So the polititions have more time to golf at night during the summer.

 

Seriously though, i really dont understand why we do it???

 

So kids won't be walking to the bus stops in the dark in the morning.

 

But they'll be walking home in the dark in the evening. I'm just going to take a stab that pedophiles are not early risers. JMHO, but I don't get the logic behind that argument.

 

But they'll be walking home in the dark in the evening. I'm just going to take a stab that most pedophiles are not early risers. JMHO, but I don't get the logic behind that argument.

 

Schools here get out at around 1500 hrs.
Even in the dead of winter it doesn't get dark here until around 1700.
It's not as much for avoiding the preditors as it is avoiding being hit by a car walking in the dark.

 

It is hard not to change out your smoke detector when you can get them at Home Depot for under $5.00 when a new Duracell battery will cost you $3.00.
Although I use line powered/ battery in the house and most people don't think of it but I have 4 units in the attic.

At Christmas time I have 2 installed above the Christmas tree, and I replace them every year.
Usually because I cannot remember where I put them.

Can't tell you how many people have asked me to find the CRICKETS in their house. They seem to chirp every 60 seconds.



CHANGE THOSE BATTERIES

Jim

 

This from a guy who uses the office coffee decanter to bail out a USED stopped up toilet.


And I was not talking about just the 10 year batteries type smoke detectors, I was talking about the whole smoke detector. They only last 10 years. You should replace EVERY smoke detector every 10 years. They wear out, get dusty, and don't work.

 

First of all, it's a coffee POT, not a 'decanter'. Decanter is a word that would be used with that foo-foo flavored crud that some people attempt to pass off as real coffee. Real men use coffee POTS!

And secondly, you're right AGAIN. ALL smoke detectors should be replaced after 10 years or so.

Dang lizzerd is startin' to get on my nerves... bein' right twice in the same thread, his head's gonna swell even bigger than it awready is!

chaikwa.

 

The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966.

Benjamin Franklin, while a minister to France, first suggested the idea in April 1784.

In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war effort, the U.S. Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular that it was later repealed.

When America went to war again, Congress reinstated Daylight Saving Time on February 9, 1942. Time in the U.S. was advanced one hour to save energy. It remained advanced one hour forward year-round until September 30, 1945.

From 1945 to 1966, there was no U.S. law about Daylight Saving Time. So, states and localities were free to observe Daylight Saving Time or not. This, however, caused confusion, especially for the broadcasting industry, and for trains and buses. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.

By 1966, some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight Saving Time through their own local laws and customs. Congress decided to step in end the confusion and establish one pattern across the country.

Following the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Congress put most of the nation on extended Daylight Saving Time for two years in hopes of saving additional energy. This experiment worked, but Congress did not continue the experiment in 1975 because of opposition, mostly from the farming states.

Studies concluded that observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day

Daylight Saving Time also allowed more people to travel home from work and school in daylight, which is much safer than darkness.

They have a few other reasons for using Daylight Saving Time, but this gives you an idea of the reasoning behind it.

chaikwa.

 

That's why we're *SO* special here in Arizona. There's too much sunlight as it is so we don't observe nor support DST.

It's just makes all you other mothers cooky!!

John

 

my house is all electric. the only natural gas to my house goes to my grill outside. why would I want to add a CO detector?

 

Because CO is the byproduct of combustion "FIRE" and the detector is usually set at head height of people.
Smoke detectors are triggered by the particles of smoke that get into the detecting chamber and not the actual gas that will kill you.
It will also detect if your neighbor sticks a hose into your window at night and hooks it up to their exhaust pipe because they are annoyed with your noisy truck.


Ane even all electric houses burn..
Jim

 

Dont forget when you replace that smoke detector dont just toss it in the trash it has a small bit of radioactive material in it that can cause problems down the raod. It should be turned in to your local haz waste company. If you dont know where to turn it in call your local garbage co. and they will let you know how to dispose of it correctly.

 

for here at least, changing time is worst than staying the same as far as this aspect goe's, when we were on the savings time, it was pitch black when everyone was going to school since the beginning of october. Now that we're on the time that we used to be on all the time it's daylight in the morning and get's dark at the right time instead of 9:30 like it was in the summer. So why can't we just stay on this time year round like we used to here in indiana?