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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>
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On Monday 15 February 2010 08:58:03 Neil Bothwick wrote:

> When told the reason for Daylight [Savings Time] the old Indian
> said..."Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off
> the top of a blanket And sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a
> longer blanket."

He was wrong, understandably. He should not have included all white men 
in that set. Outside USA we have no illusions of saving time by 
adjusting our clocks.

-- 
Rgds
Peter.