I HATE ending Daylight Savings!

[ugotme]

This Sunday (11/2) we set the clocks back 1 hour.

Personally, I would rather push them ahead 2 to 3 hours.

Hate it getting dark so early. Yeah I know I am retired but. . . SO WHAT? LOL

AM I CRAZY AND ALONE ????

[Happinow]

No you're not crazy. With the beautiful weather here we should be able to enjoy more daylight. Maybe Florida will become one of those states that decides not to partake in daylight savings time. In the mean time, we can make the best of it!!

[scrapple]

But I love the mornings and find it hard to get out of bed when it's still mostly dark, I'd rather have more sun in the mornings.

[ugotme]

but i love the mornings and find it hard to get out of bed when it's still mostly dark, i'd rather have more sun in the mornings.

boo!!!! lol!

[Uberschaf]

When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’

[Ecuadog]

No you're not crazy. With the beautiful weather here we should be able to enjoy more daylight. Maybe Florida will become one of those states that decides not to partake in daylight savings time. In the mean time, we can make the best of it!!

Uh... that won't give you what you want.

[BarryRX]

No you're not crazy. With the beautiful weather here we should be able to enjoy more daylight. Maybe Florida will become one of those states that decides not to partake in daylight savings time. In the mean time, we can make the best of it!!
Same daylight no matter what your clock says. Although you did say "enjoy more daylight", so maybe it's just a matter of what time to get up. Sometimes in the summer time, after a full day of golf, exercise, and an adult beverage or three, I'll be really tired and want to go to bed early, but it's still light outside.

[Matzy]

I enjoy the day, and it doesn't matter where the extended/lost hour might be. The day has 24 hours, so I just have to adapt to the daylight, not what the clock might tell me.

[Indydealmaker]

I enjoy the day, and it doesn't matter where the extended/lost hour might be. The day has 24 hours, so I just have to adapt to the daylight, not what the clock might tell me.

I like your attitude! Just wish I could emulate it.

[Madelaine Amee]

But I love the mornings and find it hard to get out of bed when it's still mostly dark, I'd rather have more sun in the mornings.

Me too! Love to walk early early in the morning, but as it gets cooler and cooler I also like to stay in bed longer!

[yabbadu]

This Sunday (11/2) we set the clocks back 1 hour.

Personally, I would rather push them ahead 2 to 3 hours.

Hate it getting dark so early. Yeah I know I am retired but. . . SO WHAT? LOL

AM I CRAZY AND ALONE ????

I am with you all the way!!!!

[Bonny]

Nope don't like daylight savings time ! It gets dark so early & it makes me tired.
Good for the kids going to school though.

[dewilson58]

When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’

Exactly.

[Coconuts]

When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’

I wish the US would do away with DST and just have TIME. It was instituted for the purpose of energy savings and has not accomplished what was expected. It encourages people to lose sleep during the alleged "longer day" and just makes folks tired and cranky. Down with Daylight Savings Time!

[Halibut]

For me personally, I don't much notice the difference and don't care one way or the other. So put me in with the "apathetic and lethargic" group on this one. It may be a party of one. :)

[Colts Fan]

DST lasts so long anymore that it seems silly to keep playing with the clocks twice a year. I say either keep permanent DST, or forget about it altogether. I would think most golfers would favor DST for the additional evening tee times.

[patfla06]

I'm with you on this.
It just screws up my "body clock".

[Chi-Town]

Man, it was so much worse when it was dark and freezing in November at 4:30 p.m. And to top that there were weeks that the sun didn't shine. That was a huge reason to leave the greatly white north for sunny Fla.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

But I love the mornings and find it hard to get out of bed when it's still mostly dark, I'd rather have more sun in the mornings.

I guess that's what it comes down to. I'm not a morning person and I also hate turing the clocks back. I wouldn't care if it didn't get light until 8:00. But that would make it dangerous for the kids going to school which is the reason that we adopted daylight savings time.

But some people here, and even up north go to bed at 8:00 or 9:00 so they don't really care. My sister in Massachusetts is up at 4:30 every morning for work and is in bed at 8:00 or 8:30 almost every night. I think she likes standard time better

I could never understand why we just don't turn them back a half hour and leave them.

[2BNTV]

This Sunday (11/2) we set the clocks back 1 hour.

Personally, I would rather push them ahead 2 to 3 hours.

Hate it getting dark so early. Yeah I know I am retired but. . . SO WHAT? LOL

AM I CRAZY AND ALONE ????

