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Show JUST STUFF fQ BY JfiN fyA I'm a day late and a dollar short. OK, to be honest I'm only an hour . late and I wish only a dollar short. Once more our bodies must adjust ad-just to daylight savings time. Late Saturday night, or in the wee hours of Sunday morning we all diligently turned our clocks an hour forward, losing one precious hour of time. Of course, we're all supposed sup-posed to rest assured that we will gain that hour later in the year when we "fall back". But somehow the hour I gain isn't nearly as productive pro-ductive as the hour I just lost. As an adult I can handle this time tinkering technique that the experts have devised, supposedly to give us more time. But there are some critters in this world who don't understand the concept of time or the tinkering thereof.;; Namely, children and cows. (Oh, other animals don't have much of a concept of time, but cows make the point rather nicely). My nephew Jordan knows his bedtime is at 8:30, and his body is aware of the fact, too. At 8:27 Jordan starts getting a little bit sleepy and his body shifts into a lower gear. It's time to wind down and mellow out. But it's not because the clock on the mantle chimed 8:30. His body has no idea where the hands of the clock are. It just knows it's bed time. So what happens when we change to daylight savings time? Jordan's body is saying, "All right! It's time to be riding my bike or playing kick the can." After all, in body lime it's only 7:30. But mom is saying, "Jordan, it's 8:30. It's time to settle down and go to sleep!" And tomorrow morning, when it's lime to get Jordan out of bed and ready for school? His mom will shake the little tyke and say, "Come on Jordan, it's time to get up and at .'em." The clock might say 6:00, time to get up. Mom might say, "6:00 time 10 get; But the body will be sa; "Bologna! It's 5:00 a.m. arj time to be sleeping!" Wiihfc daylight savings is more: changing the clocks, it's " training! Now, what about cows'! L say you have a couple of cows that you milk two fc y day. Once in the morning ai: v and again in the evening ai. What happens with day light ; ings time? If you go out wh; fi $ clock says 5:30, is Bossie gc:: p have the milk made for lie: a' maid? Her body is thinking. ' " 4:30. I have an hour to deli.;: milk!" fc & Of course, for Bossie, ct. te back to standard time is a : more unpleasant situation!;' ready with the milk for you j milking. You don't arrive ul pc clock says 5:30, which is 6..' Bossie. At that time Bossksb saying, "My crime-a-knee! I Tf running an hour late and Be. jj, gonna pop!" In spite of losing an frc which, regardless of what perts say about being reir... pk for it later, I will never s which is gone forever, an"-to an"-to adjust to getting up an t licr, I like daylight savings1-' might raise havoc with kii fan and other critters, but I en; to ing the sunshine a little lai" Lyi summer months. Happy savings time! bus mil. |