ARRL teaches hams to tell time...

Rob Seastrom rs at seastrom.com
Sun Mar 8 19:45:50 CDT 2015


I was thinking of it as an advertising slogan for Johnsonville.  I
would sure love it if the snow melted enough that I could be throwing
bratwursts on the grill.

-r

Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com> writes:

> The eternal adolescent in my head obliges me to point out that 'Johnson Time'
> sounds like the name of a bad 1970's "adult film".
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Richard O'Neill
> <[[richardoneill at earthlink.net]]> wrote:
>
>           On 3/8/2015 3:47 PM, Tom Azlin W7SUA wrote:
>      
>
>                     At least here in AZ there is no daylight savings
>           time.
>           
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>            Ah, if only it were so for the rest of the country. At least
>      we'd know what time it really is without mental pause. In the
>      sixties, after 'Johnson Time' became the law of the land, a lot of
>      people were upset at the prospect, even worried that their flowers
>      and gardens couldn't take an extra hour of heat. Also, no one really
>      knew anymore when to come inside for supper? Something was sorely
>      amiss in the land and it's been that way ever since.
>      
>       Prior to national bias time, darkness use to descend in time for
>      people to actually enjoy the cool refreshing breezes of evening for
>      a few hours before sleep. Now, thanks to a floating standard of
>      dubious value, long gone are the days of drive-in theaters and
>      Summer evening social activities that had previously begun at a
>      reasonable hour. I miss the good old days. Sniff. :'(
>      
>      Richard
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