I would like it to pass, no more changing the clocks all over the house, the thermostat, the microwave and especially the huge clock way up high near the cathedral ceiling...if you have one of these...you feel my pain.lol

florida voted to stay on DLS time a few years ago.. DC is holding it up..

Am so excited.. so depressing turning clocks back in the fall!

One approach would be to redesign all the clocks so that they drift the correct amount (a tiny bit) every day. The we never need to make the entire change on one day. But, I expect that might not be practical :)

Just can't avoid some political statement can we.

It was a fun little nonsense post, and someone had to bring in politics.

Oh well...

According to the logic you are using, it would seem that we would hear about a lot of children getting killed in Arizona since they have been on DST for years. Also back in 1973 we did not have the high quality head lights. Accidents will still happen, but not just because of the change in time.

This to shall pass!

I didn't see this thread when I started another thread this morning about this same subject in the "NON Villages" discussion forum.

Sorry.

Agree very strongly with this. My husband traveled for a living and he always said there is a way to "beat" the jet lag and he dealt with time zone changes globally all the time. I just read in an article that the body will NEVER catch up even with a permanent time change. Personally, I think that is pure hogwash.

Why not? This time change business effects each and every one of us plus a whole lot more "stuff" that I don't even think about let alone know about.

That is a very valid concern. In an article I read this morning, there has been talk that states want to change their time zone too if and when a permanent time change is put into law for our country. This is more complicated than I ever knew was possible.

People like us retired folks just may sleep later if it remains darker later in the morning. DST will do that for us. It just may keep the roosters asleep longer too so they won't be crowing so early.

Every child should be given a reflective vest.....no ifs ands or buts about it. They should be supplied by the school and the child must wear it when going to school in the morning. Do you think that may help?

I overheard environmentalists hoping it would pass so their solar panels get an extra hour of sunlight.

:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

I'll betcha it won't pass the house for a bunch of silly reasons. How about just leave us(and time) alone and pass this bill.

Do these "fools" honestly think there is one more hour of sunlight? Seriously? Oh dear is right!

Agree, kids going to school in dark dangerous. Maybe on move 1/2 hour instead to fUll hour? Course then got people that live on the time zone line. West side of line good but east side of line suffers.

No, the parents should be required to buy reflective vest for their children, after all they made choice and it their responsibility.

Still 24 hours in a day!:icon_wink:

Amazing how someone can make an insulting comment and someone else comes along and thinks it is real.

Just amazing.

Here's a solution, quit forcing kids to get up at 4am and carry 100lbs of books back and forth to school. Start school at a reasonable hour. Then they don't have to walk anywhere in the dark.

Not that complicated.

DLST only save hour of sun light in evening (course you loose that hour in morning) has no effect on the standard time zones cause then sun don’t come up all at once across country.:) why we have 4 time zones. What makes it complicated when you live right on the time zone line. Those are the people that usually hate DLST.

Majority of kid don’t get up at 4am nor do the carry 100 pounds or books. Now if live out in sticks and have to ride bus for hour then maybe(even then, I doubt they get up before 6 when majority of schools Start at 8:15AM. They still don’t carry 100 pounds of books, free government laptop maybe?

I agree they should have reflective vests (or backpacks, or sneakers), but I don't agree that the schools should supply them...

But there are 8 Days a Week...


-Paul McCartney's chauffer...

I was going to mention earlier how much I look forward to the time changes. Spring time change signifies the greening of the countyside, golf courses reopening, the abundant lakes warming for the summer activities, birds chattering and singing and the sun setting over newly planted fields, for example. Fall time change marks a time of rustling leaves, harvesting vegetable garden’s last crops , an abundance of apples and a slower pace of life with rusty reds, golden browns and burnished yellows against the light of shortening days.

Daylight savings time is an excellent marker of time, to remind us it waits for no one.

There’s a better chance of a Costco building in The Villages than what is being “proposed”……. LOL !

I was exaggerating to make the point, that it seems to me that rather than need protective clothing, it would be easier to just make school start a little later. The main reason I have seen given for starting school so early, is so the parents can get to work on time. Basically, our school system provides day care for the parents. The schools closing over the past couple years have led to a lot of parents having to quit their jobs.

As to the free last top, maybe, It could be less expensive than the rip-off extortionist prices of the school books most schools pay. When he was alive Richard Feynman was asked to evaluate some physics books before the school board purchased them. They were not happy with his evaluation of those school books.

This is so far off base, the amount of sunlight will not change for the day. Same amount of sun, just a different setting on the clock!

I love your description of the change of seasons.

We lived on the edge of the Eastern time zone in West Michigan. It was fabulous, especially during DST in the summer when the sun was still up at 10 pm. We loved it.

Our dog didn't care if it was 6:30 Daylight Savings Time or 6:30 Standard Time. Breakfast was at 6:30, and I got "snouted" awake. The fact that I'm retired never mattered.

On the plus side, we may see fewer dog poop threads, as it will be hard to see out the window during morning walkies time.

West Michigan, a beautiful area and next to a beautiful pond… Lake Michigan, lucky you!

We agree on the reflective vests. I really don't care who purchases the vests, just that the kids must wear them.

Whew.....my bad. Just glad to know people really don't think there is actually one more hour of daylight. Thanks for setting me straight.

That makes just too much sense! Why hasn't that idea been mulled over by the school boards and whoever else makes those decisions?

I got snookered into thinking that was true. I was set straight about it and glad to hear it was not true.

His/her writing style is beautiful and very wistful. Loved reading it.

and finally Rubio does something .......

Almost correct. Arizona does not participate in DST. They stay on Mountain Standard Time year round, with the exception of the Navajo Nation, which does do DST.