Nope!!!

If I remember correctly, wasn't it Tricky Dick Nixon who started all this madness?

I'd say, leave the clocks alone and adapt accordingly!

[Hancle704]

When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…

‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’

I attempted to post a similar version of this in the Spring along with a picture of a native American but because it said only a government could do this it was rejected as being political. So I guess your version is acceptable, although some might argue that it is racist.

[Topspinmo]

IMO it only bother's the ones that had bankers hours. :cryin2:For us that had to get up early it don't matter.:mornincoffee: It's only going to be light so long and dark so long no matter what the clock says.:smiley: For Me I am retired I only look at clock when I need to be somewhere at certain time. Plus I still have the 4:00 alarm clock in my head from getting up at 4:00am working for 50 years. :22yikes: IMO just another think to hate.:censored: hate is suck ugly words isn't it.:censored:

[villagetinker]

Personally I think the original basis for 'daylight savings' has long gone by the way side, and we would actually be better off if we just stopped the whole process. But this is just my humble opinion.

In a former life, I had to reprogram multiple pieces of equipment to handle these changes, and then CONGRESS had to go and change the dates. WHY??? In this day and age I am amazed at the devices that I need to go and change the clocks:
2 cars (BOTH have blue tooth and connections to cell phones) and BOTH are too stupid to correct the clocks.
1 Grandfather clock, expected
The microwave, the thermostat, the oven, and any other digital clock.
My watch, yes, I have an ANALOG watch.
The HOT tub!!
The lawn sprinkler
OH where does the list end!!!!!!

[JB in TV]

...The lawn sprinkler


I stopped worrying about changing the clock in the sprinkler timer. The grass doesn't care what time it gets water!

[zcaveman]

I'm with you on this.
It just screws up my "body clock".

Amen to that!!!

Z

[Wandatime]

What I love about being retired is that I get up when I wake up and I go to bed when I get tired; I don't care what the clock says.

Having said that, I think Daylight Savings Time is ridiculously silly and a pain in the patootie.

[kellyjam]

Daylight savings is my wife's favorite day because she gets to sleep that extra hour as she still works. Myself I am retired so I pattern myself after a Rooster, I get up when the sun rises and when it sets I go to Happy Hour

[dbussone]

Personally I think the original basis for 'daylight savings' has long gone by the way side, and we would actually be better off if we just stopped the whole process. But this is just my humble opinion.

In a former life, I had to reprogram multiple pieces of equipment to handle these changes, and then CONGRESS had to go and change the dates. WHY??? In this day and age I am amazed at the devices that I need to go and change the clocks:
2 cars (BOTH have blue tooth and connections to cell phones) and BOTH are too stupid to correct the clocks.
1 Grandfather clock, expected
The microwave, the thermostat, the oven, and any other digital clock.
My watch, yes, I have an ANALOG watch.
The HOT tub!!
The lawn sprinkler
OH where does the list end!!!!!!

I leave the lawn sprinkler the same year round. I don't think the grass will get jet lag.

[dbussone]

What I love about being retired is that I get up when I wake up and I go to bed when I get tired; I don't care what the clock says.

Having said that, I think Daylight Savings Time is ridiculously silly and a pain in the patootie.

I concur.

[Uberschaf]

But the Washington Redskins don't bother you Hancle?

[Buffalo Jim]

Daylight savings time was initiated back when we were a Nation of many family farms . The evening daylight offered the farmers more light to harvest their summer crops including hay and straw .
The Carter Administration and not as someone said " Tricky Dick " came up with the idea to push Daylight Savings time out a couple more months as an effort to save energy --- No I don`t recall how that was supposed to help !
However not long after Mr. Carter initiated this program it was realized that school children who had to wait at neighborhood school bus stops or walk to their local schools were
subject to some tragic and sadly fatal accidents in the dark mornings so the period for Daylight Savings time was again modified .

[Hancle704]

[QUOTE=kellyjam;959987]Daylight savings is my wife's favorite day because she gets to sleep that extra hour as she still works. /QUOTE]

I never felt that I was not getting an extra hour sleep but wound up having a 25 hour day. In the spring however, it was balanced by a 23 hour day.

[Hancle704]

But the Washington Redskins don't bother you Hancle?

Not bothered at all by the name. My point was that I did not understand why the same joke was deleted as political because it said government not white man was attempting to make the blanket longer.

[cherman338]

EDITORIAL: The times they aren't a-changin'
Published: Friday, March 28, 2014 at 05:05 PM.

