Clocks going forward, makes me anxious...

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30 Mar 2008, 1:15 pm

Its too light!

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30 Mar 2008, 1:20 pm

i get a hour less sleep :cry: its going to be though skool day for me since i stay up late

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30 Mar 2008, 2:13 pm

don't feel bad, our @#$ Congress bumped us up almost 3 weeks ago...sigh...

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30 Mar 2008, 2:28 pm

urgggh i hate it too :evil: they should put the clocks back instead, we need more dark!

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30 Mar 2008, 2:31 pm

Also think it's annoying and weird.
Plus there was "turn your lights out" going on yesterday - I think it's international - all electricity off between 8 and 9 o'clock?
That really got my HFA son going. He started turning the lights off at about 7 and was a right pain in the bum....

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30 Mar 2008, 2:53 pm

The actual loss of time doesn't bother me - it bothers me that people can just change time like that. "Congress decided that it's now 3:30 instead of 4:30". That just isn't right! Don't mess with time!! !!

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30 Mar 2008, 8:37 pm

Move to Arizona! No daylight savings here - we have enough sun already. 88 degrees on the first day of spring, if I recall correctly. Can't wait for the 115°F days

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30 Mar 2008, 11:38 pm

Yeah, I don't like the light either or the adjusting to the time. They should just leave it alone.

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Can't wait for the 115°F days

I'm so not looking forward to the hot and humid days of summer.

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31 Mar 2008, 3:27 am

Didn't somebody calculate that the productivity loss and increased number of accidents due to loss of sleep actually cost more than the electricity saved by DST?

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31 Mar 2008, 3:37 am

Icheb wrote:

Didn't somebody calculate that the productivity loss and increased number of accidents due to loss of sleep actually cost more than the electricity saved by DST?

I don't know, but if you find where you got that stat from please post it.

It would be helpful to have on hand when I feel like ranting about the time change.

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31 Mar 2008, 10:42 am

Pollux wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:

Every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year, except for years that are exactly divisible by 100; the centurial years that are exactly divisible by 400 are still leap years. For example, the year 1900 was not a leap year; the year 2000 was a leap year.[3]

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31 Mar 2008, 12:59 pm

Icheb wrote:

Didn't somebody calculate that the productivity loss and increased number of accidents due to loss of sleep actually cost more than the electricity saved by DST?

I don't know but they did do a study to calculate how much electricity was "saved" by DST. It turned out it actually costs more electricity. They apparently don't think it through before they change the time.

Study: Daylight saving boosts energy use
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... time_N.htm

"daylight saving time reduced electricity use for lighting but that more was used for air conditioning in the summer and heating in the fall than was saved."

"The magnitude of our estimate (for increased usage) ranged between 1% and 4%."

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31 Mar 2008, 1:58 pm

ford_prefects_kid wrote:

Icheb wrote:

Didn't somebody calculate that the productivity loss and increased number of accidents due to loss of sleep actually cost more than the electricity saved by DST?

I don't know, but if you find where you got that stat from please post it.
It would be helpful to have on hand when I feel like ranting about the time change.

Here you go (buried in pile of details):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings_time
Also, see (Detroit Free Press: Time change tied to car crashes):
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti ... /803080380

Pollux wrote:

Yes, the arbitrary nature of it (even though decision may be labored over by legislators-it's still arbitrary to me) is maddening.

katrine wrote:

Also think it's annoying and weird.

Yes, those too. Twice a year, am powerless to resist this silliness.
Like a magic wand : "Poof ! It's now (instantly) a different time ! Ta Da !"

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31 Mar 2008, 1:59 pm

2 b honest i don't like it when it goes backwards or forwards i would prefer if it never changed at all.

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31 Mar 2008, 2:46 pm

The REAL idea of the daylight savings time is not because it save energy which is a bueraucrats idiot excuse.

It about updating the clock so that night time doesn't fall on midnight and allowing people to wake up in the bright morning.

But.. you are right. I prefer no changes at all.

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31 Mar 2008, 4:56 pm

I don't get it.. it's like one of those silly traditions that are being perpetuated for the sole sake of it being a tradition...

Peoples biological clock get's al screwy if you cut and past an hour around..
Accidents, sleeplessness, etc..
Can't the global burocrats, for once, be sane, and be rid of this inefective nonsense?

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