On November 2, 2014, in the USA, most clocks are set back - why?
Day light Savings - of course.
I'd like to take a minute to recognize a great American, a man of enlightenment, a man of science, a man whose contributions included, but are not limited to:
The development of electricity, and restored reading vision for my middle aged friends who have arms not long enough to focus on text. He gave us Bifocals! ( I still don't need them by the way. I have very long arms. )
He is a man whose words are often quoted whether he said them or not, and an old school home-brewer who developed unique recipes we still try to replicate.
He once said:
"Beer is great, God is good, and people need more drinking time".
He gave, or maybe better well said. Planted a seed in fertile grounds, the idea of Daylight Savings in the US of A.
Of course, you all know who I'm referring to - Benjamin (no middle name) Franklin!! AKA by his brewing buddies and friends as just, Ben.
Ben suggested DayLightSavings in his writings. There were men after him who endorsed the idea. The president FDR, shortly after WWII, made daylight savings real.
So when you get an hour extra sleep this weekend or just enjoy the long day basking in the summer light. Remember. Benjamin (NMN) Franklin.
Cheers Ben!!
From Dan. 😀
Ps
To me, what is interesting is before the nineteenth century universal time zones were not established. Now GMT is. France rebelled at that for awhile. It's pretty funny though. They considered themselves the French prime Meridian. Minus nine minutes and 21 seconds less GMT.
They still do that?