Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Turnaround trip
From:    poindexter FORTRAN(21:4/122)
Date:    Tue Oct 20, 2026 08:53

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to Randers <=-

 DW> In the USA, it is the golfing lobby that keep it going... more daylight
 DW> for people to spend money playing... and to some extent the beer and
 DW> liquor lobby... more time after work for people to party and drink.

 I hadn't heard that Big Golf was behind DST, but I suppose it makes
 sense. Don't know about the liquor lobby, don't think daylight (or lack
 thereof) was a criteria when I was drinking...

 DW> The golfing industry is also one of the lobbys trying to get it
 DW> instituted year-round in the USA.  It is no coincidence that the most
 DW> vocal political advocate is a known lover of the game.  ;)

 That would explain why people have floated keeping DST around and
 keeping us on DST year-round instead of going to standard time and not
 switching. adoptiong DST year round doesn't make sense at all.

 (aside: I have an annoying vendor I'm having to deal with - one of the
 "let's meet every week because I can't track project effort unless I
 get everyone on a call.". She's trying to manage 2 hours a week across
 several busy schedules and several time zones. I gave her my
 availability in PDT, my time zone. She somehow translated that to PST
 and scheduled a meeting one hour earlier then tried to play the
 "Everyone is availale on our end at this time" angle. I'm your
 customer, so no.)







 DW> The reason the USA extended DST into Novemeber was the candy lobby, who
 DW> thought that more daylight on Halloween would mean more money.  From
 DW> what I have heard, they have made a bundle off of the extension as
 DW> October candy sales did indeed go up.



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