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Re: Dont forget

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:56:58 EDT

fiberguy posted :

I wish we would just give up this DST stuff, and leave the clocks alone. I still do not see what good this does except to make it still light at my bed time in the summer.
:huh:

Have you traveled much? .... if so you'd understand a little why this happens. While the sunlight bracket may work in your area, there are some locations, such as Minnesota, where they don't want school children walking to school, or to the bus, when it's still dark at 9am in the morning. Likewise, some of us don't like to have sunlight at 4am either. The further north you are and the closer you are to or away from the time zone line, your daylight is drastically affected on either side.

While some morons will claim that it's for energy savings, there really are other areas of life that it does impact.

Re: Dont forget

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:49:22 EDT

backfeed posted :

said by pcdebb:

i walked in the bathroom at 1:58am. I walked out at 3:03am. It took me an hour and 5 minutes to pee :)

Hope you are not dehydrated.....
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Re: Dont forget

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:30:07 EDT

Kommie posted : Leave it at DST just like Russia did last year.

Re: Dont forget

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:42:34 EDT

pnh102 posted :

said by Linklist:

Teachers unions; school bus drivers; parents who have to get to work at a certain time and don't want later school starts; etc.

Still seems dumb to me. Every parent already has to work around their kid's schedule in one way or another so changing start times won't change that. I just think it is silly how school districts make this out to be some intractable, unsolvable problem when it really isn't.
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Re: Dont forget

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:58:22 EDT

pcdebb posted : i walked in the bathroom at 1:58am. I walked out at 3:03am. It took me an hour and 5 minutes to pee :)
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Re: Dont forget

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:35:57 EDT

Linklist posted :

said by pnh102:

said by Linklist:

But if you have to get kids out to school early in the morning and it is still dark in early spring and late fall, DST not as good a deal.

I never understood this. Why don't schools simply change their schedules to work around DST instead of complaining about how dark it is?

Teachers unions; school bus drivers; parents who have to get to work at a certain time and don't want later school starts; etc.
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Re: Dont forget

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:29:26 EDT

pnh102 posted :

said by Linklist:

But if you have to get kids out to school early in the morning and it is still dark in early spring and late fall, DST not as good a deal.

I never understood this. Why don't schools simply change their schedules to work around DST instead of complaining about how dark it is?
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Re: Dont forget

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:56:01 EDT

Linklist posted :

said by backfeed:

I wish we would just give up this DST stuff, and leave the clocks alone.

I guess it depends on your lifestyle. I'm retired, get up late and like light at the end of the day to golf, ride a bike, go for a walk after dinner, sit on the deck in the late sun.

But if you have to get kids out to school early in the morning and it is still dark in early spring and late fall, DST not as good a deal.
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Re: Dont forget

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:50:47 EDT

squirrel83 posted : Thank you kind sir!

Re: Dont forget

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:43:46 EDT

Miataman posted :

said by backfeed:

I wish we would just give up this DST stuff, and leave the clocks alone. I still do not see what good this does except to make it still light at my bed time in the summer.
:huh:

Well given that you're from Indiana, I can understand. No state has butchered the process as much as Indiana.
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Re: Dont forget

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:55:45 EDT

backfeed posted : I wish we would just give up this DST stuff, and leave the clocks alone. I still do not see what good this does except to make it still light at my bed time in the summer.
:huh:
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Dont forget

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:12:02 EDT

Duramax08 posted : to spring forward.