Next Monday and Tuesday I'll be doing a Seattle WA trip to see Rush. The only things to worry about is finding some place that is not too expensive near Climate Pledge arena to have lunch or dinner and for me to see 1 or 2 sights before I go back to my hometown in California. At least I can check off that I visited Washington State. ... This tagline is umop apisdn
--- bwreader/Win
* Origin: Inland Utopia BBS * Ontario, California (21:4/108)

On 04 Oct 2026 at 05:19p, Matthew Munson pondered and said...

Next Monday and Tuesday I'll be doing a Seattle WA trip to see Rush. The only things to worry about is finding some place that is not too
expensive near Climate Pledge arena to have lunch or dinner and for me

enjoy the concert Matthew - hopefully the travel goes smoothly for you.

find a good burger joint and have one for me :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

enjoy the concert Matthew - hopefully the travel goes smoothly for you.

I was in the UK for almost two weeks in september, but at least i dont
have to deal with time changes.

***wcTaglines: You never know what you know!
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v10.0gr17
* Origin: Inland Utopia BBS * Ontario, California (21:4/108)

On 04 Oct 2026 at 07:32p, Matthew Munson pondered and said...

I was in the UK for almost two weeks in september, but at least i dont have to deal with time changes.

Heh.. over here we just moved to daylight savings hours a week or so ago... the weather is still springlike but hopefully soon the temps will warm up a bit... still based on what I have seen in the UK we don't want too warmer temps ;)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Hey...

That pesky daylight savings. I think it is a consipiracy orchestrated by the car insurance companies, due to the higher number of tiredness bingles in the weeks following the clock change. Possibly the clock / battery companies are onto it too, due to general confusion on why the clock is suddenly one hour wrong. They can't fool us!


--
Randers - Lazarus - Dumpster Dive BBS

On 05/10/2026 17:18 Avon said...

On 04 Oct 2026 at 07:32p, Matthew Munson pondered and said...

I was in the UK for almost two weeks in september, but at least

i dont

have to deal with time changes.

Heh.. over here we just moved to daylight savings hours a week or so
ago... the weather is still springlike but hopefully soon the temps
will warm up a bit... still based on what I have seen in the UK we
don't want too warmer temps ;)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm
not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz
(21:1/101)

-- Dumpster Dive BBS- Krystal BBS Software Test Board --
* Origin: Dumpster Dive - Victoria, Australia (21:3/256)

Hello Randers!

05 Oct 26 21:17, you wrote to Avon:

-- Dumpster Dive BBS- Krystal BBS
Software Test Board --
* Origin: Dumpster Dive - Victoria, Australia (21:3/256)

Tear lines shouldn't have ansi codes in them.


Vorlon


--- GoldED+/LNX 2.0.0-b20260912
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (21:1/195)

On 05 Oct 2026 at 09:17p, Randers pondered and said...

That pesky daylight savings. I think it is a consipiracy orchestrated by t car insurance companies, due to the higher number of tiredness bingles in weeks following the clock change. Possibly the clock / battery companies a

what's a bingle :) It's my new favourite word of the day.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

That pesky daylight savings. I think it is a consipiracy orchestrated by t car insurance companies, due to the higher number of tiredness bingles in weeks following the clock change. Possibly the clock / battery companies a

In the USA, it is the golfing lobby that keep it going... more daylight
for people to spend money playing... and to some extent the beer and liquor lobby... more time after work for people to party and drink.

The golfing industry is also one of the lobbys trying to get it instituted year-round in the USA. It is no coincidence that the most vocal political advocate is a known lover of the game. ;)

The reason the USA extended DST into Novemeber was the candy lobby, who
thought that more daylight on Halloween would mean more money. From what I have heard, they have made a bundle off of the extension as October candy
sales did indeed go up.



... Pass the tequila, Manuel...
--- MultiMail/DOS
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (21:1/175)

Dumas Walker wrote to Randers <=-

In the USA, it is the golfing lobby that keep it going... more daylight for people to spend money playing... and to some extent the beer and liquor lobby... more time after work for people to party and drink.

I hadn't heard that Big Golf was behind DST, but I suppose it makes
sense. Don't know about the liquor lobby, don't think daylight (or lack
thereof) was a criteria when I was drinking...

The golfing industry is also one of the lobbys trying to get it
instituted year-round in the USA. It is no coincidence that the most vocal political advocate is a known lover of the game. ;)

That would explain why people have floated keeping DST around and
keeping us on DST year-round instead of going to standard time and not
switching. adoptiong DST year round doesn't make sense at all.

(aside: I have an annoying vendor I'm having to deal with - one of the
"let's meet every week because I can't track project effort unless I
get everyone on a call.". She's trying to manage 2 hours a week across
several busy schedules and several time zones. I gave her my
availability in PDT, my time zone. She somehow translated that to PST
and scheduled a meeting one hour earlier then tried to play the
"Everyone is availale on our end at this time" angle. I'm your
customer, so no.)

The reason the USA extended DST into Novemeber was the candy lobby, who thought that more daylight on Halloween would mean more money. From
what I have heard, they have made a bundle off of the extension as
October candy sales did indeed go up.

... Pass the tequila, Manuel...
--- MultiMail/DOS
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (21:1/175)

... ZIMA TASTES BETTER WHEN IT'S ILLEGAL
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

That would explain why people have floated keeping DST around
and
keeping us on DST year-round instead of going to standard time
and not
switching. adoptiong DST year round doesn't make sense at all.

Exactly, makes no sense. It was tried as a test before and went over so badly it was cancelled before it officially ended.

(aside: I have an annoying vendor I'm having to deal with -
one of the
"let's meet every week because I can't track project effort
unless I
get everyone on a call.". She's trying to manage 2 hours a
week across
several busy schedules and several time zones. I gave her my
availability in PDT, my time zone. She somehow translated that
to PST
and scheduled a meeting one hour earlier then tried to play
the
"Everyone is availale on our end at this time" angle. I'm your
customer, so no.)

I had similar issues except they were with people who lived and worked in the same area -- and in the same office -- that I did. Not sure what time zone they were trying to live on but they were good at coming in a hour+ later than everyone else, and then setting up lots of meetings after everyone else's quitting time. After showing up to empty conference rooms a few times, it didn't take them long to learn they couldn't do that.

Best as I can tell, those are the types of people who think year-round DST is a good idea, too. :D



--- ScorpioWeb v0.39a (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (21:1/175)

Dumas Walker wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I had similar issues except they were with people who lived and worked
in the same area -- and in the same office -- that I did. Not sure
what time zone they were trying to live on but they were good at coming
in a hour+ later than everyone else, and then setting up lots of
meetings after everyone else's quitting time. After showing up to
empty conference rooms a few times, it didn't take them long to learn
they couldn't do that.

Oh, that's annoying.

I'm in an odd situation where my company bought a company on Eastern
time, and we're heavy into separating them from the parent company.
Most of the vendors are on EDT/CDT and schedule meetings on their time.
Which means, 7am or noon my time.

I just spent 4 years working with a boss on Eastern time who worked
7:30am-4:30am out of personal preference - which was 4:30am-1:30pm my
time! Made working together challenging.

Add to that a North America HQ in Central Time and a headquarters in
Paris, both of which were insensitive to remote office time zones and
you have a lot of midnight, 4am and 7am meetings. Thankfully I worked
from home for most of that and could roll out of bed off-camera for
those meetings.

Best as I can tell, those are the types of people who think year-round
DST is a good idea, too. :D

--- ScorpioWeb v0.39a (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * KY, USA (21:1/175)

... Do you ever see inconsistencies in your world?
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)