Daylight savings time works really great if the earth is flat. Ever really think about daylight savings? It says the system is to save daylight, right? Not a bad concept in theory but an odd idea in reality.
Daylight savings was invented by eighteenth century Ben Franklin and worked great in Philadelphia, a considerable distance south of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. In the spring an hour of sunlight was taken from the morning and added to the evening so you could do more stuff at night. There werent any street lights in those days and no light bulbs and heck, no electricity either. Hanging out after school or work in the evening, trying to meet girls was difficult. You couldnt see what the girls looked like and they couldnt see what you looked like which was not a bad idea in some cases but all and all not a good experience. Maybe the girls carried candle and lit then to get a quick look at prince charming, but still, it was a hit and miss way of meeting guys and chicks.
Reading the evening paper was also a challenge. Hey, turn on the candle I want to read the paper!
Sorry. Erica took it out with her. Shes meeting a new boy tonight.
You can see how this would be a giant pain. And since most chasing of women takes place in the evening a little light made a big difference. So, the guys and gals in Philly were doing fine with the extra hour of daylight in the evening. But what about the people in Cold Lake or Meadow Lake or Saskatoon or Moose Jaw? To get the same effect as Philadelphia the earth would have to be flat flat as pee on a plate, I might add.
On our planet the further you go north of the equator the longer the summer daylight and the shorter the winter daylight. At Cold Lake or Meadow Lake it stays light in the summer until ten-thirty. There is no problem seeing what a chick or guy looks like on a warm evening while romantically paddling your canoe with your new found friend across the placid waters of Lac LaRonge. And if he or she turns out to be a bore, you can read the newspaper instead.
There is a need for daylight savings but not in the summer. People of Saskatchewan and all of Western Canada could use more daylight in the winter! So, until someone figures out how to save summer daylight so it can be used in the winter, I am sticking with standard time.
The point is that farther north of the equator you go in the summer the earlier the sun comes up and the later it goes down.
