Daylight Savings Time Already??

[BoomerD]

Wow...it's that time already folks.

Don't forget to set your clocks AHEAD one hour tonight.

Crap...it always takes me a week or two to adjust to the time change...


(note: this post does not apply to youse folks in Hawaii or Arizona.)

 

[techs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

Interesting read.

 

[techs]

Ha!

About DST:
Robertson Davies, however, detected "the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves"

 

[n7]

I wish it would just go away.

 

[destrekor]

argh. i lose an hour before finals.

couldn't it have waited until next week?

 

[Rubycon]

LOL only two adjustments a year?!

You all have it too easy! Sometimes we have to move the clock forward two or three times a week only to move it back the same a few days later.

I myself use GMT and forget about it. If I know where I am I know what time it is!

As if I really care!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ

 

[BoomerD]

LOL only two adjustments a year?!

You all have it too easy! Sometimes we have to move the clock forward two or three times a week only to move it back the same a few days later.

I myself use GMT and forget about it. If I know where I am I know what time it is!

As if I really care!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ

That's because you live on mari-time...

GMT is probably the best for your situation...that doesn't change.

(well, except for the minor atomic clock adjustments)

 

[n7]

LOL only two adjustments a year?!

You all have it too easy! Sometimes we have to move the clock forward two or three times a week only to move it back the same a few days later.

I myself use GMT and forget about it. If I know where I am I know what time it is!

As if I really care!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ

You've got legitimate reasons for the hassle. :hmm:

We don't.

 

[Engineer]

LOL only two adjustments a year?!

You all have it too easy! Sometimes we have to move the clock forward two or three times a week only to move it back the same a few days later.

I myself use GMT and forget about it. If I know where I am I know what time it is!

As if I really care!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ

Can't you get a GPS adjusted clock or something?

 

[nageov3t]

I like DST.

I mean, it sucks the day of* but it's great getting out of work at 6:30 pm and still having daylight to burn. I feel so zapped when I get out of work and it's dark; all I want to do is go home and veg out on the couch all night. when if feels like it's still the afternoon, I'm much more inclined to be productive after work.


*unless you work overnight shifts, but they get screwed in the fall

 

[DrPizza]

I like DST.

I mean, it sucks the day of* but it's great getting out of work at 6:30 pm and still having daylight to burn. I feel so zapped when I get out of work and it's dark; all I want to do is go home and veg out on the couch all night. when if feels like it's still the afternoon, I'm much more inclined to be productive after work.


*unless you work overnight shifts, but they get screwed in the fall

I wish work would start an hour earlier. I know some people don't like going to work in the dark, but I've never minded at all, knowing the reward is daylight when I get home.

 

[Slew Foot]

I love having daylight when I get home, Id rather have it like this all year.

 

[techs]

I love having daylight when I get home, Id rather have it like this all year.

I'll put in a word to God. Maybe he can lengthen the winter days.

 

[Old Hippie]

Shit....That's tonight?

This always screws with bar closing times.

 

[lxskllr]

DST eats shit. If people want more afternoon light, start the day earlier. I'm tuned to the sun, and dicking around with the clocks fucks up my system.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I wish it would just go away.

You could move to Arizona. They don't do the whole DST bit.

 

[n7]

You could move to Arizona. They don't do the whole DST bit.

Haha, no thanx. :awe:

 

[Crono]

I'm mostly nocturnal now so it doesn't make much a difference to me.

Thanks for the heads up, though

 

[mugs]

You've got legitimate reasons for the hassle. :hmm:

We don't.

We do, you just don't understand them.

 

[Kalmah]

this sucks.. switching from afternoon shifts to morning tomorrow.

 

[nageov3t]

DST eats shit. If people want more afternoon light, start the day earlier. I'm tuned to the sun, and dicking around with the clocks fucks up my system.

but without DST, we couldn't get to travel back in time once/year :awe: it's the best hour of the entire year. you can do or say something stupid and it doesn't count once we get to relive the hour all over again.

 

[n7]

We do, you just don't understand them.

Arguable.

I understand some of the reasoning, but that doesn't mean it's accurate or i have to agree with it. :awe:

 

[Crono]

but without DST, we couldn't get to travel back in time once/year :awe: it's the best hour of the entire year. you can do or say something stupid and it doesn't count once we get to relive the hour all over again.

Yeah...about that... :whiste:

 

[Rubycon]

Can't you get a GPS adjusted clock or something?

Actually the GPS system uses relative timing for sunset data which is interesting as sunrise/sunset times are set to your precise location.

People OTOH are different and tell time by the clock so we have these silly time zones and such. Moving the clocks forward so there is more light in the evening could make sense in certain fields. Some folks even believe you get more light which I find hilarious. The photoperiod definitely is not changing!

 

[Pegun]

I thought they were trying to phase it out, which is why it's actually earlier this year.

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