Are you ready for Venezuela Time?

deadbeater · 09-24-2007, 03:03 PM

Hugo Chavez was planning to set the clock one half-hour forward, then back, oh whatever, on Monday.

Having succeeded in totally confusing the folks, Chavez says now it is to be implemented in January. I guess they weren't quite ready for Venezuela Time either.

Shawnee123 · 09-24-2007, 03:24 PM

A half hour? Not an hour? Why not 24 minutes, to really mess people up.

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Chavez had said the shift would allow children to wake up for school in daylight instead of before sunrise, but acknowledged that some people might claim he was crazy.

Buh, yeah!

DanaC · 09-24-2007, 03:32 PM

Whenever the question of children leaving the house when its still dark, comes up....it's always suggested that we change our clock settings.....surely changing the school's start time would make more sense?

Shawnee123 · 09-24-2007, 03:34 PM

We have Daylight Savings Time. Although we "spring forward" and "fall back" an hour (which makes infinite sense over half an hour) I never know if we are in Daylight Savings Time or Eastern Standard Time; I don't know which time is which!

theotherguy · 09-24-2007, 03:37 PM

I am probably showing my ignorance here, but did the US set up the world's time zones?

Flint · 09-24-2007, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by theotherguy

I am probably showing my ignorance here, but did the US set up the world's time zones?

Probably not, as it's "Greenwich Mean Time" ... brb ... Confirmed by Wiki. It was the Brits.

theotherguy · 09-24-2007, 03:46 PM

yeah, I was being too lazy to look it up. So, Hugo-baby is blaming the US and wants to move against anything we might have started. that is not childish at all.

Flint · 09-24-2007, 03:51 PM

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Chavez has dismissed criticism that moving the time only a half hour was quirky, questioning why the world had to follow a scheme of hourly divisions that he said was dictated by the imperial United States.

Yeah, I guess so...

JuancoRocks · 09-25-2007, 02:03 AM

Thank god Arizona told Washington and the rest of the US to stick it regarding Daylight Slaving Time.

We don't spring forward or fall back.....
We just stay on Mountain Standard Time.....All the time....

We have plenty of daylight ....all the time.....(Except night time of course then we have plenty of dark)

Griff · 09-25-2007, 06:05 AM

I'm with Arizona on this one. Chavez is a nutter as was FDR.

ZenGum · 10-11-2007, 11:59 AM

Politically motivated time zones are pretty common. South Australia is 30 minutes (and 25 years) behind the eastern states of Australia. Nepal is 15 minutes ahead of India. Just to be different.

toranokaze · 10-20-2007, 03:23 PM

One of the main reason that time zones were set at hourly segments was so that the trains could move though time zones and still keep the minuets accurate.

Furthermore, daylight saving time is pointless it doesn't save energy because we use the same amount be it in the morning or at night.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-20-2007, 07:26 PM

I think it's continued because people like the extra daylight for outside activities in the evening.
The energy savings is politic-speak.

toranokaze · 10-22-2007, 09:22 PM

Perhaps, I rather enjoy my sleep and would trade some of a day for more night. Plus all the really fun things happen at night

09-24-2007, 03:03 PM	#1
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	Are you ready for Venezuela Time? Hugo Chavez was planning to set the clock one half-hour forward, then back, oh whatever, on Monday. Having succeeded in totally confusing the folks, Chavez says now it is to be implemented in January. I guess they weren't quite ready for Venezuela Time either.

09-24-2007, 03:34 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	We have Daylight Savings Time. Although we "spring forward" and "fall back" an hour (which makes infinite sense over half an hour) I never know if we are in Daylight Savings Time or Eastern Standard Time; I don't know which time is which! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-25-2007, 02:03 AM	#9
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Venezuela Time?.....No Arizona Time... Thank god Arizona told Washington and the rest of the US to stick it regarding Daylight Slaving Time. We don't spring forward or fall back..... We just stay on Mountain Standard Time.....All the time.... We have plenty of daylight ....all the time.....(Except night time of course then we have plenty of dark) __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

09-25-2007, 06:05 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm with Arizona on this one. Chavez is a nutter as was FDR. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-22-2007, 09:22 PM	#14
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Perhaps, I rather enjoy my sleep and would trade some of a day for more night. Plus all the really fun things happen at night __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

09-24-2007, 03:32 PM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Whenever the question of children leaving the house when its still dark, comes up....it's always suggested that we change our clock settings.....surely changing the school's start time would make more sense?

09-24-2007, 03:37 PM	#5
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	I am probably showing my ignorance here, but did the US set up the world's time zones?

09-24-2007, 03:46 PM	#7
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	yeah, I was being too lazy to look it up. So, Hugo-baby is blaming the US and wants to move against anything we might have started. that is not childish at all.

10-11-2007, 11:59 AM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Politically motivated time zones are pretty common. South Australia is 30 minutes (and 25 years) behind the eastern states of Australia. Nepal is 15 minutes ahead of India. Just to be different.

10-20-2007, 03:23 PM	#12
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	One of the main reason that time zones were set at hourly segments was so that the trains could move though time zones and still keep the minuets accurate. Furthermore, daylight saving time is pointless it doesn't save energy because we use the same amount be it in the morning or at night.

10-20-2007, 07:26 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think it's continued because people like the extra daylight for outside activities in the evening. The energy savings is politic-speak.

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