Monday, May 04, 2009

Time to crank up the YES vote

Add your voice to the poll to the right of this page and let's send a message to the early to rise, early to bed mob who would have us live our lives between 4 - 10am... time to fight the good fight and if we can't be good, let's throw a few sucker punches their way.

The NO group launched its campaign yesterday to a packed house of 20 CWA ring-ins and a half dozen bloked who'd been bribed by talk of free tins of Emu Export. The average age was about 75.

The wild mob was waving placards saying 'we're sick of dark mornings and hot afternoons' and 'bring back roster petrol stations'. The action was shortlived, however, as most of the crew had to be home for dinner at 4pm and in the jammies by 5.30pm for asn intimate evening in bed listening to nightline.

I'm surprised we didn't see big Quentin Lynch from the West Coast Eagles there on the day, but I'm told that he's so ugly he's only allowed out in daylight hours to play footy. Scares the kids. No wonder he's dark on the whole DLS issue.

The YES campaign launches next Saturday in South Perth, so I suggest that anyone with a vested interest in WA staying in touch with the rest of Australia and not becoming a time capsule, should get along and show their support.

Lean to the left, lean to the right, lean to the left and fight! fight! fight!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey John, pardon my dissent and no offense intended but... screw daylight savings! Having grown up in a country that actually needed it, I can firmly tell West Australian Yes voters that you're all a bunch of pussies! The same bunch of pussies who turn on heaters and complain that it's bitterly cold when the thermostat drops below 20 degrees. Who needs endless summers of boring sunshine? Not I, the proud vampire! I bet all of you live in air conned houses and drive air conditioned cars? Energy suckers... Please explain how it's possible to spend more time with your families while still putting your children to bed at the same time ('cos you're superior like that)? I'm perplexed.

Jo,
Aussie citizen and No voter - not of CWA origin...

PS Yes to most of your other causes though.

Anonymous said...

Care to elaborate as to why Australia doesn't need DST by elsewhere in the world does?

Care to list some pro's and con's of the yes or no debate I fail to see how it is such an open and shut case. What benefits are there in maintaining a non DST based state.

What impact has it had for the worse on your life over the past few years?

Anonymous said...

OK Anon, I'll bite...

Try living in a country where the sun goes down at 4.30pm. That justifies DST absolutely.
As to the cons (because I can't think of any pros...)
1. DST definitely interferes with the biological clocks of children, making it harder to sleep, and harder to get up.
2. By deferring the hottest part of the day until later, the biggest change I've noticed in my neighbourhood is the excessive use of air-conditioning.
3. Who wants a 38 degree day to last all night? I can't think of a worse torture.
4. I had no trouble finding the beach before DST, why is it such a YES issue now?
5. Going to a big concert at night, in daylight, is just plain wrong!
6. No golf courses cater for more daylight so why bother?
7. People are still watering their lawns at 6pm, wasting our precious water supply under the hot sun.

I could go on... but I'm boring myself... Yes, Or No, We'll have to agree to disagree.

Jo
I repeat, NOT the CWA

Cookster said...

Hi Jo - in response to your arguments, non-CWA related:

Try living in a country where the sun goes down at 4.30pm. That justifies DST absolutely.
- I've lived in the UK, but still don't see why we can't enjoy DLS here?

1. DST definitely interferes with the biological clocks of children, making it harder to sleep, and harder to get up.
- I've got three aged from 2-9 and they all sleep better during DLS summer. The baby wakes up at 7am as opposed to 6am.

2. By deferring the hottest part of the day until later, the biggest change I've noticed in my neighbourhood is the excessive use of air-conditioning.
- We're all outside enjoying the late summer sun until well after 7, so the aircon goes on later, if at all. If it's a hot night, it's hot regardless of when the sun's out!

3. Who wants a 38 degree day to last all night? I can't think of a worse torture.
- As above, when it's hot, it's hot!!!

4. I had no trouble finding the beach before DST, why is it such a YES issue now?
- Cause when you work until 6-6.30pm and it's already getting dark the beach isn't an option.

5. Going to a big concert at night, in daylight, is just plain wrong!
- Christ, I wish I had the time to go to a concert... too busy playing with the aforementioned kids!!!

6. No golf courses cater for more daylight so why bother?
- I live across the road from one and there are still people thwacking away at 7.30pm-plus. Wish I had time to play golf though. Too busy with the, etc, etc :)

7. People are still watering their lawns at 6pm, wasting our precious water supply under the hot sun.
- Then those people should be shot. Tell them to put their hose away and get up in the morning to do it. I think watering should be banned altogether.