Nov. 8, 2025
Why Daylight Saving Time Drives Your Dog Crazy
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In this episode titled "Why Daylight Saving Time Drives Your Dog Crazy," host Mike Dell begins by introducing the topic of Daylight Saving Time (DST), explaining that it affects most states in the U.S., and noting that clocks typically change in early ...
In this episode titled “Why Daylight Saving Time Drives Your Dog Crazy,” host Mike Dell begins by introducing the topic of Daylight Saving Time (DST), explaining that it affects most states in the U.S., and noting that clocks typically change in early November. He highlights his personal experience of living on the western side of the eastern time zone, where the daylight shifts significantly during the summer months, staying light until late evening.
Mike shares how the transition to standard time can confuse pets, particularly his dog, who expects to eat at the usual time but finds it altered after the time change. He mentions that this time change doesn’t genuinely affect the length of the day, but instead just changes the clock.
The discussion moves to the origins and implications of DST, mentioning a common myth that it was implemented for farmers, which he disputes, saying that farmers prefer to follow the sun rather than the clock. Mike also elaborates on how the time change complicates work schedules, especially for their employees in different time zones, including those in the Philippines, who are significantly affected by the changes.
He recalls historical attempts at permanent daylight saving time, referencing legislation from World War times and the 1974 attempt by President Nixon, which was later repealed due to public discontent about children commuting in the dark. Mike reflects on his experience living in Iceland, where daylight and darkness take on extreme forms, emphasizing that the clock’s position doesn’t change natural light patterns.
Towards the end, he proposes a radical idea of adopting a universal time system, which would simplify scheduling across different regions. He humorously reflects on the mundane task of changing various clocks in his life after the time change and closes with a note of appreciation for listeners, encouraging them to stay subscribed as he continues his podcasting journey.
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Mike tells world number four one four for
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11/08/2025.
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And, yes, I'm going to rant about
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the, yearly time change.
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Of course, here in The United States, at
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least 48 of The United States,
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we observe a thing called daylight saving time,
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sometimes also known as daylight savings
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time. But, actually, I think it's more accurate
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daylight saving time.
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Currently, we're on standard time. We changed a
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couple weeks ago or last week, something like
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that.
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First weekend in November is usually when it
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happens on Saturday late Saturday night, early Sunday
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morning.
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And, yeah,
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you know, every year, twice a year, we
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all get to complain
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about the time change.
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And,
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you know, it affects more
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of the people that are in the Western
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side of a time zone. Now I'm, you
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know, way on the West side of the
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Eastern time zone. Technically, we should be in
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central here, but, that's just not how it
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goes.
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We're on the same time zone as East
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Coast, and, you know, we're several 100 miles
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inland from the from the East Coast.
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So, you know, when it's on daylight saving
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time in the summer,
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it doesn't get dark till, like, 10:30 at
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night in June.
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And, conversely,
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as soon as the time flips,
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not quite four, like, that little song.
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I thought that was kinda funny.
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But,
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you know, it's like 05:30
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right now is,
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you know, I don't know if that's official
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sundown. I guess I could look that up,
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but, I'm not going to.
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But, you know, December
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21,
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which is usually around the shortest day of
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the year,
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it can
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be dark by the time I leave work
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at five in the afternoon or five in
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the evening.
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And, you know, it's quite the the difference
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from summer. Now the days don't get any
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longer or any shorter.
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It's just, you know, what the clock says.
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And,
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you know, the the rumor was that this
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all started because of the farmers.
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Well, the farmers hate it.
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Think about this. All the animals
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are tuned to the clock. I mean, you
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know,
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we do this fallback thing in in November,
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and my dog is ready to eat at
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four
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because,
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to him, it's
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supper time,
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which is normally five. And so it takes
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him a little while to get used to
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that and same thing in the morning.
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You know? He's like, what are you giving
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me food for already? Jeez, hun. I'm not
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even out of bed.
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So, you know, the farmers, they hate it,
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because they don't really care about the what
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the the clock says.
