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So, Francis. DST makes its debut in summer, March, and ends in October.

I am amazed that I could read that much of your descriptive picture.

You are an outstanding french reader, Letty...

Just barely, Francis. Isn't French for "the clock" l'horloge? Beautiful sounding word. Just as H.L. Menken said that in some countries the expression "cellar door" had a lovely sound, so does your clock sound to me.

Well, I must be off for a bit to do the routine things.

Thought for Today: ``Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.'' - Elsa Maxwell, American socialite (1883-1963).



04/02/05 20:00



Later, all.

Most of us realize daylight savings time is not universal.

List of countries

Most countries that observe daylight saving time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am.
Continent Country Beginning and ending days
Africa Egypt Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September
Namibia Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Asia Most states of the former USSR. Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Iraq Start: April 1
End: October 1
Israel (more info) Start: April 1
End: The Saturday between
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Lebanon, Kirgizstan Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Mongolia Stopped in 2002
Palestine (more info) (Estimate)
Start: First Friday on or after 15 April
End: First Friday on or after 15 October
Syria Start: April 1
End: October 1
Iran Start: the first day of Farvardin
End: the first day of Mehr
Australasia Australia - South Australia, Victoria,
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales,
Lord Howe Island Start: Last Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March
Australia - Tasmania Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March
Fiji Stopped in 2000

New Zealand, Chatham - (read law)
Start: First Sunday in October
End: Third Sunday in March
Tonga Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in January
Europe European Union - (read law)
UK - (read law) Start: Last Sunday in March at 1 am UTC
End: Last Sunday in October at 1 am UTC
Russia Start: Last Sunday in March at 2 am local time
End: Last Sunday in October at 2 am local time
North America United States, Canada, Mexico
St. Johns, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October
Cuba Start: April 1
End: Last Sunday in October
Greenland Same as EU

South America Brazil
(rules vary quite a bit from year to year).
Also, equatorial Brazil does not observe DST. Start: First Sunday in November
End: Third Sunday in February
Chile - (read law)
Start: Second Saturday of October - at midnight
End: Second Saturday of March - at midnight
Falklands Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April
Paraguay Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Antarctica Antarctica (more info) (varies, see below)

Note that there are many oddities. For example, some parts of the US and Canada do not observe Daylight Saving Time, such as the state of Arizona (US) and the province Saskatchewan (Canada).



http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html

It's interesting that my post is marked as 9:19 when the clock on my computer says 10:19.

Good Morning or Day to all. I woke up to a Winter Wonderland. Slushland by this afternoon.

Now who was born on this day in April? Oooh, my man is there:

1783 Washington Irving, author (New York, NY; died 1859)
1823 William March Tweed, political boss of New York City's "Tweed Ring" (New York, NY; died 1878)
1893 Leslie Howard, actor (London, England; died 1943)
1898 George Jessel toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)(died 1981)
1898 Henry Luce, editor/publisher (Penglai, China; died 1967)
1904 Sally Rand, dancer/actress (Hickory County, MO; died 1979)
1924 Marlon Brando, actor (Omaha, NE) (Died July 2, 2004)
Doris Day, actress/singer (Cincinnati, OH)
1926 Virgil "Gus" Grissom, astronaut who died in a fire during a simulation aboard Apollo 1 (Mitchell, IN; died 1967)
1929 Miyoshi Umeki Otaru Hokkaido Japan, actress (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-1957-Sayonara, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1930 Helmut Kohl, German chancellor (Ludwigshafen, Germany)
1934 Jane Goodall, anthropologist (London, England)
1942 Marsha Mason, actress (St. Louis, MO)
Wayne Newton, singer (Norfolk, VA)
1944 Tony Orlando, singer (New York, NY)
1958 Alec Baldwin, actor (Massapequa, NY)
1959 David Hyde Pierce, actor (Albany, NY)
1961 Eddie Murphy, actor/comedian (Brooklyn, NY)
1961 Melissa Etheridge rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window)
1970 Rick Schroder, actor (Staten Island, NY)
1971 Picabo Street, Olympic champion skier (Triumph, ID)
1972 Jennie Garth, actress (Champaign, IL)

You know there was this huge fat actor who ate the guy in you picture I think, because he looked just like him. Judd I think, no wait, that's that female singer. Gosh, what was his name?

You can adjust the time in your profile...

You made me think of this old song, and the psalm (23rd Psalm) from which it comes: so I looked them both up:.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.


Song, to the tune "Crimond", by Roberton/ Orpheus Choir

"The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want"
by Francis Rous, 1579-1659, et al.

1. The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

2. My soul He doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for His own name's sake.

3. Yea, tho' I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

4. My table Thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

5. Goodness and mercy, all my life,
Shall surely follow me;
And in God's house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.


Thank you. A song of powerful memory, from my childhood.

A morning of beautiful choirs singing. Like you, Letty, the only thing about church I could abide was the music. That was wonderful.

France got a head start on daylight savings time--March 27 for them. I'd just as soon it was standard time, loving the long evenings, especially in the desert.

