WA Day Light Saving - Thumbs Down
#31
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As all the votes haven't been counted yet your numbers don't mean a lot. Intreresting stats though.
The result is summed up by the fact that the "nice" folk of Gosnells/Armadale voted No and those in Cockburn/South Perth/Ocean Reef etc voted Yes.
Have you been to Armadale/Gosnells recently? My description is pretty accurate.
The result is summed up by the fact that the "nice" folk of Gosnells/Armadale voted No and those in Cockburn/South Perth/Ocean Reef etc voted Yes.
Have you been to Armadale/Gosnells recently? My description is pretty accurate.
#33
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I went to Adelaide in January and was fascinated walking around Glenelg at 9 pm there were familes on the beach having a good time and wtching the sunset.
It made me realise how boring it is going dark early here in Brisbane in summer, I love DS, I,d even go two hours forward not just one.
I mean yes, you can have a barbie at dusk (7pm) but the bloody mozzies are after you
It made me realise how boring it is going dark early here in Brisbane in summer, I love DS, I,d even go two hours forward not just one.
I mean yes, you can have a barbie at dusk (7pm) but the bloody mozzies are after you
Last edited by stalybridge; May 18th 2009 at 9:56 pm.
#34
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i think the funniest thing i heard about ds was said last time the ref was on
you should vote no as the cows wont like it - and it will make the milk go off !!!
or
the extra hour will make my curtains fade
i am really sad that it was a no vote as i loved the fact we could go out and have fish and chips on the beach at night- that mr h came home and he had a few hrs to play with the kids in the garden
wa do not like change
you should vote no as the cows wont like it - and it will make the milk go off !!!
or
the extra hour will make my curtains fade
i am really sad that it was a no vote as i loved the fact we could go out and have fish and chips on the beach at night- that mr h came home and he had a few hrs to play with the kids in the garden
wa do not like change
#35
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Or doesn't see the need for change.
People of WA and QLD have gone about their lives, working, playing, living with the sun coming up early and going down early since there were settlers in Aus. Have parents never played with their kids in the dark? Do barbies not happen in the dark? Some ideas are an improvement on how things were done in the past. Other things are changes for changes sake. It doesn't matter.
People of WA and QLD have gone about their lives, working, playing, living with the sun coming up early and going down early since there were settlers in Aus. Have parents never played with their kids in the dark? Do barbies not happen in the dark? Some ideas are an improvement on how things were done in the past. Other things are changes for changes sake. It doesn't matter.
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I went to Adelaide in January and was fascinated walking around Glenelg at 9 pm there were familes on the beach having a good time and wtching the sunset.
It made me realise how boring it is going dark early here in Brisbane in summer, I love DS, I,d even go two hours forward not just one.
I mean yes, you can have a barbie at dusk (7pm) but the bloody mozzies are after you
It made me realise how boring it is going dark early here in Brisbane in summer, I love DS, I,d even go two hours forward not just one.
I mean yes, you can have a barbie at dusk (7pm) but the bloody mozzies are after you
#37
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What you have to do is show people the change before you let them vote on it. Anyone who's ever tried to introduce reform in even a small business or club knows this.
If Queensland are going to have another vote they need to run a couple of years with daylight saving and then vote.
Luckily i don't rely on everyone else being awake. I can come in at 7am and leave at 3pm. 3.5 hours of daylight after work is a huge difference to just 1.5 hours.
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Problem is that people fear change, and you hav o overcome that. If they'd been going the other way, voting for abolishing daylight saving the percentage voting no would have been the same. Essentially the public shouldn't be asked about something until they've experienced both optons.
What you have to do is show people the change before you let them vote on it. Anyone who's ever tried to introduce reform in even a small business or club knows this.
If Queensland are going to have another vote they need to run a couple of years with daylight saving and then vote.
Luckily i don't rely on everyone else being awake. I can come in at 7am and leave at 3pm. 3.5 hours of daylight after work is a huge difference to just 1.5 hours.
What you have to do is show people the change before you let them vote on it. Anyone who's ever tried to introduce reform in even a small business or club knows this.
If Queensland are going to have another vote they need to run a couple of years with daylight saving and then vote.
Luckily i don't rely on everyone else being awake. I can come in at 7am and leave at 3pm. 3.5 hours of daylight after work is a huge difference to just 1.5 hours.
A friend of mine,well educated ,cosmopolitan and Australian told me he voted no purely because of the business push in favour of the yes vote.
Here it been tried and it is done and dusted and i cannot see how any government can take it to the people again at least for the next twenty years.
#39
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Yes but here in WA we had a three year trial and it was rejected by a larger majority than in all the previous votes.
A friend of mine,well educated ,cosmopolitan and Australian told me he voted no purely because of the business push in favour of the yes vote.
Here it been tried and it is done and dusted and i cannot see how any government can take it to the people again at least for the next twenty years.
A friend of mine,well educated ,cosmopolitan and Australian told me he voted no purely because of the business push in favour of the yes vote.
Here it been tried and it is done and dusted and i cannot see how any government can take it to the people again at least for the next twenty years.
The same applies in North Queensland. It gets light at 6am and dark at 6.30. Most people work 9-5. This just ruins the day. Not enough daylight at either end of the working day to do anything outside. But if everyone started work at 6am there'd be no need for daylight saving.
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The other morning, a migrant who owns a kiosk at one of the train stations ask two young girls how they gonna vote. Both said "no" because they like go out when it is dark on Saturday nights. With daylight saving, the night is shorter
#41
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If it wasn't for the regional WA voters the yes vote would have sailed through.
I think the Perth metro split was something ridiculous like 60% yes & 40% no ...
These farmers & hicks have a lot to answer for ...
Mind you, they don't have much call for a sundowner or fish & chips overlooking the river or ocean where they live ...
The NO campaign didn't have a solid argument going for it at all. The consensus seemed to be "We're the only state that doesn't have it and we'll keep it that way 'cos that's how it's always been so there ..."
To be honest I couldn't give a shiney shite.
I think the Perth metro split was something ridiculous like 60% yes & 40% no ...
These farmers & hicks have a lot to answer for ...
Mind you, they don't have much call for a sundowner or fish & chips overlooking the river or ocean where they live ...
The NO campaign didn't have a solid argument going for it at all. The consensus seemed to be "We're the only state that doesn't have it and we'll keep it that way 'cos that's how it's always been so there ..."
To be honest I couldn't give a shiney shite.