[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]

Originally Posted by Uberschaf

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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 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]

Originally Posted by 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 ????

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]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

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.

[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.