Greetings Daylight Savings Time

[ATM]

It has always seemed ridiculous to me.

Why do we even bother to switch back during the winter any more?

I'm with Ron Propeil on this one... Set it and forget it.

 

[Bigum1969]

Could not agree more. I like having the extra light at the end of the day. I don't see any advantage to it being darker earlier.

The only bummer about springing forward is that I'm going to have to try and get my body adjusted to losing the hour. As you can tell by the time I'm writing this post, I don't exactly have myself trained to hit the sack early!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Huzzah for DST, friend of the Productive Class!

Huzzah for Eastern Time, as we on the Western edge of EDT, we have enhanced productivity!

I found out a couple of years ago that the opponents of DST, 1. are not smart enough to reset their clocks, 2. have no reason to get out of bed regardless of the time zone.

 

[ATM]

If everyone wants to change their schedule twice per year, I guess that's fine.

So my next question is this: Why must we change our clocks?

Is it just to pretend we aren't actually changing our schedules?

 

[homeless]

DST is Franklins worst idea since the Turkey as the national bird. DST is not the friend of the productive class. Those of us who are really productive get up long before the sun no matter what, or we are just still up. Sleep is for the weak and the rich. And I would really like to see some numbers on the so called productivity and effeciency that DST allows, and then take into effect the time and material cost of the memos that have to be written twice a year. And don't forget to add in the time missed by the employees that forget to reset their clocks or have problems adjusting there sleeping schedule and thus are either late or tired for 2 weeks a year.

 

[JByer323]

I dig the extra light.

 

[HICKMAN]

I dig the extra light.

Yup, especially during Little League and football season.

 

[oldschoolmuscle]

i duno i am and never will be a fan of dlst... seeing the sun out till 930 at night is just weird...

 

[Chefcook]

I love daylight savings time. I have trouble sleeping after the sun has risen. Before we started changing the clock it was broad daylight at 5:30 am in the middle of the summer that was a bummer for me....

 

[bwframe]

I dig the extra light.

Yep, I love it. The extra, after business hours, light is welcome. The last hour of light can be devoted to fishing nearly any day!

 

[Soundslikejosh]

Yep, I love it. The extra, after business hours, light is welcome. The last hour of light can be devoted to fishing nearly any day!

It's funny you mention that. I believe we need to go fishing soon. Is there a certain water temperature that is desired? Or some other condition that makes the fishing more productive? I almost typed that last line without laughing.

 

[ATM]

So... any thoughts on why we bother to switch back for a few months in the winter?
Does that actually help us in any way?

 

[ATM]

I'll just bump this old thread as a reminder that this silly changing of the schedules and clocks is upon us yet again.

Love it or hate it, you've still got to admit that it's a ridiculous ritual with no real value.

Bah.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Screw you Mitch Daniels and the Indiana legislature for authorizing this stupidity.

 

[WBE3]

Screw you Mitch Daniels and the Indiana legislature for authorizing this stupidity.

I agree! I hate changing clocks and would rather see it lighter in the mornings for the kids going to school. Set it and forget it!!!

 

[Scutter01]

As much as I hate DST, I'd glad we're finally changing with the rest of the country. It was a PITA to keep changing timezones every six months. It made doing business out-of-state a giant headache.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I love you, Mitch.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I love you, Mitch.

Get a room!

 

[ATM]

Keep an eye on the Englishman with the coffee.

 

[ljadayton]

As much as I hate DST, I'd glad we're finally changing with the rest of the country. It was a PITA to keep changing timezones every six months. It made doing business out-of-state a giant headache.

I grew up with DST so it was really weird at first when I had to deal with IN time...but I got used to it and then they went and changed it on me