I’m a man who likes his breakfast with plenty of coffee.”
–Lou Bradshaw
Yeah, I know pard, it’s graylight and that means I’m burnin’ daylight. But the coffee is ready, that’s what counts. Come on in an have a seat, I’ve your cup ready.
Well, are yuh ready for tomorrow? That’s the day folks are makin’ such a fuss over right now. Daylight Savings Time is over! Now I was on that thing called FaceBook yesterday and folks are plenty confused. Most of them are makin’ a fuss that daylight savings time starts tomorrow. No, no, no, why pard, even you know that tomorrow “normal” time resumes. Confusion even about the time. I think those folks need to start drinkin’ some of my coffee; that’ll straighten their thinkin’ out.
Ahhh, good this morning! I musta held my finger in the grounds for just the right length of time this mornin’. Back to tomorrow’s doin’s. Some folks were rantin’ about ol’ Ben Franklin startin’ daylight savin’s time. Reckon he did mention it, but the first time it was used was back in the Great War; that fuss in Europe back in 1917. I always wondered about why Ben wanted it, for what use would it have been back then? In fact, there weren’t even time zones back in his day; the railroad hadn’t appeared yet.
Yep, tomorrow mornin’ good coffee and “normal” time. Hmmm, “normal” time; what in the world is that? I, for one pard, think we should just leave time the way the good Lord meant for it to be. If that be normal time, then leave it, but I’m a-thinkin’ that what we say is normal is off some. Why I reckon, though it’s light here in East Texas it’s still not gray light over there in the Davis Mountains, yet it is the same time. Now, how can that be?
One thing I know, well two, I need another cup of coffee and the other is that time sure plays with our minds.
Well, happy normal time tomorrow pard, get that extra hour of sleep and then wake up with a smile for it’ll be the Lord’s Day. Oh, I forgot to mention, and then I’ll stop my ramblin’ and let you get on down the road. Did you see where the President and his wife were handin’ out candy on Halloween and one man now wants to sue them. Seems his child, a black boy was given a sucker, as were all the kids there. Now his father is upset because the President is trying to cause diabetes in his child. My mercy! What a world we live in!
Time for you to be goin’, know how I know that? The pot’s empty. Have a good day, and check that cinch! No tellin’ what might happen or what you might be charged with if you went and fell off.