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stroker
stroker Dork
3/8/14 7:30 p.m.

Leap forward tonight!

Zomby Woof
Zomby Woof PowerDork
3/8/14 7:37 p.m.

Working nights this weekend, so tonight I work 11 hours and get paid for 12

Hal
Hal SuperDork
3/8/14 7:46 p.m.

And I get to spend an hour running around the house resetting all the clocks.

Lancer007
Lancer007 Reader
3/8/14 8:27 p.m.

We don't take kindly to daylight savings time around these parts.

81cpcamaro
81cpcamaro HalfDork
3/8/14 8:42 p.m.

I don't like it.

CLH
CLH GRM+ Memberand Reader
3/8/14 8:45 p.m.

Bah!

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
3/8/14 8:54 p.m.

Humbug!

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy UberDork
3/8/14 9:04 p.m.

So, you guys all move the sun around now, right? I'm quite glad we don't try to defy the laws of nature around here. Sounds tough.

mtn
mtn UltimaDork
3/8/14 9:11 p.m.

I really wish we wouldn't do anything about it. Either leave it one way or the other, or switch it to 30 minutes and leave it forever. In the summer, it is light when I wake up and often light when I go to bed. In the winter, it is dark when I wake up, and often dark when I leave work. What the hell difference does it make? The Farmers will farm farm when it is light, so that argument is gone.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
3/8/14 9:24 p.m.

More durn guvment meddling, is what it is.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/8/14 9:30 p.m.
Zomby Woof wrote: Working nights this weekend, so tonight I work 11 hours and get paid for 12

Today I work 23 hours and get paid for 24.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/8/14 9:54 p.m.

just means that fabled spring thing is near

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
3/8/14 9:56 p.m.

My little ones will be very happy that it won't get dark too early now.

wbjones
wbjones UltimaDork
3/9/14 3:50 a.m.
81cpcamaro wrote: I don't like it.

I love it …just not so happy with the change over … 2 1/2 hr dr to an a-x this morning .. so instead of 4:15 alarm, it's (for all intents and purposes) 3:15

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/9/14 6:47 a.m.

Dear federal oppressors, please stop screwing with my time.

stroker
stroker Dork
3/9/14 9:28 a.m.

So what do I do? Forget. We're late for Church.

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte Dork
3/9/14 5:52 p.m.
stroker wrote: So what do I do? Forget. We're late for Church.

lulz

Anti-stance
Anti-stance UberDork
3/9/14 5:57 p.m.
mtn wrote: I really wish we wouldn't do anything about it. Either leave it one way or the other, or switch it to 30 minutes and leave it forever. In the summer, it is light when I wake up and often light when I go to bed. In the winter, it is dark when I wake up, and often dark when I leave work. What the hell difference does it make? The Farmers will farm farm when it is light, so that argument is gone.

This. I don't get it either. Who gives a E36 M3 what time it is when the sun comes up or down. A farmer is gonna wake up when the rooster calls anyways.

Daylight savings time is so stupid.

Adrift
Adrift New Reader
3/9/14 7:44 p.m.
Woody wrote:
Zomby Woof wrote: Working nights this weekend, so tonight I work 11 hours and get paid for 12
Today I work 23 hours and get paid for 24.

What happens in the fall? I'll bet no one works 25 and gets paid for 24.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance UberDork
3/9/14 7:45 p.m.
Adrift wrote:
Woody wrote:
Zomby Woof wrote: Working nights this weekend, so tonight I work 11 hours and get paid for 12
Today I work 23 hours and get paid for 24.
What happens in the fall? I'll bet no one works 25 and gets paid for 24.

Unless they are salary.

fasted58
fasted58 PowerDork
3/9/14 7:53 p.m.

Complaining ain't much good, it's their sandbox and they make the rules.

One good thing when adjusting the time is bumping the hour up only one click on a digital instead of going all the way through AM/PM to fall back. Still gotta turn the hour hand w/ an analog.

I know... it's minimal.

codrus
codrus GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
3/9/14 8:26 p.m.

I like DST. Why? Because I like it being light at 8PM at night in the summer, rather than having a useless hour of daylight in the morning before everyone wakes up.

Alas, we always seem to wind up with an autox scheduled on DST morning, with me in the morning rungroups. Getting up at effectively 4:30 AM is brutal to me.

NGTD
NGTD SuperDork
3/9/14 8:57 p.m.
mtn wrote: I really wish we wouldn't do anything about it. Either leave it one way or the other, or switch it to 30 minutes and leave it forever. In the summer, it is light when I wake up and often light when I go to bed. In the winter, it is dark when I wake up, and often dark when I leave work. What the hell difference does it make? The Farmers will farm farm when it is light, so that argument is gone.

DST was originally implemented in Germany during WWI, as an energy saving initiative.

Now it gives people that work a traditional 9-5 day an extra hour of daylight beyond their work hours.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance UberDork
3/9/14 9:02 p.m.

In reply to NGTD and codrus:

I understand the extra hour at night in the summer... soooo, why don't we just leave it at that time?

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
3/9/14 9:05 p.m.

I don't mind DST; I just hate the week or two of dislocation. Leave it one way or the damn other.

Somewhere or other I read that heart attacks peak at Christmas and at DST.

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