The sun came up late, the sun set early. All because we adjusted things called clocks.
No one I know understands Daylight Savings Time. No one I know understands why we “Spring Ahead” and then “Fall Back”.
Do you?
Yeah, we’ll hear some malarkey about something or other related to who knows what, but who started it?
A thorough reading of the Wikipedia site says it was proposed by a New Zealander in 1895, and then “invented” by an Englishman in 1905 who noticed on one of his morning bike rides (Harley?) that his compatriots slept through most of the morning.
Germany adopted it in 1916 and the US in 1918. Wonder if it had anything to do with the cause of the First, Great War?
We kind of “abandoned” it until the energy crisis of the 1970’s. Taking advantage of daylight lowered energy consumption during the summer so we’ve held on to the practice ever since.
Know what we just learned?
Something first learned in the 1990’s: you can find the answer to anything on the internet, and you can find it fast.
Next time: where I found my lost youth.