Florida residents, synchronize your watches! The Legislature is considering a bill that would keep daylight-saving time all year long throughout the state. No more clock-resetting hassles twice a year. Another hour of daylight in the evening. More time for everyone to eat out, buy things, have fun and, at least in theory, boost the economy.
Without a doubt, daylight-saving is a time whose bill has come.
That bill is SB 74, dubbed the Sunshine Protection Act, a pet project of Sen. Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee. It’s short and to the point: “Daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions.” If it becomes law, it’ll take effect July 1.
As simple as that.
But, ahem, nothing is really that simple.
What about school-bound children waiting at bus stops? Lighter evenings mean darker mornings. Sen. Soto says schools can start classes later. Right. Good luck with that in Okaloosa County.
What about cell phones and other gadgets that adjust their clocks automatically for each scheduled time change? Will they have to be reprogrammed just for Florida?
And what about the fact that Florida covers two time zones? Tallahassee, Orlando and Miami are in the Eastern time zone. Fort Walton Beach, Destin and Panama City are in the Central time zone. Daily News reader John Shorey tried to sort it out:
“Explain what time zone we would be in during spring and what time zone we would be in during fall, not to mention what time zone the Eastern time zone would fall into if we did do this, as they would be an hour ahead of everyone else in the country. This means half the year we would be in the Central time zone and half the year we would be in the Eastern time zone, and people in the Eastern time zone now would be in what other time zone half the year?”
If that's enough to make you dizzy, just take a few deep breaths.
Sen. Soto says that if his Sunshine Protection Act gathers enough votes, Florida will be the first state to have daylight-saving time all year.
That would be interesting, but we do hope these nagging questions are answered first. You know, before the clock runs out.

[Cisco Kid]

The good thing about it is the political adds are over by then.

[kittygilchrist]

I enjoy the day, and it doesn't matter where the extended/lost hour might be. The day has 24 hours, so I just have to adapt to the daylight, not what the clock might tell me.

Yep, I watch the gradual annual shift of the rising sun swing across the horizon from south to north and back again. The clock means little...ah, retirement...

[Shimpy]

LEAVE THE CLOCKS ALONE........The government has to have their hands in everything including the clocks. It's a natural occurance for the days to get shorter in winter, accept it along with cooler weather and live with it.

[Shimpy]

EDITORIAL: The times they aren't a-changin'
Published: Friday, March 28, 2014 at 05:05 PM.

Florida residents, synchronize your watches! The Legislature is considering a bill that would keep daylight-saving time all year long throughout the state.

NO WAY..........Can you imagine TV schedules that would have to say eastern time zone except in fla.? Traveling into the central time zone it would be a 2 hour adjustment during some of the year.

[NJMartha]

I love it when the sun goes down. Light a candle have a glass a wine. Enjoy it. Relax tomorrow is another day and all the BS starts again. Enjoy the darkness while it lasts it's just a few months.

[tomwed]

At the risk of sounding like the dumbest person on this board, here is my story:

When I lived in the north I thought it got dark and cold earlier because I lived in the north. When I moved down here I thought I escaped not only the cold but I also early darkness.

For the record, if we did have yellow school buses when I grew up, I think they would have put me on a big one, but I could be wrong about that too.

[Villages PL]

This Sunday (11/2) we set the clocks back 1 hour.

Personally, I would rather push them ahead 2 to 3 hours.

Hate it getting dark so early. Yeah I know I am retired but. . . SO WHAT? LOL

AM I CRAZY AND ALONE ????

I woke up this morning thinking it was 8:00 am because of the light coming in the window. But then I realized it was only 7:00 am. So I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't sleep because of the daylight coming in the window. Grrr!!!

[TrudyM]

When we lived in Hawaii we didn't have daylight savings and the only problem is that the mainland did. If you live north it makes it so the kids waiting for the bus are standing out there (or worse walking to school) in the dark. I think in this day and age it is just dumb.

[Barefoot]

I woke up this morning thinking it was 8:00 am because of the light coming in the window. But then I realized it was only 7:00 am. So I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't sleep because of the daylight coming in the window.

You can buy blinds that completely block out light. :doh:

[Villages PL]

I think I should just start going to sleep earlier.

[tomwed]

I watched a PBS show named Time. In the show they said that if you are on a sub for 3 months or more, they changed the day to 18 hours. Everyone works their assigned job 6 hours, has light duty for 6 hours and sleeps 6 hours around the clock. I think with that schedule I wouldn't need a nap.