wow you must be young
thank you *blushes*
I just don't remember it or why they adjusted it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:04 (two months ago) link
i love the sun
― ivy., Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:07 (two months ago) link
Congress moved the dates when DST started and ended because estimates predicted a net energy savings nationally if the changes were adopted. Dubya's only involvement was signing the bill into law.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:10 (two months ago) link
when I win the lottery I'll just have two houses in adjacent time zones and move between them accordingly
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
I am hitting a huge mid-afternoon lull right now.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 19:13 (two months ago) link
xxp Aimless-- I thought it was the centerpiece of his administration's "Energy Conservation Plan"
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 20:01 (two months ago) link
It could have been touted that way when introduced. It's the sort of thing presidents love to mention in their State of the Union address (speeches which I have mostly ignored since about 1994). I can't recall his ever mentioning an interest in it after that, only the stupid wrangling about how many more schoolkids per annum would be crushed by school busses compared to the status quo.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 20:15 (two months ago) link