JET4
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you know, I can't imagine why
Daylight Saving Time
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you know, I can't imagine why
DST What's that?
We don't need it in AZ.
We don't need it in AZ.
Didn't we have this discussion last fall? Or is this a necro-thread???? A necro-subject for sure. . . .
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I think you may have misunderstood me.and... andd.... AND...If we go to permanent standard time, in the PNW it will be getting light at 0330 in June. The people that whine about dark afternoons in December with have a hissy about early dawns in June.
I don't see the pain in switching between standard and daylight time. Going to a different time zone an hour, or three hours away is no big deal. I have no issue going 8 or 9 hours away if I just start "thinking" in the new time. Go to bed and get up by the clock, not your circadian clock.
Oh by the way . . . .
I'm not a proponent of going on "standard time" and leaving it that way.
I'm a proponent of going on DST (move the clocks an hour forward) and LEAVING them there (no more "falling back").
That would mean 4:30am sunrises in June (to use your example) and later sunsets year-round.
I kinda' doubt there would be many people complaining about that. I know I certainly wouldn't.
Hope that clarifies what I'm in favor of doing.
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I think we're in complete agreement. I worded my response poorly. DST year round is my preference. My thinking is that some standard time proponents in our latitude would be upset at the early sunrises in summer if we went standard time all year.
Tex1001
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I came here to post Stonehenge.
Beaten by 4 minutes.
Beaten by 4 minutes.
prairieviper
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LOL, tell us how that works out for you when you show up for a doctor's appointment an hour later than expected.
Here in cornfields and cows country, that would work out perfectly since the doctor is almost always an hour late anyway.
Here in cornfields and cows country, that would work out perfectly since the doctor is almost always an hour late anyway.
I hear you, they'll keep you waiting in the lobby for 30-60 minutes every time, but if you're even five minutes late they may not even see you.
So, show up an hour late and you'll likely be rescheduling the appointment - AND paying a cancellation fee for not calling ahead to cancel or reschedule your appointment.
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Do they have a pronoun for that?
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We are doing 10 minutes a day till we catch up....
Exactly. If you Google the health effects of DST, you will find a wealth of articles explaining why it's a bad idea, and few, if any, defending it. It's unnatural, and we should get rid of it...
The dark side of daylight saving time - Harvard Health
Just a moment...
Is Daylight Saving Time Bad for Your Health?
LVSteve
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It's the change that is the issue, not the relationship between our clocks and the Sun. If they dump PDT here and put us on PST, I will seriously consider leaving the state. 7pm sunsets in high summer is nonsense, with an F.
FWIW, I skimmed the articles you linked, and it seems to me that ALL of them are focused on the negative effects of SWITCHING back-and-forth from Standard Time to Daylight Savings time.
Coincidentally, that is EXACTLY what most people complain about - the disruption of their daily lives that is created when they have to make the SWITCH from one to the other - twice every year.
IMO, if we set our clocks (arbitrary time-keeping devices) ahead 1 hour (to DST) and left them there permanently, then the negative effects of making the twice-a-year change would be eliminated, and we would all enjoy the BENEFITS of being awake to experience and enjoy more hours of daylight/sunshine every day - year-round.
JMO, and YMMV...
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Tinyman
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Here is my 2 cents worth -- everybody start using GMT -- I'm waiting.
CAJUNLAWYER
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I just hope the hour our priest lost was the one he uses to write his sermon.....
This is pretty much how I see things, but in my later years, that sundial is becoming a bit of a nuisance.
Them white people iz so dum.
