Guest webster72n Posted May 23, 2008 Posted May 23, 2008 Food for thought! Even though an off-topic, I thought it to be worthwhile mentioning. According to native american wisdom this analogy holds quite a bit of water: When told the reason for daylight saving time, the old Indian said: "Only white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom of it, and then have a longer blanket." Harry.
Guest Dapper Dan Posted May 23, 2008 Posted May 23, 2008 Re: DST revisited Are you losing Harry, or are you simply stirring the pot??? "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ORYCq$RvIHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Food for thought! > > Even though an off-topic, I thought it to be worthwhile mentioning. > According to native american wisdom this analogy holds quite a bit of > water: > When told the reason for daylight saving time, the old Indian said: > "Only white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a > blanket, sew it to the bottom of it, and then have a longer blanket." > > Harry. > >
Guest webster72n Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 Re: DST revisited Neither, it was just an 'afterthought'. "Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message news:OwbFrsSvIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Are you losing Harry, or are you simply stirring the pot??? > > > "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ORYCq$RvIHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > Food for thought! > > > > Even though an off-topic, I thought it to be worthwhile mentioning. > > According to native american wisdom this analogy holds quite a bit of > > water: > > When told the reason for daylight saving time, the old Indian said: > > "Only white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a > > blanket, sew it to the bottom of it, and then have a longer blanket." > > > > Harry. > > > > > >
Guest Heather Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: DST revisited You had to ask?? LOL. (both, I think) Heather "Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message news:OwbFrsSvIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Are you losing Harry, or are you simply stirring the pot??? > > > "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ORYCq$RvIHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> Food for thought! >> >> Even though an off-topic, I thought it to be worthwhile mentioning. >> According to native american wisdom this analogy holds quite a bit of >> water: >> When told the reason for daylight saving time, the old Indian said: >> "Only white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top >> of a >> blanket, sew it to the bottom of it, and then have a longer blanket." >> >> Harry. >> >> > >
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