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It's all about the sun.
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You know, same thing with,
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you know, working fields. You got the morning
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dew. You got you know, you can only
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start at a certain time.
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So it really makes no difference,
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you know, unless you're trying to interface with
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the rest
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of, you know, the rest of the world.
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But,
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yeah, we we have kind of a unique
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thing. We have,
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employees in
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all the different time zones in The US,
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and we also have,
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some employees over in The Philippines. The Philippines
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does not change their clock. So
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for daylight savings time, daylight savings time, whatever,
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our Filipino employees
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are twelve hours off from us. And then
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when we fall back an hour, they're thirteen
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hours.
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And, you know,
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of course, doesn't matter to them. They work
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East Coast
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hours, but, you know, it is a bit
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of a change,
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and it really doesn't make a whole lot
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of sense.
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There was this old
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Indian thing I I saw a meme about
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yeah. Okay. I get my stuff from the
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Internet. But,
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anyway, was, you know, you cut, off of
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a blanket
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on the top and you sew it onto
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the bottom. The blanket's the same length.
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You know? So our daylight
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is the same length. We're not
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saving any daylight.
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We're not
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wasting any daylight.
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You know? The the the day is as
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long as the day is,
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by the sun.
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So, you know, I don't know. It just,
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something to complain about every year. In 2022,
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the senate in The US passed
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the an act that said that it would
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be permanently
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daylight saving time, which
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that's that'd be fine. You know? I'm I'm
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happy with that. Like I said, I just
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don't want the change.
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What's interesting during World War one, World War
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two, and then
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after that for a while,
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they did go on what's called wartime
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where they had daylight savings time the whole
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year.
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That was in The US. And,
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also,
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what year was that?
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I
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forget what year, but
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president Nixon
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yeah. There we go. In January
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1974,
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Nixon,
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signed a bill to make
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saving daylight saving time permanent.
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And then,
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later that year in October,
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Gerald Ford signed a law repealing that because
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there was a lot of people
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complaining about kids going to school in the
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dark and
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people commuting in the dark
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and all that. But, you know, up here
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up north, you know, we have a little
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bit more
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variation in the day, you know, the sunlight
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length. You know, up here in the wintertime,
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regardless whether we're on daylight saving time or
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not, the mornings would be dark and the
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evenings are gonna be dark.
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It's just the way it is the further
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north you go. I lived in Iceland for
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a year and,
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you know, for
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a few months out of the year, the
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sun really didn't go down completely. It wasn't
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quite above the Arctic Circle, but really close.
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And so the sun would go all the
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way down just
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below
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the horizon,
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so it was kinda like a twilight.
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And then you'd see it move sideways for
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a couple hours, and then it would pop
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back up.
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So it was totally light out
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twenty four hours.
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And,
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you know, conversely, in the wintertime,
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the sun would come up about 10:30.
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It would get just above the horizon,
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go sideways for an hour or two, and
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then drop down, and it'd be dark again.
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Both of those were
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you know, there's nothing you could do about
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it. Whatever the clock said didn't matter.
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You know? Come out of the bar at
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two in the morning, and you had to
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put your sunglasses on. And, conversely, you can
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go to lunch and, hey, that's the only
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time you have, sun.
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So I don't know. Yeah. Just my my
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little rant for today.
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I do have a,
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proposal.
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I I would say,
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why don't we just worldwide
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go ahead and
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make it so that
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the whole world is on one time.
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Doesn't matter what time it is. Okay? So
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here in Michigan,
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our wake up time would be,
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you know, I don't know. I guess it'd
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be four in the morning, three I don't
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know. If you use Greenwich Mead time,
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it would,
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you know, we would be five or six
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hours different than everywhere else.
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So, yeah, that'd probably be confusing, but at
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least we'd know what time everything was. You
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know? Like like I said, when we
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you know, at work, we have employees in
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all the different time zones. In fact, we
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have one in Arizona. Arizona is one of
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the states that doesn't do the time change.
