Nanker Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 2nd Sunday of March. We "lose" an hour of sleep, but now it'll be dusk around 7:00 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Agreed, but the ‘early risers’ among us sit in the morning darkness for an extra hour. Remember when DST began at the end of April? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Back to driving in the dark dodging deer on my morning drives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Get rid of the damned thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, GG said: Get rid of the damned thing Saskatchewan hears you! (No DST there.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 35 minutes ago, GG said: Get rid of the damned thing Shift everyone 30 minutes and call it even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I'm glad. Hate the early dark evenings. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 55 minutes ago, GG said: Get rid of the damned thing We are on standard time for what, four months now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 46 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Saskatchewan hears you! (No DST there.) Same with most of Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, eball said: I'm glad. Hate the early dark evenings. Same here; this is the real start of spring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 So now the clock in my room will be fixed 6 months later an hour ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 51 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Shift everyone 30 minutes and call it even That screws a bunch of things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Since I will have an extra hour of daylight after work, I can finally clean out the inside of my car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superperson1234 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) I guess more dark mornings uh? Dang it... Edited March 8, 2019 by Superperson1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I hate this, I have felt that lost hour for months some years. One year i forgot to set and showed up an hour early for a church service, had to wait an hour till the next one. So i went over to a big book store and in front of me at a search computer was a fool who wasn't doing anything constructive. When I asked him politely if he was almost finished he told me to "go blank myself and to blank his blank" as he was about a foot shorter and 150 pounds lighter, for a second i realized i could just pick him up and throw him right throw a bookcase a few feet away, but wouldn't be wise on a Sunday. So set your clocks on schedule. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) While on a multiyear construction project years ago, the crew I worked on always seemed to be on night shift (5 pm to 6 am the following day) whenever clocks were set back. 13 hours became 14. Finally, a couple of years ago I was working an overnight 12 at another employer, and got the ‘Spring ahead’ bonus. Edited March 8, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 a few years ago a slimeball schemed his way into my consulting firm promising a billion in fees generated... yeah yeah yeah... the first time he had a remotely plausible client after 6 months he had to call out of our time zone, he said yeah yeah yeah when they told him the 1pm meeting was FIRM to start. he forgot that the east coast is AHEAD of Toronto, not behind and missed the boat completely.... soon on to greener pastures after we made sure to never let him forget it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradobillsfan Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 love having the extra daylight at the end of my work shift. going for short hikes and meeting friends at brewpubs after work instead of the endless cycle of 'work, go home, eat, tv, sleep, work, go home eat tv sleep...' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Good, hate the winter hours when it gets dark at 4:30 should be summer hours year around. 16 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: We are on standard time for what, four months now? Which is 4 months too long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 16 hours ago, KD in CA said: Same here; this is the real start of spring! Wish it was in NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ugghhh. As a parent to small children, it’s especially tough because bedtime needs to be adjusted, and figure on them getting up an hour earlier too, until their internal clocks adjust...not fun. When will this WW1 invention go the way of the Dodo bird? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ugh, that means tomorrow’s 11:30 Mass is really 10:30. Days like this, I wish I lived in Phoenix. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 5:47 AM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Agreed, but the ‘early risers’ among us sit in the morning darkness for an extra hour. Remember when DST began at the end of April? Think of all the energy we are saving thanks to G W Bush. ? "By the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time (DST) was extended in the United States beginning in 2007. As from that year, DST begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Previously, Daylight Saving Time started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Uncle Joe said: Think of all the energy we are saving thanks to G W Bush. ? "By the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time (DST) was extended in the United States beginning in 2007. As from that year, DST begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Previously, Daylight Saving Time started on the first Sunday in April The Uniform Time Act of 1966 specified the last Sunday in April. I remember the last Sunday in April as well from my ’yute’, I was born in 1956. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 20 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The Uniform Time Act of 1966 specified the last Sunday in April. I remember the last Sunday in April as well from my ’yute’, I was born in 1956. SO the the 1966 Act was amended in 1986 and effective in 1987. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. This old dog is getting CRS and only has selective memory when is comes to his yute days in NJ. (I blame it on the smoke from the mosquito trucks) But I still remember that line in My Cousin Vinny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 10:19 AM, sherpa said: That screws a bunch of things up. But.....the government is in charge of the decision, right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 "Hip hip" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Some people use this as a trigger to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Uncle Joe said: Think of all the energy we are saving thanks to G W Bush. ? "By the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time (DST) was extended in the United States beginning in 2007. As from that year, DST begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Previously, Daylight Saving Time started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October." New dates make much more sense. It's plenty light in the morning now, time to get some light to the end of the day. Pushing it out a week in the fall is immaterial and allows for more daylight on Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 6 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: Some people use this as a trigger to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. did someone say trigger? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 I thought Trigger was a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Wanted to pass these sentiments along, as well as the work being done at the state level to fix this travesty once and for all: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/opinions/daylight-saving-time-yates/index.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 A lot of people in my life get a huge uplift from having the sunset rigged to be later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Monday’s stink as is. Today I’m really feeling it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 17 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: Wanted to pass these sentiments along, as well as the work being done at the state level to fix this travesty once and for all: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/opinions/daylight-saving-time-yates/index.html I would prefer that we stay on DST year round. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 5:37 PM, Nanker said: I would prefer that we stay on DST year round. At last, here in Georgia there may be a ray of hope that this will be addressed at some point soon also: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/lawmaker-submits-bill-to-keep-georgia-on-daylight-saving-time/930956313 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) On 3/10/2019 at 10:48 PM, NoHuddleKelly12 said: Wanted to pass these sentiments along, as well as the work being done at the state level to fix this travesty once and for all: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/opinions/daylight-saving-time-yates/index.html Boo hoo Buttercups! I have been working swing-shift for almost 30 years. Just look @ Me... I am fine and a model of mental fitness! Can you believe these Snowflakes complaining about 1 measly hour of missed sleep in March. You get it back in November. /smh... On 3/11/2019 at 4:37 PM, Nanker said: I would prefer that we stay on DST year round. It really depends on location. I am right on the start of a time zone. 60 miles away. I prefer being on Eastern. There is a 59 minute swing over the 15° of the time zone. Edited March 16, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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