Don’t forget to turn back your clock. I’m going to turn mine back to
when I was 20.
Maxine
On Sunday, November 6 at 2am we turn the clocks
back one hour. That’s when I officially become a mole. “Falling back” strips me
of my precious daylight hours. My office is a 45 minute walk and I typically
leave at 7am. It’s a wonderful way to start the day but now that summer’s over,
sadly my walk takes place predominantly in darkness. But, when I leave the
office at around 4:30pm I enjoy a lovely walk home in daylight. This pleasure
of life will be snatched from me as soon as we turn the clocks back on November
6.
Why do we spring ahead and fall back? There’s
some interesting lore surrounding the time changes:
- Benjamin Franklin first suggested it in an essay in 1784.
- It was invented by George Vincent Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist in 1895, so that he would have more hours to collect bugs.
- British businessman William Willett proposed the change to British Parliament in 1907.
What we do know for sure is that the moving of the clocks
was first introduced during World War One in 1916 by Germany and Austria, and
then by the allies, to save on coal usage.
World War One is long over! People, let’s get our acts
together and stop this time shifting madness! I want my daylight hours back.
Mutating into a mole doesn’t become me.
I love turning the clocks back so it gets dark by 4pm.
Said no one ever!
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Make someone smile today.
Geri
