Posted on 03/05/2018 11:01:22 AM PST by Kaslin
I agree with you. (My husband thinks I’m nuts.)
My Commodore 64 computer in the 80’s could change to DST & back with no problem, so I highly doubt today’s modern computers are having that much trouble that they require “Stupid amounts of money” to fix every year.
Actually it’s Businesses that are making “Stupid amounts of money” with that extra hour of daylight in the evening which is why they will never get rid of it.
Can you tell my dogs that they should adjust quickly? I takes at least a month for them to get back on track.
It’s my cat’s favorite day of the year. He gets to eat early.
There is only one reason I like DST. Without it — if out here in California we didn’t move the clock ahead one hour — at the end of May dawn would begin to brighten the sky at around 3:20 a.m., with sunrise at about 4:30 a.m. ... a bit early even for this early-riser!
Look how much Atlantic ocean is in the Eastern Zone. Check the horizontal mileage differences in the zone widths compared to the Eastern width.
I guess the writer would not do well travelling to a different time zone - or China...
I love DST. I love getting home from work and having some time to spend in my backyard and take a walk and enjoy a piece of the day.
Make it year round, but in the Summer move it two hours forward. Let the sun set at 10pm. Nothing could be better!
Thank Ben Franklin for this. I think old Ben liked thinking he was the smartest guy in the room.
Want some cheese with that whine?
It’s all about golf, so DST is ok by me.
Thunder Bay? In 1908, there was no Thunder Bay. There was Fort William and Port Arthur, which one was it?
DST is VERY silly. This day, when I leave the yard for my first student pick up, the sky is starting to lighten and it is light when I pick up this child, though I am driving into the sun. One week from now, it will still be pitch black and I will have to go through AGAIN, driving into the sun. DST means that I have to repeat this TWICE in the Spring and TWICE in the Fall! Not good.
Besides, Stampede fireworks at 10:30PM is not good for kids, it is too late. W/O DST, everything would be over by 10:00PM, plenty late for little ones to be up.
I live very close to the 90º W line. So standard time noon is very close—to real noon. I like being able to tell what time it is by looking at the sun’s position in the sky. Have to do some adjusting to do that with daylight time.
Well, all things considered, he probably was.
I vote for permanent DST. I love having more daylight hours after dinner.
Their basing DST on school issues is a strawman argument. All they need to do anywhere is change the school hours to suit the season....problem solved.
Otherwise, I'll always take the extra sunlight at the end of the day.
Best and only logical proposal so far.
For some months last year my dog had gotten into the habit of jumping on the bed weekend mornings at around 8:25 and licking our faces in an effort to get us up. When the clocks changed in the Fall I told my wife that since we had gone back an hour he'd be there at 7:25. Much to our surprise, he showed up punctually at 8:25 the day after the change, leaving us mystified as to how he knew what was going on.
Actually the Navajo up on the Big Res practice daylight savings time. I've always thought of it as some kind of primitive superstition.
The good thing about DST is that I get home in time to watch all of Tucker Carlson.
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