shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
No need to thank me.
It was the least I could do.
It was the least I could do.
Set your clocks ahead 25 hours tonight!
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kozmic
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Wait
...Can I double up on my meals til I catch up?
...Can I double up on my meals til I catch up?
From the clock's point of view.
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Hillbilly77
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Tryin' to skip us right ahead into Monday?
Go ahead. That don't bother me.
I don't work on Mondays.
Go ahead. That don't bother me.
I don't work on Mondays.
pcgunner
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I really abhor this clock changing **** - but thanks for the reminder
Arik
Member
Doesn't bother me. I wake up at 6am, done work at 5pm, go to bed around 11pm - 12pm. Today 11 or tomorrow 11 is still 11
Targets Guy
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You'd think by now they would do away with this idiocy.
I've asked for years why can't we just split the difference and move it up 30 minutes then leave it alone! YMMV
Arik
Member
What's the difference? Does it make a big impact on your life? Just curious. People complain about it but I just don't see a difference. Even my clocks are automated....the only thing I have to do is push a button once on my car clock
Lee in Quartzsite
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Haven't changed my clocks in the last 13 years......but then I live in the beautiful State of Arizona.
Targets Guy
US Veteran
No. But why? What is gained? Why have laws that make no difference on our lives?
It is another way for the Gov. to pick up some revenue.
If the duck hunters don't get it right..........
the Game Warden's get to write out tickets for shooting too early or too late !!
I thought you guys knew that... ??
If the duck hunters don't get it right..........
the Game Warden's get to write out tickets for shooting too early or too late !!
I thought you guys knew that... ??
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shouldazagged
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If I remember correctly, it originated during World War II. Probably made some sense when much of the nation was farm country, so the kids could work longer after school in the summer, but I don't see the purpose anymore.
It messes a lot of people up temporarily. The body attunes itself to light, and when the pattern changes it takes at least a couple of days to adjust. Not a big deal for those of us who are retired, but I certainly felt both changes when I was working. I'd be pretty draggy for two or three days.
It messes a lot of people up temporarily. The body attunes itself to light, and when the pattern changes it takes at least a couple of days to adjust. Not a big deal for those of us who are retired, but I certainly felt both changes when I was working. I'd be pretty draggy for two or three days.
Or se them back 23 hours 
If you start your work day at 6 AM on the farm, and it's already getting light out at 5 AM moving the clock forward an hour gains you one more hour of daylight work time at the end of the day. And it is also one more hour of daylight after school hours so the kiddos can work an additional hour too.
The other reason is that it getting dark an hour later reduces the number of hours people need to use electricity for lighting. So in theory it saves energy too.
For my money we should set the clocks forward like they are right now and leave them like that, year round.
Yup, that's it.
If you start your work day at 6 AM on the farm, and it's already getting light out at 5 AM moving the clock forward an hour gains you one more hour of daylight work time at the end of the day. And it is also one more hour of daylight after school hours so the kiddos can work an additional hour too.
The other reason is that it getting dark an hour later reduces the number of hours people need to use electricity for lighting. So in theory it saves energy too.
For my money we should set the clocks forward like they are right now and leave them like that, year round.
LVSteve
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Light at the end of the day is useful to get stuff done at home. I can do things until it is dark then clean up afterwards.
At this point the "early people" are usually screaming "Why not get up early and do your stuff before going to work?" That's easy to shoot down. The time by which I have to be at work sets a hard limit on when I must stop what I am doing to get cleaned up and travel to work. The daylight burned during that process is gone.
Most of us don't get to pick our hours to shuffle when we can work at home in daylight. Societal norms of working hours are such that daylight in the evening hours is of far more use to most of the population than any amount in the mornings. That's just how it works.
At this point the "early people" are usually screaming "Why not get up early and do your stuff before going to work?" That's easy to shoot down. The time by which I have to be at work sets a hard limit on when I must stop what I am doing to get cleaned up and travel to work. The daylight burned during that process is gone.
Most of us don't get to pick our hours to shuffle when we can work at home in daylight. Societal norms of working hours are such that daylight in the evening hours is of far more use to most of the population than any amount in the mornings. That's just how it works.
pcgunner
Member
It's probably the only thing the government could get right which is why they won't change it
I remember in the 70's, Nixon tried to remove this law - some idiot drunken bus driver ran over kids in the dark because he was driving without his lights on drunk - that was the end of this experiment!
Go figure!
I remember in the 70's, Nixon tried to remove this law - some idiot drunken bus driver ran over kids in the dark because he was driving without his lights on drunk - that was the end of this experiment!
Go figure!
Some one will blame global warming on the extra hour of daylight.
