03/23/07 Daylight headache

Daylight Headache Some things are just a pain in about every body part you have. I'm Jeff Keane' I'll be back right after this to tell you what I think about one. There are things in life we all have to put up with even though we may not like the idea of it. Daylight savings time is one of those things that I could really, really do without and never feel the pain of the loss. I think the reason daylight savings time is implemented is something about energy savings. Well, it was explained to me at one time and it made just enough sense that I understood why it might be tried, but I quickly forgot the logic of the great minds who devised the plan and only the inconvenience and pain in the back bumper remains. This year it was especially noticeable with the cattle since daylight savings time was implemented earlier and most of the cattle in our area are still on a winter feeding schedule. Cows don't carry watches and they've never heard of spring forward or fall back so they were totally confused when we arrived to feed an hour earlier. I tried to explain to them we were earlier because we had to be in time with the rest of the area, state and country  they just looked at me. I told them I knew the feeling. I never hear anyone talk about all the energy we saved today, but I do hear a lot about how great it will be to have an extra hour of daylight after work for fun times. Why don't these people get up an hour earlier, put in their day's work, quit one hour earlier and leave me out of the equation. I'm so ignorant I just use the extra daylight for more work, but I guess that's my fault. I'm Jeff Keane.