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Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time

From Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups edm.general, edm.politics, ab.general, ab.politics, can.general, can.politics
Subject Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Date 2026-03-26 01:14 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10q2psc$2ljtl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2026-03-25 19:36, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <10q1sba$2dc4q$1@dont-email.me>, Alan  <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2026-03-25 16:45, The Doctor wrote:
>>> In article <10q15ol$24530$5@dont-email.me>, Alan  <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2026-03-03 08:24, The Doctor wrote:
>>>>> SO BC and the Yukon wants their populations to be jetlagged zombies.
>>>>>
>>>>> We said no to permanent DST in Alberta
>>>>> and that referendum must be honoured.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sign
>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://www.change.org/p/the-voters-of-alberta-make-the-alberta-canada-time-zone-permanent-mountain-standard-time-zone?recruiter=5018939&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=8c88060d-1250-4636-951a-2606169a41e1
>>>>>
>>>>> And tell the premier to honour the refendum
>>>>> that said no to permanent DST in Alberta!
>>>>
>>>> There's no magic that makes DST deleterious to health, doofus.
>>>>
>>>> They are just numbers and changing the number we use to represent a time
>>>> of day does NOTHING.
>>>
>>> WRong you are.
>>
>> Really?
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Does my body know if the clock reads 8am or 9am?
> 
> Your body follows the sun.  high noon is no 1 p.m. !

Your body doesn't KNOW how to read a clock.

And given that the natural variability of daylight hours in different 
latitudes of the world is FAR greater than the one hour shift imposed by 
DST, the body is clearly capable of adjusting to waking up while it is 
darker than the clock would suggest.

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Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-03 16:24 +0000
  Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> - 2026-03-03 09:40 -0700
    Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-03 23:12 +0000
      Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> - 2026-03-03 20:43 -0700
        Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-04 04:34 +0000
          Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> - 2026-03-04 11:07 -0700
            Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-04 23:51 +0000
              Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Sharx335 <sharx35@telus.net> - 2026-03-04 17:10 -0700
                Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-05 01:25 +0000
      Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-03-24 19:14 -0400
        Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-25 04:15 +0000
          Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time chefly <deal@me.al> - 2026-03-25 14:47 -0600
            Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-25 23:46 +0000
    Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Idlehands <hidefromu@hushmail.com> - 2026-03-03 18:45 -0700
  Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-25 10:24 -0700
    Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-25 23:45 +0000
      Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-25 16:50 -0700
        Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-26 02:36 +0000
          Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-26 01:14 -0700
            Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-26 12:05 +0000
              Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-26 09:56 -0700
                Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-03-27 02:14 +0000
            Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca> - 2026-04-17 14:53 +0000
              Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-04-18 01:25 +0000
              Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2026-04-18 01:27 +0000
                Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-04-17 18:40 -0700

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