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So his time changes
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on him,
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you know, but, everybody at the company works
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East Coast hours with the exception of the
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guy in California,
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which, he's
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he works nights and weekends. So it's,
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that's that's a whole different thing.
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But, anyway, that's,
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that's all I really gotta say about it.
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I did get all my stuff changed.
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Ironically, my new truck or new to me
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truck,
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changed itself.
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And my wife's car, I have to change,
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and the old Corolla, I gotta change.
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And we got a couple of alarm clocks
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in the house that we use for various
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things. Had to change those
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and of course the microwave and the stove,
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now I would have thought those would be
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no new enough to auto
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auto change, but, nope. They're not connected to
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the Internet, so I guess that's good.
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Why would you want your microwave connected to
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the Internet anyway? That's a whole another story.
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Anyway, glad you, dropped by. Stay subscribed.
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Napod Pomo is still going.
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We're eight days in, and
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I look forward
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to you guys, hanging out with me for
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the rest of the month.
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Catch me later.
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Mike tells world number four one four for
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11/08/2025.
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And, yes, I'm going to rant about
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the, yearly time change.
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Of course, here in The United States, at
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least 48 of The United States,
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we observe a thing called daylight saving time,
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sometimes also known as daylight savings
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time. But, actually, I think it's more accurate
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daylight saving time.
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Currently, we're on standard time. We changed a
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couple weeks ago or last week, something like
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that.
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First weekend in November is usually when it
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happens on Saturday late Saturday night, early Sunday
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morning.
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And, yeah,
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you know, every year, twice a year, we
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all get to complain
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about the time change.
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you know, it affects more
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of the people that are in the Western
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side of a time zone. Now I'm, you
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know, way on the West side of the
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Eastern time zone. Technically, we should be in
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central here, but, that's just not how it
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goes.
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We're on the same time zone as East
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Coast, and, you know, we're several 100 miles
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inland from the from the East Coast.
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So, you know, when it's on daylight saving
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time in the summer,
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it doesn't get dark till, like, 10:30 at
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night in June.
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And, conversely,
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as soon as the time flips,
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not quite four, like, that little song.
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I thought that was kinda funny.
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But,
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you know, it's like 05:30
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right now is,
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you know, I don't know if that's official
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sundown. I guess I could look that up,
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but, I'm not going to.
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But, you know, December
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21,
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which is usually around the shortest day of
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the year,
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it can
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be dark by the time I leave work
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at five in the afternoon or five in
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the evening.
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And, you know, it's quite the the difference
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from summer. Now the days don't get any
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longer or any shorter.
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It's just, you know, what the clock says.
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you know, the the rumor was that this
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all started because of the farmers.
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Well, the farmers hate it.
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Think about this. All the animals
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are tuned to the clock. I mean, you
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know,
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we do this fallback thing in in November,
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and my dog is ready to eat at
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four
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because,
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to him, it's
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supper time,
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which is normally five. And so it takes
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him a little while to get used to
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that and same thing in the morning.
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You know? He's like, what are you giving
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me food for already? Jeez, hun. I'm not
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even out of bed.
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because they don't really care about the what
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the the clock says.
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It's all about the sun.
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You know, same thing with,
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you know, working fields. You got the morning
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dew. You got you know, you can only
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start at a certain time.
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So it really makes no difference,
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you know, unless you're trying to interface with
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the rest
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of, you know, the rest of the world.
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yeah, we we have kind of a unique
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thing. We have,
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employees in
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all the different time zones in The US,
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and we also have,
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some employees over in The Philippines. The Philippines
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does not change their clock. So
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for daylight savings time, daylight savings time, whatever,
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our Filipino employees
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are twelve hours off from us. And then
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when we fall back an hour, they're thirteen
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hours.
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And, you know,
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of course, doesn't matter to them. They work
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East Coast
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hours, but, you know, it is a bit
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of a change,
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and it really doesn't make a whole lot
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of sense.
