[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[Mike Meredith]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:35:28 -0600 (MDT), Dan Duncan wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> >    Farmers complain the time change adversely affects livestock,
> >    especially dairy cows, disrupting milking schedules.
> >
> > Because cows wear wristwtches, of course.
> 
> Cows expect to be milked at a particular time each day.  When you

Only in the sense that they expect to be milked 24 hours (or 12 ?) after
the last time. I've tried questioning cows about their perception of
time, and all they come back with is "Moo?", so I guess they don't care
if it's 5am, 4am, or @1.34 (whatever that translates to).

I guess intelligent farmers who realise that changing the wallclock time
causes them *fewer* problems than almost anybody else get some amusement
from the antics of their less perceptive fellows who do the whinging.

> I have a 9 month old baby who has started sleeping through the
> night since the last time change and wakes up at 7:20am every
> morning, 7 days a week.  I know in a couple of months she's going to
> start waking up (and waking us up) at 6:20am because to her it's
> 7:20am and time for breakfast.  Those of you who will be getting
> an extra hour of sleep after October are lucky.

So go into work an hour earlier, go home an hour earlier, go to sleep an
hour earlier.