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Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time

From Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups ab.general, ab.politics, can.general, can.politics
Subject Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Followup-To can.politics
Date 2026-04-17 14:53 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <pan$14428$e0d21bca$e35faed6$e620c508@neotext.ca> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <10q15ol$24530$5@dont-email.me> <10q1s2v$2rfn$11@gallifrey.nk.ca> <10q1sba$2dc4q$1@dont-email.me> <10q262h$rq5$2@gallifrey.nk.ca> <10q2psc$2ljtl$1@dont-email.me>

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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.  

Dhu

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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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