Discontinue Standard Time if you want to stop switching back and forth….
But don’t take away those glorious summer nights!
It would end, or greatly shorten, the evening farmer’s market where I work all summer, spoil fairs and concerts, and ruin outdoor family gatherings and children’s after-dinner playtime.
As for those who get up with the cows…. the cows care about the light, not the hour.
It isn’t even giving us an extended hour of daylight; it is stolen from the morning. Daylight Shifting Time is a better name. Although I think we should move the clocks a half hour and call it done forever. Or I’d be happy to eliminate “standard time”; we only have it less than half the year now anyway.
Love Frazz’s idea. There are a few things I can think of to do between 2 and 3.
Seems like the light change has something to do with a person’s perceptions of it. I and many others say we have a harder time adjusting to the November change. But maybe that’s because the March change also means spring is close, which always lifts the spirit.
One again we have the biannual chore of changing the time on our many clocks. Fortunately many of my clocks, PC’s, phones, even my alarm clock, do so automatically, but I still have to manually change the wall, thermostat, oven, microwave, wrist, and car clocks. The only thing I never change is my sun dial, it is set to ‘solar noon’ year round, which is not ‘time zone noon’.
Dang, that was the hour I was gonna hit the gym. No, really, it’s proven to fail miserably at its supposed benefit, saving energy; so dump the whole thing and go back to noon at a reasonable point near the sun’s highest point in the sky (taking into account time zones).
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 7 years ago
Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. PLEASE discontinue Daylight Savings Time!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 7 years ago
Richard!! NOOOO00000ooooo!!!
Discontinue Standard Time if you want to stop switching back and forth….
But don’t take away those glorious summer nights!
It would end, or greatly shorten, the evening farmer’s market where I work all summer, spoil fairs and concerts, and ruin outdoor family gatherings and children’s after-dinner playtime.
As for those who get up with the cows…. the cows care about the light, not the hour.
archipelago Premium Member about 7 years ago
It isn’t even giving us an extended hour of daylight; it is stolen from the morning. Daylight Shifting Time is a better name. Although I think we should move the clocks a half hour and call it done forever. Or I’d be happy to eliminate “standard time”; we only have it less than half the year now anyway.
Love Frazz’s idea. There are a few things I can think of to do between 2 and 3.
sandpiper about 7 years ago
Seems like the light change has something to do with a person’s perceptions of it. I and many others say we have a harder time adjusting to the November change. But maybe that’s because the March change also means spring is close, which always lifts the spirit.
nosirrom about 7 years ago
One again we have the biannual chore of changing the time on our many clocks. Fortunately many of my clocks, PC’s, phones, even my alarm clock, do so automatically, but I still have to manually change the wall, thermostat, oven, microwave, wrist, and car clocks. The only thing I never change is my sun dial, it is set to ‘solar noon’ year round, which is not ‘time zone noon’.
oakie817 about 7 years ago
I think we should screw with the rest of the world and go a half an hour ahead tonight
kaystari Premium Member about 7 years ago
So….he works out at a pool that is open in the early AM hours?
K M about 7 years ago
Dang, that was the hour I was gonna hit the gym. No, really, it’s proven to fail miserably at its supposed benefit, saving energy; so dump the whole thing and go back to noon at a reasonable point near the sun’s highest point in the sky (taking into account time zones).
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 7 years ago
There is a proposal to have just two time zones instead of four.