Ouachita
Well-known member
I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker yesterday, at my day job. I’m a rather vocally reserved person, and he can’t seem to ever shut up. We both take our lunch to work, and so at the table, he often strikes up a conversation (because he can’t help himself). Now, I don’t mind communicating with people, its small talk that is my handicap. But this fella knows he can get me involved in conversation if he ask me something like “so how’s yer cows doin”? And this was the question yesterday.
I replied “They are doing good, mild winter and all. And these longer days mean the grass is growing better, and less hay to feed”.
“I thought we don’t change the clocks till March” was his reply.
I explained, “Well, this time of year, daylight is growing near 3 minutes every day. Next Friday, the daylight will be 20 minutes longer than today. By the end of the month, the day will be over an hour longer. Helps me for sure, not having to feed in the dark”.
I could see his expression change from “happy as a goose in a new world every day” to one of irreconcilable confusion :shock: . I knew there was no way I could help him. I changed the subject; I ask him what his plans were for the superbowl :cowboy: .
At the end of lunch, he redeemed himself by saying “well, I’ll bet you’ll be really happy to get that extra hour of sun when we change to daylight savings time” :???: .
It reminded me of a fellow I had invited to go turkey hunting one spring (20 years ago), back when clock change was in April, opening weekend of turkey season. He had been meeting me at my house the couple weeks prior to opening day, at 4am to go scouting. The Saturday evening of opening weekend, I called his house to remind him of clock change, and to be at my house at 5am, instead of 4am. After a period of radio silence, he spoke “won’t we be too late getting in the woods?” After I explained that it would actually be the same “time”, and that only the hands on his clock had changed, (and another period of silence) he ask “well how do the turkeys know?”
Some peoples kids. And they vote too. :cry2:
I replied “They are doing good, mild winter and all. And these longer days mean the grass is growing better, and less hay to feed”.
“I thought we don’t change the clocks till March” was his reply.
I explained, “Well, this time of year, daylight is growing near 3 minutes every day. Next Friday, the daylight will be 20 minutes longer than today. By the end of the month, the day will be over an hour longer. Helps me for sure, not having to feed in the dark”.
I could see his expression change from “happy as a goose in a new world every day” to one of irreconcilable confusion :shock: . I knew there was no way I could help him. I changed the subject; I ask him what his plans were for the superbowl :cowboy: .
At the end of lunch, he redeemed himself by saying “well, I’ll bet you’ll be really happy to get that extra hour of sun when we change to daylight savings time” :???: .
It reminded me of a fellow I had invited to go turkey hunting one spring (20 years ago), back when clock change was in April, opening weekend of turkey season. He had been meeting me at my house the couple weeks prior to opening day, at 4am to go scouting. The Saturday evening of opening weekend, I called his house to remind him of clock change, and to be at my house at 5am, instead of 4am. After a period of radio silence, he spoke “won’t we be too late getting in the woods?” After I explained that it would actually be the same “time”, and that only the hands on his clock had changed, (and another period of silence) he ask “well how do the turkeys know?”
Some peoples kids. And they vote too. :cry2:
Those lower testing students look pretty much like the rest of us till you try to have a conversation with them... what really worries me is that not only do they get into teacher training college, they probably pass the course and are out there teaching our high school students. While the student who got 130 is a SAHM.
![Pampers Sensitive Baby Wipes, Clinically Proven, Fragrance Free, Unscented, Water Based, Hypoallergenic, Multi-Use, Hand Wipes 336 Wipes Total (6X Flip-Top Packs) [Packaging May Vary]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41KLBHu9CAL._SL500_.jpg)
