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jblum315 03-09-2014 07:11 AM

Dst--est ugh
 
I hate the time changing twice a year, don't you? Lose an hour, gain an hour, screws up everything either way!

Golfingnut 03-09-2014 07:22 AM

Agree, even as a farm boy, I see it as troublesome.

Kahuna32162 03-09-2014 08:07 AM

well, considering we've had Daylight Savings Time in one for form or another for almost 100 years (originally enacted in the US in 1917), I would think we should all be used to it by now. I for one, enjoy the added daylight later in the day for outdoor activities and entertaining.

ugotme 03-09-2014 08:31 AM

Would love to always see it stay lighter longer.

Love the night time. Guess it goes back to when I was working - leave home in the dark and return home in the dark !

Now that is an UGH !!!!

nitehawk 03-09-2014 08:35 AM

I love the change in time - spring is coming -- fall is coming

KathieI 03-09-2014 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nitehawk (Post 842243)
I love the change in time - spring is coming -- fall is coming

:agree: Although I prefer the springtime change to DST, love the long days. One hour time change isn't that hard to overcome and esp when the days are longer, more time to get a nap...

KayakerNC 03-09-2014 08:58 AM

More daylight for the grill.
Love it!

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 03-09-2014 09:01 AM

I'm not thrilled about it, but I wouldn't say that it screws up everything. I like the longer days of summer. I don't think I'd like it getting light at 4:00 am and then dark at 8:00 pm in the middle of summer. Then again, if we didn't turn them back in the winter, we wouldn't see light until about 8:00 am.

My idea would be to push all the clocks ahead one half hour next fall and then leave them there.

A side note. I spent my life running golf courses. Every year on the first day that we'd turn the clocks back in October, several people would miss their tee time. We have a pool in the golf shop to see who would do it.

TexaninVA 03-09-2014 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 842210)
I hate the time changing twice a year, don't you? Lose an hour, gain an hour, screws up everything either way!

I like the extra daylight ... what irritates me is the occasional clock or timepiece that makes it complicated to change the hour. Most are easy ... a few require the manual to figure it out.

CFrance 03-09-2014 09:17 AM

I hated the time change when our kids were babies, mainly because their internal clocks took so long to adjust--a couple weeks of getting up at 5 am instead of 6.

Now I love it. Especially the switch to DST. The more sun that's out while I am awake, the better I feel.

We've had a lot of gloomy days this winter. Bring on the summer!

CFrance 03-09-2014 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TexaninVA (Post 842272)
I like the extra daylight ... what irritates me is the occasional clock or timepiece that makes it complicated to change the hour. Most are easy ... a few require the manual to figure it out.

I had a car once whose clock reset was unfathomable, even with the manual. My solution was to let it be wrong for six months.

redwitch 03-09-2014 11:39 AM

Like mornings, I believe DST should be banned from life. Leave the time set (love the 1/2 hr suggestion by Dr. Boogie) and we'll have our share of daylight and I won't lose that hour's sleep. My internal clock doesn't adjust. My cats get confused. My dogs (when I had them) liked morning walks in the dark. Dumb idea in 1917, dumber idea in 2014.

graciegirl 03-09-2014 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nitehawk (Post 842243)
I love the change in time - spring is coming -- fall is coming



I agree.

zcaveman 03-09-2014 12:43 PM

I was raised in Jax Fl. I do not remember DST back in the 50s-60s. In the late 60s, I do remember that NJ had DST and we did not and we had to calculate the time to call the home office in NJ.

I remember that we just stayed out a little later in the summer months. Bedtime was still 9 PM when I was a kid.

I have always hated the time changes.

Z

billethkid 03-09-2014 01:11 PM

more daylight hours after 6 PM for me is a definite plus.

The change is = to less time than brushing one's teeth!


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