SantiagoBear

09:04 pm: I should probably say something more
The last time I posted about the value of the USD related to the dollar, I mentioned that it was at about $501. Well, it got WAY lower than that. For several months - - around 9 - - it was in the low $400s. It got as low as $403, but mostly stayed between $415 and $425. The fact that it's now back up to $568 is a wonderful thing for me, but losing a third of my pension to the exchange rate has not been a good thing for me.

The Spring has officially arrived. Unfortunately, that means that next Saturday night, Daylight Savings Time will begin.

I have always HATED DST. There is absolutely no good excuse for it, and studies done in Indiana, where they used to observe it by county, have shown that in counties where they USED DST, the use of energy was higher, per capita, than in counties where they did not. It does NOT, therefore, save energy.

When you dress in the dark, you turn on the lights. The coldest part of the day is the hour or two just before sunrise. Therefore, even if you go to bed when it's light out, and nice and warm, you'll use the heat in the morning when you get up.

If you leave the time as it is, you get up in the daylight, nice and warm, and with light so you don't have to use electricity, AND it's still nice and warm when you go to bed at night. Heat is provided by blankets.

The ONLY thing DST does is give people an excuse to go out later than they should during the week (when they should be resting for work the next day) and BUY things.

It's nothing more nor less than another perk for businesses.

I don't know about you, but nightfall at 8:45 rather than 9:45 doesn't bother me in the least.

But dawn at 7:00 is just too late.

Another 2¢ investment on my part.