"daylight savings time"

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:15 am

For the record, I hate it. It makes the sundial wrong half of the year.

I think I’ll change my watch NOW!

Now that would be an April Fool's Joke!

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:18 am

Is there a "don't give a damn" about it option? I guess I do care, but I would like it left one way or another, (....I'm gonna get ya, get ya......).

I hate going to work in the dark and leaving in the dark, but that's only for a short time of the year.

I have a sundial and it's always wrong, no matter what time of the year it is. If anyone has instructions on how I can correctly "wind it up" I would appreciate it.

Tom

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:22 am

It always takes me at least a week to get used to the time change.

Businesses will say "we're for it because it gives our employees an extra hour of daylight after work." Well, if they are so concerned about their employees, just change the hours of operation and let people off an hour earlier! I've often said we should keep one clock in the house on standard time to remind us what time the sun says it is!

I should move to Arizona or the parts of (is it Indiana or Illinois?) that stay on standard time!

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:23 am

For the record, I hate it. It makes the sundial wrong half of the year.

Get one of them there new fangled "atomic" sundials.

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:25 am

Charlene wrote:I should move to Arizona or the parts of (is it Indiana or Illinois?) that stay on standard time!

Parts of Indiana stay on "God's Time" all year long.

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:41 am

I just would like to stay on the "same" time all the year. The dogs expect to be fed earlier or later, my brain says go to bed earlier or later, etc - depending on if it's spring of fall. Growing up in a farming community, THEY hated it, too (try convincing 1300 head of cattle that they need to be milked an hour difference in time!).

And, I REALLY hate it living right next to Indianna which doesn't change. Whenever we do festivals there in the summer, we have to stop and think.... ok, what time will we really need to leave to get there, etc. When I worked at the local amusement park in high school and college, I got used to answering "what time is it" with "do you live in Ohio or Indianna?".

Missy

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:43 am

Where's the "we've already changed over and don't have to think about it till Autumn" poll option?

norseman · Post by **norseman** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:46 am

Well, I live in Arizona, and our time never changes. We're always on Mountain Standard Time.

Bob

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:46 am

"Fall back" is cool. "Spring Forward" irks me. I'd vote for dumping both.

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:06 am

In Denmark at least, it's great. We went to DST last weekend and suddenly we have sunlit (early) evenings; it's after 7 PM here now, and the sun's still up. I love it! Plus, although our mornings got a bit darker, it's still light at 6 AM, which is plenty sufficient for me.

Cheers,
Jens

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:30 am

emmline wrote:"Fall back" is cool. "Spring Forward" irks me. I'd vote for dumping both.

That's it!

I heard that England had double daylight savings time during WWII.

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:31 am

Jens_Hoppe wrote:In Denmark at least, it's great. We went to DST last weekend and suddenly we have sunlit (early) evenings; it's after 7 PM here now, and the sun's still up. I love it! Plus, although our mornings got a bit darker, it's still light at 6 AM, which is plenty sufficient for me.

Cheers,
Jens

Yeah, the type of sunlight hours sound great.

Tom

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:41 pm

I recall the uproar when daylight savings time was introduced. Some dairy farmers were complaining because the cows were thrown off schedule! As if the farmers couldn't have gotten up an hour later by the clock; it would have been the same TIME.

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:24 pm

Nanohedron wrote:I recall the uproar when daylight savings time was introduced. Some dairy farmers were complaining because the cows were thrown off schedule! As if the farmers couldn't have gotten up an hour later by the clock; it would have been the same TIME.

You're right! Like the saying says-

"no use crying over such an udderly ridiculous thing."

Tom

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:31 pm

I think this is the point at which some effete snobe pops in to state that it is Daylight Saving Time... not 'Savings'.

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