Re: Jet lag without leaving home

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Joy Beeson <jbeeson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: DST
>But I take back all the nasty things I've said about Benjamin
>Franklin. While poking around the Web one day, I came across his
>original proposal -- and it was clearly and obviously meant as a
>*joke* -- something too absurd to ever implement.

Do you have any URLs? I'd be interested in reading his words and
deciding for myself.

Also, it's reminiscent of (Heinlein's?) comment of, "You don't
make a string longer by cutting off one end and tying it to the
other."