Aldous Huxley way ahead of you guys....
http://thispublicaddress.com/tPA5/archives/2010/11/time-and-the-machine.html
http://thispublicaddress.com/tPA5/archives/2010/11/time-and-the-machine.html
Time to end Daylight Saving?
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I cant stand the time change. I hate it, and I want it to die. Sooner rather than later.
Plus, my lawn gets scorched with the extra hour of daylight
Plus, my lawn gets scorched with the extra hour of daylight
Yeah, leave the time where it is now, so it stays a bit lighter later. I love summer where it's still plenty light until around 9:30 PM. Winter months are already gloomy enough, we don't need it getting dark by 5. Once the dark hits, it feels like the day is over and you're stuck inside the rest of the evening. Couldn't care less about going to work in lighter conditions. I'm going to work. My kids like the time where it is now too. They can do stuff outside for a longer amount of time after homework is done. Really I just hate winter.
Maybe we should promote chaos by using DST and the Discordian Calendar
Originally Posted By: Sonic
Yeah, leave the time where it is now, so it stays a bit lighter later. I love summer where it's still plenty light until around 9:30 PM. Winter months are already gloomy enough, we don't need it getting dark by 5. Once the dark hits, it feels like the day is over and you're stuck inside the rest of the evening. Couldn't care less about going to work in lighter conditions. I'm going to work. My kids like the time where it is now too. They can do stuff outside for a longer amount of time after homework is done. Really I just hate winter.
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I’m retired but my wife still works. She commented during the winter that the only time she saw our house during daylight was on the weekends. We both like DST.
Yeah, leave the time where it is now, so it stays a bit lighter later. I love summer where it's still plenty light until around 9:30 PM. Winter months are already gloomy enough, we don't need it getting dark by 5. Once the dark hits, it feels like the day is over and you're stuck inside the rest of the evening. Couldn't care less about going to work in lighter conditions. I'm going to work. My kids like the time where it is now too. They can do stuff outside for a longer amount of time after homework is done. Really I just hate winter.
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I’m retired but my wife still works. She commented during the winter that the only time she saw our house during daylight was on the weekends. We both like DST.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Maybe we should promote chaos by using DST and the Discordian Calendar
Yes, because there is not currently ENOUGH chaos in this land already.
Maybe we should promote chaos by using DST and the Discordian Calendar
Yes, because there is not currently ENOUGH chaos in this land already.
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Originally Posted By: JLTD
kids' safety is also important so IMO the edge goes to falling back and leaving it.
I suppose this varies depending on school schedules and where exactly within each time zone you are located. Around here, I see kids waiting at bus stops at 7 am. During winter months, even with falling back to standard time, it is still dark at 7 am, so I don't see how falling back helps.
Good point!
Originally Posted By: JLTD
kids' safety is also important so IMO the edge goes to falling back and leaving it.
I suppose this varies depending on school schedules and where exactly within each time zone you are located. Around here, I see kids waiting at bus stops at 7 am. During winter months, even with falling back to standard time, it is still dark at 7 am, so I don't see how falling back helps.
Good point!
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People are more apt to be outdoors and move around in daylight hours. So Daylight Savings Time means more people inside of stores and that helps our economy.
Even here in the Mississippi of the north, we got rid of it years ago.
I always laugh, there used to be yearly huge debates, until a certain personality from the local paper retired, and all of a sudden the public never cared about the issue. Obviously, given he was the editor of the paper, his opinion got much more press. The usual arguments were a laugh here. Golfers - my response, get out of bed and golf in the morning when courses are free here, and don't bother me with your hobby. Used car dealerships - they claimed it would save energy, yet at 2:00 a.m. I could have a football game in their parking lots, thanks to the lighting.
With reference to what Quattro Pete mentioned, this province is actually on permanent summer time.
I always laugh, there used to be yearly huge debates, until a certain personality from the local paper retired, and all of a sudden the public never cared about the issue. Obviously, given he was the editor of the paper, his opinion got much more press. The usual arguments were a laugh here. Golfers - my response, get out of bed and golf in the morning when courses are free here, and don't bother me with your hobby. Used car dealerships - they claimed it would save energy, yet at 2:00 a.m. I could have a football game in their parking lots, thanks to the lighting.
With reference to what Quattro Pete mentioned, this province is actually on permanent summer time.
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