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Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time

From Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups can.politics, can.general, ab.general, ab.politics, edm.general
Subject Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Date 2026-04-17 18:40 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2026-04-17 18:27, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <10rtl4v$2i2c1$4@dont-email.me>, Alan  <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2026-04-17 07:53, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:14:04 -0700, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> You _stupid machine_: a "one hour shift" never happens in the analog reality
>>> humans physically inhabit: it takes 6 MONTHS to go from "high noon to
>>> midnight" even in the Arctic.
>> The "shift" is only in which number we use to describe a particular time
>> of day, doofus.
> 
> Do some Cricardian research.

1. The word is "circadian" and is NOT capitalized.

2. Your circadian rhythm isn't affected by what number is shown on a clock.

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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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