Change your clocks tonight - is it really that time already??

it all comes back to depopulation somehow

I think DST would be good on a rotating basis.

It should kick in on the weekdays after 4:00 pm, then Standard Time returns after 6:00 pm and remains in effect until 4:00 pm the next day.

That would be a win-win.

I believe it! I have been suffering mightily over my procrastination from the last time zone change. 6 months of suffering! Only the Punxsutawney Prognosticator can appreciate the depths of my angst.

It's just another bad idea or corrupt policy that somehow becomes a part of the system.

DST is to time what Dominion software is to elections.

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Well said

Except for maybe your oven and your coffee maker, clocks change all by themselves now.

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Back when I was a kid in the '70s and '80s, it started the last week of April and ended the last week of October. As it happened it would be on my mom's birthday (October) or my dad's birthday (April) every few years.

not analog wristwatches, grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, cottage clocks, older car clocks...
microwave doesn't,

only thing for me is the computer and phone that changes automatically.





you said kindly what some say louder:

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I'm in AZ. We don't do that although I used to back east for half my life. Never made sense to me then and now that I don't have to change, it definitely makes no sense why the states keep it going.

yeah, I mentioned Arizona in a post - smart place! Have a first cousin there so I knew none of this there.

Fall forward, spring back, and circle back around.

I remember when George Dumbya Bush wanted to make it a two hour change instead of one hour.

I forgot!

Thank you for the reminder! I look forward to more daylight!

Yeah, it’s only March. It’s too early to spring forward.

Yes, it used to be a month from now. The sky will be pitch black until 7am until the remainder of the month.

When I was flying and making the landing announcement (for the correct time in the arrival city), we had to remember what states didn't change for Daylight Savings Time. I remember AZ, Hawaii, and Indiana. Then Indiana switched eventually.

Can you imagine how confusing this was with some counties switching and others not?
Indiana:
Before 2006, most of Indiana did not observe Daylight Saving Time. However, some counties decided to use DST, creating confusion about what time it was around spring and fall. To avoid the confusion, Indiana passed a bill in 2005 ensuring that the entire state would use DST from April 2006, regardless of the time zone.

Last Edited by nutmeg on 03/13/2021 04:20 PM

yuck. Have to work tomorrow so that means it will be like waking up at 330 am instead of 430 am.

I thought something was not right. For some reason I remember this happening the week before or right after Easter. My mom who is on top if this has been slipping to remind me five times lately.

I still have antique windups in my house. Two wall clocks and a grandfather clock. Two others on batteries....bathroom and garage.

When we lived in Key West and one of my kids was making her First Holy Communion around the age of 7 or 8, a little girl, Shannon, who lived nearby, would taunt my daughter because Shannon was given a speaking part in the church ceremony.

I felt so badly for my daughter when this girl would brag, "I have a speaking part, and you DON'T! Ha Ha Ha!" She did this frequently.

Of course, I told my daughter not to feel badly. There were at least 20 children making their Holy Communion, and only two had speaking parts.

The big day came....a Sunday. Shannon and her family didn't show up for the ceremony! That Sunday was the start of Daylight Savings Time, and they forgot to set their clocks ahead! I love it to this day! That little brat got a dose of karma!

In those days, DST started at the end of April. In later years, they moved it up to March.

When Daylight Savings Time comes every year, I think back to that day and smile!

Last Edited by nutmeg on 03/13/2021 12:46 PM

I wish they would just pick a time and stop changing it.

The daylight hours are unaffected by our adjusting of clocks.

And we have these things called electric lights now, that make the precise time of sunrise and sunset rather unimportant.

You don't need the sunlight to adjust the rigging on your horse now. You can adjust the rigging on your horse under the illumination of an electric light!

All right lets just finish this..

I'm totally wasted just bear with me.

Changing the clocks has to do with farmers.

So they could adjust their time to the harvest.

It's outdated and stupid.

Nor does it change for children.

Senators once again introduce a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

A group of bipartisan senators is reintroducing a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent.

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I think they should leave it standard time all year.

In the summer, who cares if it's dark an hour earlier when it's hot? It would get cooler sooner at night.

That extra hour of morning darkness in the winter would be brutal.

Last Edited by Monty Python on 03/13/2021 01:54 PM

Maybe people should sleep in an extra hour in the winter?

Even bears are smart enough to figure this out.

And I am smarter than the average bear. :)

I think.

I always come early

That would be great if all jobs started an hour later in the winter, but they don't unless we stay on standard time.

On DST the sun wouldn't rise until 8:48 AM in Minneapolis on Dec 20.

Last Edited by Monty Python on 03/13/2021 02:15 PM