Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Time Setters

A L O H A From Honolulu! 6:37pm
In North America,
a coalition of businessmen
and scientists decided
on time zones, and
in 1883, U.S. and
Canadian railroads
adopted four
(Eastern, Central,
Mountain & Pacific)
to streamline service...





...The shift was not
universally well received.
Evangelical Christians were
among the strongest
opponents, arguing
“time came from God
and railroads were
not to mess with it."
New York Times *







The trick to forgetting
the big picture
is to look at
everything
close-up.
 Chuck Palahniuk
















Every human being is
an artist, a freedom being,
called to participate
in transforming and
reshaping the conditions,
thinking and structures
that shape and
inform our lives.
    Joseph Beuys

The job of cats is to inspire

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


* The Hawaiian Islands operate on Hawaiian Standard Time all year long. HST = 10 Hours behind Coordinated Universal Time UTC

18 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

Here and now is more than enough for me. And some days too much.

William Kendall said...

Evangelicals being against it is a good reason for it as far as I'm concerned. Time zones make sense.

RedPat said...

Imagine the mess there would be with no time zones.

Teresa said...

The close-up of Pixie's eye really gives us a cat's-eye perspective. She is such a gem.

Michelle said...

I think time zones are a help, in general. However, my state is divided right in the middle by a time zone and I live next to it! Makes for craziness when you live in one time zone and work in another.

Cloudia said...

Wow that's really interesting! Thanks each of you for these warm comments

Mike said...

In the good old days, every city and town decided what their time would be.

DeniseinVA said...

Hello Cloudia, your posts always make me smile. Thank you always and Aloha!

magiceye said...

Aloha! Namaste _/\_

Cloudia said...

Thanks Mike that's what provoking

Cloudia said...

Thought provoking

Jim said...

Great skies.

Penelope Notes said...

Intriguing photo of half a cat! We are getting very close to finally making daylight time permanent across B.C, which needed cooperation from western States in the U.S. to do the same.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

What a beautiful eye! Yup, the whole time zone thing is still stongly contested, and the history is fascinating!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

I love your many sunsets in this post, and all the other photos as well.

For some reason the switch to daily savings time seems extra controversial this year. I think lots of people are getting crankier.

Einari Sinappi said...

Pixie don´t give a cat´s ass. :)

Photo Cache said...

Who is that sweet kitty?

Worth a Thousand Words

Lisa said...

This place is like time stands still