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There was this old
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Indian thing I I saw a meme about
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yeah. Okay. I get my stuff from the
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Internet. But,
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anyway, was, you know, you cut, off of
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a blanket
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on the top and you sew it onto
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the bottom. The blanket's the same length.
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You know? So our daylight
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is the same length. We're not
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saving any daylight.
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We're not
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wasting any daylight.
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You know? The the the day is as
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long as the day is,
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by the sun.
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So, you know, I don't know. It just,
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something to complain about every year. In 2022,
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the senate in The US passed
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the an act that said that it would
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be permanently
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daylight saving time, which
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that's that'd be fine. You know? I'm I'm
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happy with that. Like I said, I just
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don't want the change.
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What's interesting during World War one, World War
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two, and then
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after that for a while,
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they did go on what's called wartime
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where they had daylight savings time the whole
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year.
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That was in The US. And,
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also,
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what year was that?
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forget what year, but
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president Nixon
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yeah. There we go. In January
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1974,
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Nixon,
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signed a bill to make
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saving daylight saving time permanent.
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later that year in October,
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Gerald Ford signed a law repealing that because
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there was a lot of people
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complaining about kids going to school in the
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dark and
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people commuting in the dark
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and all that. But, you know, up here
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up north, you know, we have a little
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bit more
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variation in the day, you know, the sunlight
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length. You know, up here in the wintertime,
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regardless whether we're on daylight saving time or
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not, the mornings would be dark and the
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evenings are gonna be dark.
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It's just the way it is the further
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north you go. I lived in Iceland for
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a year and,
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you know, for
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a few months out of the year, the
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sun really didn't go down completely. It wasn't
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quite above the Arctic Circle, but really close.
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way down just
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the horizon,
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so it was kinda like a twilight.
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a couple hours, and then it would pop
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back up.
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twenty four hours.
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you know, conversely, in the wintertime,
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the sun would come up about 10:30.
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go sideways for an hour or two, and
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then drop down, and it'd be dark again.
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Both of those were
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you know, there's nothing you could do about
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it. Whatever the clock said didn't matter.
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You know? Come out of the bar at
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two in the morning, and you had to
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put your sunglasses on. And, conversely, you can
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go to lunch and, hey, that's the only
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time you have, sun.
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So I don't know. Yeah. Just my my
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little rant for today.
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I do have a,
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proposal.
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I I would say,
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why don't we just worldwide
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go ahead and
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make it so that
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the whole world is on one time.
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Doesn't matter what time it is. Okay? So
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here in Michigan,
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our wake up time would be,
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you know, I don't know. I guess it'd
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be four in the morning, three I don't
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know. If you use Greenwich Mead time,
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it would,
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you know, we would be five or six
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hours different than everywhere else.
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So, yeah, that'd probably be confusing, but at
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least we'd know what time everything was. You
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know? Like like I said, when we
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you know, at work, we have employees in
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all the different time zones. In fact, we
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have one in Arizona. Arizona is one of
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the states that doesn't do the time change.
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So his time changes
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on him,
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you know, but, everybody at the company works
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East Coast hours with the exception of the
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guy in California,
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which, he's
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he works nights and weekends. So it's,
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that's that's a whole different thing.
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But, anyway, that's,
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that's all I really gotta say about it.
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I did get all my stuff changed.
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Ironically, my new truck or new to me
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truck,
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changed itself.
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And my wife's car, I have to change,
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and the old Corolla, I gotta change.
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And we got a couple of alarm clocks
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in the house that we use for various
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things. Had to change those
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and of course the microwave and the stove,
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now I would have thought those would be
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no new enough to auto
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auto change, but, nope. They're not connected to
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the Internet, so I guess that's good.
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Why would you want your microwave connected to
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the Internet anyway? That's a whole another story.
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Anyway, glad you, dropped by. Stay subscribed.
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Napod Pomo is still going.
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We're eight days in, and
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I look forward
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to you guys, hanging out with me for
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the rest of the month.
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Catch me later.