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Just a reminder that daylight savings begins Sunday, 3/10, at 2:00am, so set your clocks AHEAD.

I had no idea it was this weekend. :lol:
 
On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill that extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks beginning in 2007. Since 1986 the United States had observed Daylight Saving Time from the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. The provisions of the bill call for Daylight Saving Time to begin three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November.
 
If you ask me, Bush should have just abolished it all together. It's silly as hell.

Ok, let's pretend it's an hour earlier and in a few months we'll pretend it's an hour later. REALLY?!?!
 
lol I heard it on the radio earlier in the week and I thought **** of all weeks--I am so busy I need each and every hour
 
That's what I thought, too, focadima. This Sunday is my LAST trip to Evanston with DS6 for therapy. Leaving here at 8:15am on a Sunday is challenging enough.

Not to mention DD14 is going to be saying things like "but really it's 9:00pm, right?" and "but really it's 8am, right?" for a good 3-4 days after the switch. Happens every time. :surrender:
 
Daylight Savings Time is great for people who have to work outside. Without it during the summer it would be light at 5 in the morning on some days and most people aren't awake at that time. But you can certainly use that extra hour of light later in the day. The fact that it was moved up a month gives you 30 additional days where you get an extra hour of light later in the day.
 
But can't those folks just work an adjusted schedule? Why do the rest of us play games with the clock? :sheep1:
 
eiramnoaj said:
But can't those folks just work an adjusted schedule? Why do the rest of us play games with the clock? :sheep1:
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For example a UPS truck driver only starts at 8:30 a.m. and they have to work until everything gets delivered. The extra hour comes in handy for them big time at the end of their shift.

Or for example a boy who like to play outside after school. The school day ends at a certain time and the kid can't get up at 6 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. to get himself out of school an hour earlier.

It's really great because people don't use that extra hour of daylight at 6 a.m. in the morning, so it's like they are missing anything at all.
 
moreforless said:
Daylight Savings Time is great for people who have to work outside. Without it during the summer it would be light at 5 in the morning on some days and most people aren't awake at that time. But you can certainly use that extra hour of light later in the day. The fact that it was moved up a month gives you 30 additional days where you get an extra hour of light later in the day.
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eiramnoaj said:
But can't those folks just work an adjusted schedule? Why do the rest of us play games with the clock? :sheep1:
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Do you want your neighbor's lawn service guys mowing the lawn at 6am instead of 7am? Or the utilities' tree trimming trucks out buzzing off branches at 6am?

I sure as heck don't.
 
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