Changing Clocks

Oh goody, we got to change all our clocks this past weekend. I have made the Curmudgeon Societé Generale position clear on this in the past: it is stupid, perpetuated by a do-nothing-useful government.

If you missed the lesson last time (March of last year), there is actually a history here - there was absolutely no rhyme or reason for changing clocks until WW 1. Someone came up with the bright idea that changing the clocks would save coal during the winter for the war effort, so change the clocks we did. Despite sort of letting it go between wars, WW II and the 70s energy crisis brought it back (as ever, based on firmly held beliefs, rather than those nuisances known as facts), and it has remained...simply via ennui.

Last time I complained that 22 clocks had to be changed. What with cable boxes and smart clocks and phones, I only had to change 10 this time.

Oh joy.

Idiots.