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To: Lane3 who wrote (14218)	10/28/2003 5:07:11 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793757

I'm not sure folks think it's "magic" when we change our clocks twice a year. In fact I've never heard it put quite like that. Where did you get that idea? Changing the clock is beneficial for mankind in more ways than emotional as the site pointed out. I don't think it is any more complicated than that doing so allows us daylight when we want or need it most. Going to work or school when there is some daylight is much easier and safer than when it's dark. I suppose employers could change work hours but that doesn't seem very practical either. The sun is exactly the same at any given point in time regardless of what your watch says. It takes me a day or two to adjust.....especially the Autumn change back to standard time....but I don't think most of us give it much thought after that. I understand worshiping the sun. I scratch my head, though, at the notion of worshiping the current clumsy vehicle, a proxy, for making that sun more accessible as though it were the sun itself. I don't think we are "worshiping" the current system, and as I said, most of us don't give it any thought after the changes are made, but many of us are very grateful to have the morning light. I'm certainly not smart enough to come up with an alternative other than to change our waking and working hours to accommodate the sun. How about you? M