Gothamist: Turn Back Time

Benjamin Franklin

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:47:48 -0500

Sorry for the bad link. You can read about it here: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

Benjamin Franklin

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:45:54 -0500

Like someone said before, Daylight Saving Time ends in the fall. We're on Standard Time now. Actually, Toby, farmers dislike Daylight Saving Time. They dislike it because cows and chickens cannot really be told to wake up and sleep an hour later or earlier. The "Daylight Saving Time was for farmers" idea is a myth. Daylight Saving Time was invented by Benjamin Franklin to save energy resources (back in his day, it was candle wax and lamp oil). Today, it saves millions of dollars in electricity costs. Read about it here.

iceberg

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:36:35 -0500

Does anyone know where I could buy a pillar or post clock, the sort of which appear in the picture above?

smitty

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:09:22 -0500

trick or treating is supposed to be in the dark. its halloween.

Toby

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:49:28 -0500

The whole time switch thing is just a bunch of crap. There is no reason to and Daylight Savings Time really just shifts energy use from evening to morning. It is an antiquated thing which is allegedly done "for the farmers" and now done as an alleged energy savings device. Now it is just annoying.

jayKayEss

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:32:45 -0500

Erm, it's now Standard Time. Daylight Savings Time was in the Summer.