DST

I would just like to clear up some myths about Daylight Savings Time.

I hate it!  I will be discombobulated for--10 days if I'm lucky, but probably two weeks.

I wake up when the sun reaches a certain angle and comes into my bedroom window--my bedroom is on the east side of the house.

Now when DST begins, the sun comes into my bedroom window, but an hour later.  If I set my alarm to get up at eight, clock-time, the sun is not at the same angle as it was yesterday, and I don't feel ready to get out of bed.  I think I have told you that I am very life/mood oriented to outside conditions.

Now--as for the MYTH that DST was brought about by farmers--THIS IS A DOWN-RIGHT LIE.  It was strongly advocated by the UAW and factory workers.  Especially daytime workers who wanted more light AFTER they got out of work.  Might I add that golf courses LOVE DST!

I can remember when the state of Michigan voted on whether to enact DST or not.  It was resoundingly voted down.  However, six months later, it was enacted by our legislature.  Most of us were quite angry about that.

Farmer's--especially dairy farmers, of which there were a lot in our State back then, hated DST.  Cows need to be milked every 12 hours.  If they aren't milked on this schedule, their "bags" can get too full of milk and it can lead to mastitis--a disease of the teats.

My father, and all other dairy farmers, had to start a couple weeks before the time change, and start milking their herd 15 minutes earlier each day, to get the cows used to the time change and once again get on a 12 hour schedule.  Trust me, you do not want to milk cows 11 hours apart, or 13 hours apart.

To be perfectly blunt--this was one huge pain in the ASS!

As for having an extra hour of daylight in the evening so the farmer could work longer in their fields, nonsense!  Farmers have been known to work until 11:00 at night in the field, that's why tractor's and combines have headlights!

So--quit blaming the farmer for this idiotic law.  Either keep the time at DST year round, or Standard Time year round.

By the way, did you know that the first Monday after the time change, especially the spring time change, there is a higher percentage of heart attacks, car accidents and murder than any other day in the year?