This is important! Don't forget!!!
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Uggghhhh why do we do this. I work late Saturdays and early Sundays. Don't get nearly enough sleep as it is and now an hour less. And it makes me grumpier hearing everyone on TV and radio saying how we all "lose an hour of sleep". I do, and I'm not the only one, but most folks do not work sundays. Do you guys set your alarms and get up earlier on your day off? Didn't think so.
Just one of my pet peeves.
I know, I haven't lost the sleep yet and I'm already grumpy.
Just one of my pet peeves.
I know, I haven't lost the sleep yet and I'm already grumpy.
I lost more than an hour of sleep sitting in Atlanta traffic yesterday. That town will never figure out it's traffic problems.
Penn & Teller had a hilarious PSA spoof that I can't find, "Spring Back, Fall Forward!" It was a quick & believable PSA spot.
If someone can track down that video please link it. I can't find it Thanks!
Penn & Teller had a hilarious PSA spoof that I can't find, "Spring Back, Fall Forward!" It was a quick & believable PSA spot.
If someone can track down that video please link it. I can't find it Thanks!
I love DST. No one loses an hour of anything. The day is the same length. Go to bed an hour earlier tonight and wake up on time tomorrow. Easy enough.
I'd much rather go to work in the dark than come home to darkness.
I'd much rather go to work in the dark than come home to darkness.
Dang - I was just enjoying a little light at the crack of dawn.
Back to driving to work in the dark for just a few more more weeks....light is getting longer rapidly!
Daylight Savings Time sux. People afraid of the dark or something?
Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn
I lost more than an hour of sleep sitting in Atlanta traffic yesterday. That town will never figure out it's traffic problems.
Penn & Teller had a hilarious PSA spoof that I can't find, "Spring Back, Fall Forward!" It was a quick & believable PSA spot.
If someone can track down that video please link it. I can't find it Thanks!
I think it was Lewis Black that had a hilarious comedy skit about traffic in Atlanta, if you haven't heard it already you should check it out.
I lost more than an hour of sleep sitting in Atlanta traffic yesterday. That town will never figure out it's traffic problems.
Penn & Teller had a hilarious PSA spoof that I can't find, "Spring Back, Fall Forward!" It was a quick & believable PSA spot.
If someone can track down that video please link it. I can't find it Thanks!
I think it was Lewis Black that had a hilarious comedy skit about traffic in Atlanta, if you haven't heard it already you should check it out.
I love it. if I were rich, I would winter in Australia, so I could be in perpetual summer. The ultimate cure for SAD
Originally Posted By: MarkC
Daylight Savings Time sux. People afraid of the dark or something?
Not afraid, just stuff looks so much better in the light. Well maybe not my yard, the garage, my car,my house, the office.......
Daylight Savings Time sux. People afraid of the dark or something?
Not afraid, just stuff looks so much better in the light. Well maybe not my yard, the garage, my car,my house, the office.......
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I had a few times when working 11-7 where I didn't see daylight. Maybe it was just overcast on that particular week. I would wake up totally disoriented as to what time I thought it was. The panic was thinking I was late for work since it was dark out.
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I love it. if I were rich, I would winter in Australia, so I could be in perpetual summer. The ultimate cure for SAD
I have Seasonal Affective Disorder in reverse. Long hot sticky summers with endless savage yellow sunlight depress me. Instead of extra light therapy, I need extra darkness therapy (or at least some thick dark curtains for my windows).
I love it. if I were rich, I would winter in Australia, so I could be in perpetual summer. The ultimate cure for SAD
I have Seasonal Affective Disorder in reverse. Long hot sticky summers with endless savage yellow sunlight depress me. Instead of extra light therapy, I need extra darkness therapy (or at least some thick dark curtains for my windows).
Originally Posted By: Warstud
Originally Posted By: MarkC
Daylight Savings Time sux. People afraid of the dark or something?
It was intended to conserve on electricity.
It was attempted during or just after WWI, I recall reading, and was roundly rejected. Perhaps Americans had better sense in those days.
If anything, it adds to our electricity bills. We have sunlight falling on our homes longer (in relation to the hours we are normally up, that is), thus adding to the energy our air conditioners have to use to keep us cool. That is, if the sun goes down at 9 pm instead of 8 pm, and you're up and around during that hour (as most people are), your A/C has to work harder to keep the house at a decent temperature for you.
The silly thing is getting longer every year, too. Pretty soon we'll "fall back" on December 24, and "spring forward" on January 1.
Originally Posted By: MarkC
Daylight Savings Time sux. People afraid of the dark or something?
It was intended to conserve on electricity.
It was attempted during or just after WWI, I recall reading, and was roundly rejected. Perhaps Americans had better sense in those days.
If anything, it adds to our electricity bills. We have sunlight falling on our homes longer (in relation to the hours we are normally up, that is), thus adding to the energy our air conditioners have to use to keep us cool. That is, if the sun goes down at 9 pm instead of 8 pm, and you're up and around during that hour (as most people are), your A/C has to work harder to keep the house at a decent temperature for you.
The silly thing is getting longer every year, too. Pretty soon we'll "fall back" on December 24, and "spring forward" on January 1.
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One old post mentioned that daylight savings time is like taking a blanket, cutting off a foot from the bottom, and sewing it on the top.
If an argument is given and mentions schools or children, laws get passed.
Also, there were lobbies of sports equipment [more light -more play] and candy mfrs [because of Halloween] to modify dates of Daylight Savings .
Also, there were lobbies of sports equipment [more light -more play] and candy mfrs [because of Halloween] to modify dates of Daylight Savings .
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