Since you tormented me with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald earlier, check out our 7-day forecast:
I see a slow-cooked pork shoulder on the grill and some cold beers in my future on Saturday.
78°? Ahhhh!
(ain't I a stinker?)
Posted on 03/06/2009 7:09:35 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
In a sleep deprived nation, we're all about to lose a little more as daylight-savings time arrives Sunday.
So this is your reminder: Before going to bed Saturday night, move your clocks and watches forward by one hour or risk being an hour late to Sunday church or other activities.
The lost hour will return November 1st, when clocks go back to standard time.
Daylight-saving time is not observed in Arizona, Hawaii and three U.S. territories – American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to Standard Time on the first Sunday in November.
Of course, whenever you set your clocks ahead one hour, you are also supposed to make another change. Change the batteries on your smoke detectors.
Smoke detector batteries need changing every six months and the switch to daylight-saving time is the perfect time to make the change.
Did you know? Daylight saving time was first used during World War I, as part of an effort in the United States and other warring countries to conserve fuel. In theory, using daylight more efficiently saves fuel and energy because it reduces the nation's need for artificial light.
Daylight savings time is one of the dumber ideas.
I hate winter. I look forward to daylight savings just for the extra hour of daylight in the evening. It helps get that good time long days of summer feeling going.
Daylight Savings Time was an invention of an old Sioux warrior. He was the same guy who solved the problem of his blanket’s being too short by cutting four inches off the top of it and sewing that strip back onto the bottm of the blanket.
LOL! :)
YES!!!
I recall some ditz complaining about DST last year, and how the extra hour of sunlight caused more global warming.
I’ll vote for any politician who will get rid of it. I hate it that much!
There will still be daylight to make dinner on the grill after work, even if I do have to do it in the snow. YES!!!
Like seriously?
Our evil Congress doesn’t have to worry about re-setting their clocks as their deadlines are non-existent.
And our wallets seem to be bottomless pits! Grrrrrrrr!
“...how the extra hour of sunlight caused more global warming.”
Oy! I’ll run that past the LibTards I work with. That’ll keep ‘em chattering like monkeys all day long, LOL!
But then what do you expect of a regal Congress who spend even their spare time redesigning cars and toilets?
Sounds like fun!
It’d probably be more believable to reverse it — tell them that DST was expanded recently due to all the extra sunlight we’re getting from the global warming.
That’s right. No one has any ‘savings’ at this point in time. :(
Since you tormented me with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald earlier, check out our 7-day forecast:
I see a slow-cooked pork shoulder on the grill and some cold beers in my future on Saturday.
78°? Ahhhh!
(ain't I a stinker?)
I’ve always wondered: how do the television listings handle the time change? What about those services that you call and give you the time in real time? Do they go from 1:59:50 directly to 3:00:00 instead of 2:00:00?
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