03-09-2015, 08:34 PM
shortliner Wrote:I believe the original intention was to allow farmers to work late in the fields during the war - the old days of" Dawn to Dusk" in the countryside - now they cite less chance of kids being killed on the roads in the daylight - but they don't seem to worry about the little darlings riding round on their bikes without lights in Winter!but the major objectors to DST are the rural communities -- they claim the cows don't get up any earlier.
I say if the gummint wants us at work at 7 instead of 8 they should just tell us, instead of lying about what time it is.
When I was young, the railways stayed on standard time all year. I never noticed if they adjusted the schedules any in the summer.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.