First world problems 2021

My phone did not update to reflect daylight saving. It is set to "Automatic date and time set by network provider." OK but the provider is apparently located in Brisbane. I'm in Canberra.

Now I'm not surprised why I received a somewhat terse text about me being late.

 

My phone was on Sydney time for some reason, showed up an hour early for afternoon tea

 

Oops. The Gmail account I used for this site has been hacked (password was changed late last night.) Not recoverable because of course I didn't provide any recovery phone number.

Apologies in advance to @Simon Hampel if he receives the odd email from Murray River.

 

Well daylight saving is a first world problem overall.

Suggest when pandemic is over we can live in bubbles based on time. So we have anti savers ( like anti vaxxers ) and we treat them badly and lampoon them for being early ( or late ). Then we have savers bubble for those who like saving daylight.

And we continue to have problems at the border as we couldn't possibly have one set of time rules for qld, and another for NSW. That would be stupid.

 

But curtains take longer to fade in QLD. Surely that should be a consideration.

 

I think there should be concessions.....all good public policy has concessions for those aspects that don't quite fit in.

We could build a bureaucracy to process the exemptions/concessions.

I would be anti saver ( no curtains ) as a working example

 

How do you qualify for a concession? Will it apply to elf-funded retirees or only with set assets tests?

Can I leverage the daylight which I save? Is there an optimal daylight to night valuation ratio? Will the BOM limit how much daylight I can borrow?

Will there be a daylight trading scheme?

 

Thanks for the questions.

1. Concessions and exemptions apply to those for whom a bubble causes hardship, including should they be returned to the other timezone they or there families may be harmed;
2. Elf funded retirees should consult the elves;
3. Assets under consideration for concession and exemption are only those assets for which the saving of daylight damages or otherwise upsets the asset ( cows, curtains );
4. There is an equity test regarding leverage or otherwise harnessing daylight. Citizens are not able to hoard or otherwise hide the light ( behind bushels ), except for the purpose of powering cars, households and agriculture.
5. The BOM will be issuing licences for the extra usage of daylight, particularly when this in related to jumping between time zones. Incidentally there is already a draft hail license and the daylight license will be based on this.
6. There will be an ombudsman to handle complaints and to shine a light on any dark dealings.
7. A trial trading scheme has been under way for more than 3 minutes, and this trading scheme has operated with match sticks to date. Finalising the arrangements of this trading scheme is expected within 3 millennium, at which time the match sticks will be replaced with blockchain enabled microchips fastened to the inner ear.

 

@boganfromlogan for Mayor. Are you running on the same ticket as @datto ?

 

Yes. Slightly different timezones, same ticket!!

See it works!!

 

I ordered some simple items on eBay just now… check out the expected delivery date. I don’t think it was mentioned when ordering….

 

Yup. Just VERY surprised when I saw the estimated date says 29 Dec though

 

I ordered some furniture back in June ... delivery was August, then September and now December

 

That's a lot of furniture

 

Quicker to learn to make it yourself!

 

Serious problem, I think I've got non stop spring hayfever.

My CBA colleague used to have it, he was a bit of a mess every spring and couldn't stop sneezing and having runny eyes. Always looked dreadful in spring because of it just like he shouldn't be working. Well, I think I have it now.

 

Maybe you're allergic to work