For Those Who Hate Daylight Savings ...

As Miriam points out, many lawyers dislike daylight savings time because of their loss of a billable hour.  But the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the weekend invited those of us who have trouble coping with the loss of an hour to spare a thought for the midwesterners of the late 1800s when most cities and towns were in conflict with the rail industry with respect to moving from solar time to standard time zones across the United States.  While local municipalities preferred solar time because it was more "natural", the rail industry had trouble with the time changes that took place every 13 miles or so under solar time.  Eventually, the rail industry won out, but then the battle for uniformity in daylight savings raged until 1966 when Congress passed the Uniform Time Act.