Tag: Roosevelt time
Roosevelt Time
We go back on Roosevelt Time (my Corsicana grandfather’s term for Daylight Savings Time) on Sunday, an artifact of World War II that’s never been rescinded, proving that what the bureaucracy giveth it hardly ever taketh away. And, lo and behold, DST might even be bad for your health, as it is statistically related to [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2010 under Obamalot, Weather/Climate.
Tags: daylight savings time, Roosevelt time
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Roosevelt time
Some places are spared tomorrow’s setting back of clocks one hour, according to Wikipedia, because they don’t do the daylight savings trick. Next year daylight savings time, which my grandfather derisively called "Roosevelt time" for its originator in America, FDR, will start earlier and end later. Happy extra hour of sleep.
Posted: October 28th, 2006 under Scribbles.
Tags: daylight savings time, Roosevelt time, wkipedia
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