Oh my goodness - I was just reading the Salt Lake Tribune online and read the following headline:
House wants study on dumping Daylight Saving Time
Everyone knows my short list of the five things I despise:
1) Daylight Savings Time
2) Round-abouts
3) Dreadlocks
4) Making new Babies sleep on their backs
5) Polygamists (modern-day, not my ancestors). Specifically this one woman in particular who I ran into over and over again for years when I was grocery shopping at the Harmon's in West Valley City. It was unnerving. Early morning on a Thursday? We were both there. Late night on a Friday? We were both there. Our eyes would meet in a cold, stony glare as we sidled past each other in the soup aisle. After we moved to South Jordan, I ran into a polygamist family one day while shopping at Walmart. I decided to be a better person and smile if our eyes met. It was the man who caught me eye. He returned my tepid smile with a cold, stony glare. I quickly changed my smile up-side-down and frowned my smile away.
So anyway, HIP HIP HOORAY that the house is doing a study on dumping Daylight Saving Time (which I've always pronounced as "Saving(s)." When we get home from our fun trip to Denver this weekend to celebrate Jack's baptism on Saturday, I am going to join the movement.
Who knows, next year there may be a headline:
"Activist wants House to study dumping Round-abouts"
Associated Press: Political activist and leader in the "Dump Daylight Saving Time" movement, Barbara Sweat, led a sit-in at a round-about in South Jordan Utah yesterday, demanding that the house study dumping Round-abouts. She was joined by three other middle-aged women in patterned polyester blouses with poor eyesight and slow reflexes. Their theme "Come 'round, it's all about about safety!" has not caught on. Sweat stated, "This isn't Europe! We are all just fine with stopping and looking both ways instead of being flung into a flying centrifuge of split-second traffic decisions, not knowing where we're going to end up when we shoot out on the other side. " Her husband Dennis was not available for comment.
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Mom
Here is the rest of the Tribune article:
Do you hate switching to and from Daylight Saving Time? The House endorsed a bill Thursday that would allow people to sound off, and weigh in on a study about whether to keep it, dump it or at least avoid the switching.
Representatives passed HB197 on a 54-14 vote, and sent it to the Senate.
Rep. Ronda Menlove, R-Garland, sponsored the
plan to require the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to hold a
meeting on the issue, and invite "parents, senior citizens, and
representatives from the agricultural, public education, recreation and
business communities."
She said constituents have pushed her for 10
years to find a way to avoid the twice-a-year switch to and from
Daylight Saving Time. But bills to do that have been consistently
killed, so she is calling for the meeting to seek a solution.
"They don’t mind if we have Daylight Saving
Time or regular time, they just don’t want to switch. They don’t like
the disruption," she said about constituents.
Rep. David Lifferth, R-Eagle Mountain, said Daylight Saving Time "is a terrible idea and has been since it started."
Ha! I would agree that DST isn't quite as necessary as it was in the old days and that we could live without it. Of course that would mean that the sun would go down in MN in Dec at 3:30 in the afternoon! Yikes.
ReplyDeleteOn a similar note I read a story recently postulating that the continental US should move from 4 time zones to 2. Just one big line down the middle. That would make things easier as well.
Round abouts on the other hand are the future. 4 way stops are inefficient. They waste time, fuel, and brake pads. Round abouts are on the rise. You should get a game on your phone to help you improve your reflex time.
Forrest
Oh Barbaralicious, you are funny. "Middle-aged women in patterned polyester blouses with poor eyesight and slow reflexes." Classic.
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Oh, and we call round-abouts "round-abounds" in our house because of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70.
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Amen, Rep. Menlove! We hate the switching! I, however, vote to stay on Daylight SAVINGS (it doesn't have an S??) Time year round. I like for Andrew to be able to play outside with the kids for half an hour when he gets home from work and I'm finishing dinner. It makes everyone in my house happier.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the DST, but not on the round-abouts. I think every stop sign should be a yield sign anyway. (-:
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I love your article. Here's another one:
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Associated Press: Political activist and leader in the "Turn those smiles upside down" movement, Barbara Sweat, led a sit-in at a Walmart in West Valley City, Utah yesterday, demanding that cold stares of polygamists be forever met with frowning faces. She was joined by three other middle-aged women who agreed that it's no way for a married man to cotton up to other women who could potentially be sister wives to his polygamist clan. Her husband Dennis was not available for comment. Sisters Julie and Denise refused to return our calls.
How did all three of our daughters turn out to be such good writers? The three of you should start a combined blog. Add us to the anti-DST list, but turnarounds are a breeze once you've driven a big old DeSoto down the Champs Elysees to the Eiffel Tower.
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