Daylight Savings Time. Don’t forget, set your clocks forward tonight!!!

[GAlady]

 

[hollydolly]

But not if you're British.... that doesn't happen here until Sunday 26th March

 

[GAlady]

 

[Marie5656]

 

[Jace]

T Y!

 

[David777]

Hate it with a passion but not for the usual news media explained reasons but rather as an active outdoors person because it is an unnatural imbalance. Retail and leisure industries and their powerful politicians, have made sure their ad supported biased manipulative news media points the public towards Daylight Savings Time and not Standard Time despite the fact what people actually want if just polled about benefits points to Standard Time. Of course many rich folks, especially politicians play golf, one of the biggest leisure industries that promote DLST.

https://www.businessinsider.com/daylight-saving-time-polling-shows-americans-utterly-divided-2023-3

When asked by the poll to rank those benefits, the ones favoring permanent standard time won out, big. The three most important values for respondents – keeping the time in line with circadian rhythms, promoting morning safety, and better sleep – are all specifically benefits of permanent standard time over permanent daylight-saving time...
This indicates that there is a clear misalignment between what Americans think they want versus what they actually want in practice.

 

[Marie5656]

I agree with @David777 and all who think the change thing has run its course. Time to go with one or the other

 

[Myrtle]

Thanks for the reminder, Galaxy.

 

[ArnoldC]

It's called 'Standard Time' for a reason. It's the standard.

Nothing to do about the time change. Cry a lot, I guess. Computer is set to roll over to DST Local time. However, I did fumble about in settings and set an optional 'Clock 1' to Mountain Time (-1hr from my local). Small consolation, but at least it will give me a 'real time' check just for my own satisfaction.

 

[Blessed]

I prefer standard time. I do not need those extra hours of the hot sun blazing, the added expense of cooling the house until the sun goes down. I do not like all the noise and traffic in the evening. I guess worst is all for parents and children who have to adjust to the change. To me it causes stress and anxiety for a majority of working adults and school age children. Simply put the sun is up, you wake up, the sun goes down, time for rest. I say this but I am so messed up that I can't sleep at night, sleep the daylight hours. I think this is true for a lot of seniors who have been exposed to changes in our normal rhythms for so long our internal clock is broken. Now that I am retired I don't pay attention to the time unless I have an appointment, then I will set an alarm.

 

[Don M.]

I checked all the smoke alarms this afternoon...found 1 that isn't working...will buy a new one this week. We reset all the clocks after Supper. The time of day isn't of any real concern...being retired....we'll get up in the morning when we wake up.

 

[GAlady]

Thanks for the reminder, Galaxy.

Myrtle, did you mean GAlady?

 

[oscash]

I checked all the smoke alarms this afternoon...found 1 that isn't working...will buy a new one this week. We reset all the clocks after Supper. The time of day isn't of any real concern...being retired....we'll get up in the morning when we wake up.

Seeing I live in Sydney, Australia - we don't wind our clocks back 1 hour until April 2nd. Also called Fall Back and Winter time.

 

[GAlady]

 

[Lewkat]

I forgot, so here I am an hour later.

 

[CallMeKate]

I prefer standard time. I do not need those extra hours of the hot sun blazing, the added expense of cooling the house until the sun goes down.

Same for me... I enjoy the earlier sunsets of fall. What I don't like is the fact that now there's that "traded" hour of darkness in the morning... that stinks. The people making these decisions are so into "saving an hour of daylight" that it doesn't occur we have to trade it for darker mornings for a while.

 

[Beezer]

Mom always told me 'Spring forward, Fall back' as a way to remember the clock change. Another cool one was the way to remember the order of the Planets...

Men Very Early Made Jugs to Serve Useful Needs Period.

Thanks Mom!

 

[George1959]

We not only hate DST but detest it wholeheartedly.

 

[hollydolly]

Mom always told me 'Spring forward, Fall back' as a way to remember the clock change. Another cool one was the way to remember the order of the Planets...

Men Very Early Made Jugs to Serve Useful Needs Period.

Thanks Mom!

The Mnemonics for the planets we were taught was..

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies.”

We also say Spring forward Fall back... for the shifting of the time..

 

[CallMeKate]

Another cool one was the way to remember the order of the Planets...
Men Very Early Made Jugs to Serve Useful Needs Period.

My mnemonic device for that one was My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas @Beezer

 

[jujube]

Thinking that this gives us more daylight is like thinking that cutting a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sewing it to the top gives us a longer blanket.

 

[GAlady]

 

[CallMeKate]

Thinking that this gives us more daylight is like thinking that cutting a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sewing it to the top gives us a longer blanket.

Exactly! I can see *maybe* how it was helpful in 1918 when it began... with WWI going on.... but someone since then should have realized they're putting that blanket bottom to the top. SMH

 

[fuzzybuddy]

17 That's the number of clocks, appliances, and timers that I had to reset to "save" light. Nobody can point to ANY verified huge savings by going DST. This DST came about when we still lighting some homes with kerosene.

 

[Myrtle]

Myrtle, did you mean GAlady?

Yes, apologies for that. I'm going to blame it on auto-correct.

I have a grocery order to pick up this morning and the store can't seem to decide if I should be there at 7am or 8am. I didn't think about that when I placed the order but it will all work out, I'm sure.