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Daylight savings time overnight

Post in 'The Inglenook' started by begreen, Mar 9, 2013.

  1. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,113 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Woohoo, I like DST. Now I will come home from work in daylight. Remember to set your clocks forward an hour tonight.
    begreen, Mar 9, 2013
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  2. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    21,898 posts
    Northern Virginia
    Wish the indoor/outdoor cat understood the stuff.
    BrotherBart, Mar 9, 2013
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  3. nate379 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 21, 2010
    3,981 posts
    Palmer, Alaska
    Hate it, just means screwing with the clocks and everyone's biological clocks too. With the big change from winter to summer in daylight it's not like it really matters.... not "saving" anything.

    Just getting to the point that it's getting light about when I get into work (7ish). It's light till around 7PM.

    Gaining about 5-6 mins a day, so ~45 mins a week.

    About the only "good" thing is all my clocks will be reading correctly now I guess. Never bothered to change most of them from this fall. :)
    nate379, Mar 9, 2013
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  4. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,130 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Why don't we just move it 30 minutes, call it good and leave it alone forever after? What, exactly, does it really accomplish? :rolleyes:
    fossil, Mar 9, 2013
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  5. Tuneighty Member

    joined: Oct 11, 2012
    100 posts
    SC PA
    daylight-savings.jpg
    Tuneighty, Mar 9, 2013
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  6. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,113 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    I'm all for leaving it at DST full time.
    begreen, Mar 9, 2013
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  7. Mrs. Krabappel Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 31, 2010
    1,310 posts
    Blue Ridge Mountains NC
    Gah! I didn't know. I get little enough sleep as it is. This change wrecks me until june
    Mrs. Krabappel, Mar 9, 2013
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  8. Cross Cut Saw Feeling the Heat

    joined: Mar 25, 2012
    380 posts
    The City of Ships, Bath, Maine
    For me it's great, my kids never fall back so half the year they wake up between 5:30-6:00 and the other half (starting tomorrow) they wake up between 6:30-7:00, I'll adjust quickly and they'll actually let me sleep until 7!

    We get it bad this far East, by the Summer Solstice it will be light out around 4:30 am, and for Winter Solstice it's the dead of night at 4:30pm...
    Cross Cut Saw, Mar 10, 2013
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  9. fishingpol Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 13, 2010
    1,892 posts
    Merrimack Valley, MA
    I love it. Its' just the getting up at 2:00 am BS to change the clocks that gets me...
    fishingpol, Mar 10, 2013
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  10. Scotty Overkill firewood hoarder

    joined: Sep 24, 2011
    6,761 posts
    central PA
    Thanks to my oldest son (who is autisic), we ended up in bed an hour early last night. He went all through the house and changed the clocks for us, being obsessed with numbers and all! He said, "everybody needs to go to bed early so we don't lose sleep"....

    Saw that one a long time ago, and it holds the truth, doesn't it!!
    Scotty Overkill, Mar 10, 2013
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  11. PapaDave Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 23, 2008
    4,734 posts
    Northern MI - in the mitten
    He's the smart one in the family.==c
    Got up this a.m. and the laptop, and cell were already done. Now, I just need to borrow your son to change the rest.:p
    Gotta' go feed the dogs...it's an hour past their breakfast.;)
    PapaDave, Mar 10, 2013
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  12. nate379 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 21, 2010
    3,981 posts
    Palmer, Alaska
    Hahaha. I haven't had a set bedtime in over 15 years! I go to bed when I'm tired... might be 5PM or 2AM!

    nate379, Mar 10, 2013
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  13. lukem Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2010
    3,120 posts
    Indiana
    I wish they would either put us on central time or not do DST. Too dark in the AM...doesn't get dark until 10. Hard for me to sit still when its still light outside.
    lukem, Mar 10, 2013
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  14. Paulywalnut Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 29, 2012
    372 posts
    Kennett Square, PA
    My little pickup truck's clock is only right 6 months.
    Paulywalnut, Mar 11, 2013
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  15. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,130 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Years ago I had a Karmann Ghia with a clock that didn't work. I left it on 12:00 while we were on Standard Time, and when we went to DST I reset it to 1:00 until it was time to fall back again.
    fossil, Mar 11, 2013
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