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On Sunday, 7 January 2018 12:06:28 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:51:33 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > > That was apparently after the white man tried to explain to him |
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> > > > |
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> > > > the |
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> > > > |
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> > > > "advantages" of Daylight Saving Time. |
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> > > Yes. Which, of course it doesn't. Save anything, I mean. |
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> > It 'saves' the socio-economic model whereby aggressively promoted |
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> > consumerism attempts to secure a continuation of artificially enhanced |
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> > cross-border trade, at ever increasing rates. |
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> Although it was actually introduce, first by Germany then by Britain, in |
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> 1915 to improve productivity for the war effort. Britain also introduced |
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> licencing hours at the same time to avoid workers turning up hungover. |
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Hmm ... according to Wikipedia it was conceived in the 19th century, well |
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before the World Wars. Canada was the first place where DST was introduced, |
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in Ontario only. Tis true nevertheless that the German Empire introduced it |
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during the Great War to conserve coal, 5 years later. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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