Aggie, here is a relevant little quote for you that will serve as the weather report for today:

The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches. ~e.e. cumming

Ah, Raggedy. What a marvelous actor was our Marlon, and I see Jane Goodall is there minus her chimps. My sister had her as guest lecturer, and later said she was sorta dorky. (She didn't use that word, but that's what she meant)

My word. Here's bluevein on WA2K radio. You recovering from your work related accident? Hey, buddy. Size doesn't matter if you're a thespian of note such as Brando. Right, Raggedy?

Bob, my pc clock says 11:17....hee hee. I don't really care what the time is, but that was a marvelous codicil to your other survey. Thanks.

McTag, I'm humming that tune to your hymn as we write. It's beautiful. Has a wee bit of Scotish flair to it.<smile>

Almost time for a station break, listeners.

This is cyberspace, WA2K radio.

Hey, Lady Di. I love that up front e.e. Hmmmm. Wonder if it's Shakespeare time again.

I was thinking of Brutus' soliloquy:

There is a tide in the affairs of men when taken at the crest leads on to fortune....back later with the entire piece.

question of the day:

Who said:

Time and tide waits for no man.

Horloge, french word for clock come from horologium, latin, this one from the greek meaning "which says the time".

Let's see where hours come from...

Horae in Greek Mythology

In Greek myth, the Horae were goddesses of the Seasons. The poet Hesiod, in his Theogony, claims that these goddesses are the daughters of Zeus and Themis. Hesiod names the Seasons Lawfulness (Eunomia), Justice (Dike), and Peace (Eirene).
In other sources, however, the Seasons are referred to by different names. These names changed according to the region. In Athens, for example, the individual Horae were called Thallo, Carpo, and Auxo, names that correspond more accurately than Hesiod's to traditional concepts about the seasons. Thallo can be interpreted to mean growth or Spring, Carpo refers to Autumn or the harvest, and Auxo corresponds roughly to Summer.

The Seasons appear in mythology and art as the companions of many other Greek gods and goddesses, including such luminaries as Demeter, Apollo, Dionysos, and Aphrodite. Naturally, their intimate association with growth and fertility make the Horae appealing goddesses, and attractive members of a divine entourage.

In classical art, the Horae were traditionally depicted as a trio of beautiful young women. These goddesses were sometimes portrayed with plants or flowers to symbolize their connection with seasonal fertility.

THE TWELVE HORAI were minor goddesses representing the hours of the day and perhaps the twelve months. They oversaw the paths of Helios the Sun through the sky and the divisions of the day. They also had in their care the winged horses that drew the shining chariot of the sun.

The Ancient Greeks did not have an hour of fixed length like we do today, but instead divided the hours of daylight into twelve portions, each identified by the position of the sun in the sky. Thus the hours were shorter in winter than in summer.

Interesting posts this morning.

Her is something I found on time and tide. Melville first came to mind, but he is far too contemporary. Here is what I found, including a link and a few excerpts:

The phrase can clearly be traced to the sixteenth century John Skot's Everyman, where Death is speaking about certainty.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/39/messages/579.html

The earliest that they give is from 1225. The OED believes that until the 16th century the meanings of time and tide were the same, at least in the various phrases cited, and that the users of the phrase like the alliteration of the reduplicative phrase.

And this: Were it not for the synonymy of time and tide in the early uses, one would inevitably be reminded of the most famous example of the tide not waiting for any man, the example of King Alfred sitting on the shore ordering the tide not to come in. (It was an object lesson to his flattering minions; Alfred wot well that the tide would not wait on him.) SS

TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN - "Don't put anything off until a later time; time passes and the opportunity will be lost. 'Tide' is an archaic word equivalent to 'time.' The proverb has been traced back in English to about 1386 Chaucer's 'Prologue to the 'Clerk's Tale.'." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).

HI Francis. Well done. The only flaw I saw was the the goddesses preceded twelve months which didn't come into being until the Romans named July and August for Julius and Augustus Caesar.

Judy Collins


Who Knows Where The Time Goes

by Unknown
Across the morning sky,
All the bird are leaving,
Ah, how can they know it's time to go?
Before the winter fire,
We'll still be dreaming.
I do not count the time

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad deserted shore,
Your fickle friends are leaving,
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go,
But I will still be here,
I have no thought of leaving.
I do not count the time

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I'm not alone,
When my love is near me,
And I know,it will be so,till it's time to go,
So come the storms of winter ,
and then the birds of spring again.
I do not feel the time

Who knows how my love grows?
Who knows where the time goes?

La la la la la la......
Um um um um ........
Du du du du du.........
Ah ah ah ah ah......
Um um um um.......

Everyone's Gone To the Moon

by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price and Redd Stewart
sung in the special "Art or Bust"

Streets full of people all alone.
Rows full of houses never home.
Church full of singing but it's out of tune.
Everyone's gone to the moon.

Eyes full of sorrow never wet.
Hands full of money all in debt.
Sun disappears in the middle of June.
Everyone's gone to the moon.

Long time ago life had begun
and everyone went to the sun.

Hearts full of motors painted green.
Mouths full of chocolate-covered dreams.
Mobs that can only lift a spoon.
Everyone's gone to the moon.
Everyone's gone to the moon.
Everyone's gone to the moon.

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon