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Old 03-13-2019, 12:00 AM   #1996
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Fucking COBRA.

Do I look like I am made out of money now that I have a a superabundance of free time?

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Old 03-13-2019, 03:36 AM   #1997
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As long as this is sort of about daylight saving time, I would like to see a Constitutional amendment that prohibits any political unit (city, county, state, etc.) from authorizing any time system that does not have 12 o'clock Noon occur at the solar meridian, i.e. straight up.
In other words, all of the United States must permanently remain on Standard Time, with "Saving" time outlawed forever.
Can't do that, the lower 48 has 4 time zones. The Sun would be straight up at noon in only one spot in each time zone.
So the referendum would have to be written differently, or create a bunch of new time zones which I don't think is a viable idea.

You and I know what you wrote means in spirit, most people would, but somebody with money and a lawyer could hammer that amendment to death in the courts.

It's pretty fucked up the way the time zones are laid out anyway.
Pacific plus Central stretch coast to coast?
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Old 03-13-2019, 01:00 PM   #1998
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Blame the railroads.
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Old 03-14-2019, 01:15 PM   #1999
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I dunno where that time zone map came from, but Florida is definitely on Eastern time.
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Old 03-14-2019, 01:36 PM   #2000
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That's what I thought, when Google Search threw this at me I was surprised.
Also the Pacific time stretching all the way to Texas under the Mountain Time.

http://trip8.co/us-time-zone-map-wit...ure-of-united/
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Old 03-14-2019, 01:45 PM   #2001
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I dunno where that time zone map came from, but Florida is definitely on Eastern time.
Michigan too
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Old 03-14-2019, 01:49 PM   #2002
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Burnt the toast.

Burnt the bacon.

Eggs are greasy.

I fucked up everything on the plate. Everything.

Fuck.
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Old 03-14-2019, 01:50 PM   #2003
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I'm about to smoke the biggest fucking joint.

Unless I fuck that up, too.
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Old 04-02-2019, 01:03 PM   #2004
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I'd much rather have spent the six hours that I didn't have to spare today which I have had to spend grappling with power supply/distribution/supply companies (yes, I got passed back between the two of them), wierd document formatting fails from my specialist software, laptop failure (Mr Limey's), failure to find printer (in the ether), birth certificate, marriage certificate (physical copies, ultimately found we've just moved house fer chrissake) dealing with the pile of unattended junk from moving. But I didn't have time.
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Old 04-02-2019, 01:22 PM   #2005
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That does sound like a full day.

Hope it gets better for ya.
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Old 04-03-2019, 12:28 AM   #2006
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I think about that every time some outfit tells me they can supply electricity cheaper than PECO(Philadelphia Electric Company). PECO still has to deliver that juice to my house, so if there's a problem I only have to deal with one company. No buck passing, not even division shuffling.
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Old 04-03-2019, 04:46 AM   #2007
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I'd much rather have spent the six hours that I didn't have to spare today which I have had to spend grappling with power supply/distribution/supply companies (yes, I got passed back between the two of them), wierd document formatting fails from my specialist software, laptop failure (Mr Limey's), failure to find printer (in the ether), birth certificate, marriage certificate (physical copies, ultimately found we've just moved house fer chrissake) dealing with the pile of unattended junk from moving. But I didn't have time.

Power companies are like the peace of God.

They passeth all understanding.

They also move in mysterious ways.
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Old 04-03-2019, 02:38 PM   #2008
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Yabbut xob this was the supply and distribution arms of the same company.
Anyhoo we have a nice shiny new meter now and the heating will eventually kick back in tonight (storage heaters).

Sent by magick
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Old 04-03-2019, 10:58 PM   #2009
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So you didn't get excuses blaming the other guy, that's good. It's much better to only have to complain once.

What are these storage heaters of which you speak? I would guess they use off peak surplus to heat something, maybe water, to draw heat off during peak hours.
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Old 04-04-2019, 12:02 PM   #2010
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Heaters she had in storage?

Temporary space heaters, maybe?
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