Top Sites Tuesday – Thought of the Day

My thought of the day is Daylight Savings Time.

Why do we have to have it anyway? I don’t like it being dark and having to turn on the headlights on my way home after work. It’s awful. So do I have to change mine!? What if I boycott… LOL

Who the heck came up with this stupid idea of messing the the clocks anyway… I’m going to Google it.

Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist. Many countries have used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.

Well, Mr. Hudson, I suppose you had an good reason for playing with all the clocks in the world, but I wish mine could be left alone. Of course when daylight savings ends and we seemingly gain and hour of sleep in the morning most people like it – we all get that extra hour to relax. This afternoon though, I found myself staring at a clock that had yet to be adjusted, it was telling me that it was 6:30 and I was not home yet. In the Spring when we loose that hour of sleep, everyone complains and is late for work – or dragging in sluggish and tired.I think Mr. Hudson was one of those that got up at 4:30 am and went to bed early so it didn’t matter to him… So it’s time to ask Google again… Oh Google, why do we have Daylight Savings Time?

Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and made him aware of the value of after-hours daylight. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift, and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch, New Zealand he followed up in an 1898 paper. Many publications incorrectly credit DST’s invention to the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett, who independently conceived DST in 1905 during a pre-breakfast ride, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day. An avid golfer, he also disliked cutting short his round at dusk. His solution was to advance the clock during the summer months, a proposal he published two years later.

Well, in that case, may all you bug collectors and golfers enjoy your daylight savings… Me Can’t we just leave the clocks alone!?

Happy Tuesday,
Wolfbernz
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