
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I AM said:
IT'S THIS SUNDAY.

Bush and the DOE (Dept of Energy) changed day light savings time for the next few years to see if they can save money.

The only reason they have it, is for energy efficiency and bullshit like that.

In all reality, day light savings time is a made up concept. It's still "5pm" even though your clock says 4pm. The world and universe didn't change, just the man made shit that people let run their lives.
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Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that Planet earth was placed into a giant time machine and we all go back in time one hour. :)
 
Gas One

Gas One

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^ lmao

yeah...thats exactly why i never understood daylight savings..i still use the same amount of electricity regardless of hours being changed or things getting darker earlier

liek technically i could save water by cutting my hose off as i wipe my car down..but who the fuck cares..i wake up and turn lights on..even lights i dont need to turn on
 
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