Silliness It's Daylight Saving Time! - Page 3

badgoodDeb · 03-12-2018, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

My 5 kitties haven't complained about meal time. Well, more than usual anyway.

Well, of course they don't complain! You are feeding them an hour early. It's in the fall that they will complain.

I don't like the switch, but as an evening person I would far rather have DST all year round! Heck, I want a 26 hour long day. My body keeps pressing me to stay up late each night, which results in being later and later for things I have to do. I want the whole day to be longer!

wodin · 03-12-2018, 05:08 PM

If you examing the Time Zone map, by rights Kauai and Oahu should be in UTC-11 and Maui and the Big Island should be in UTC-10, but they manipulated the map and put the whole state (as well as the minor islands in the archipelago) in UTC-10. So we here on Oahu are in a continual state of HDT year around. And that's fine by me as long as it doesn't do that spring ahead/fall back insanity.

4691mls · 03-12-2018, 07:52 PM

How about this fall we split the difference, set our clocks back 30 minutes and just keep it that way year round!

Hemmi · 03-12-2018, 09:25 PM

Today was National Napping day. Apparently it always comes the day after DST starts so that we can all take a nap to make up that missing hour of sleep.

FizzyWater · 03-13-2018, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Well, of course they don't complain! You are feeding them an hour early. It's in the fall that they will complain.

I don't like the switch, but as an evening person I would far rather have DST all year round! Heck, I want a 26 hour long day. My body keeps pressing me to stay up late each night, which results in being later and later for things I have to do. I want the whole day to be longer!

I've been saying for years that I'm convinced I have a 25 hour body clock. When I take vacation, I tend to be up an extra hour each night until I'm not going to bed until 7AM and I'm brain-dead the first day I'm back at work.

tubemonkey · 03-13-2018, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hemmi

Today was National Napping day. Apparently it always comes the day after DST starts so that we can all take a nap to make up that missing hour of sleep.

Every day is napping day for my kittehs

BetterRed · 03-13-2018, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by wodin

...but they manipulated the map and put the whole state (as well as the minor islands in the archipelago) in UTC-10. So we here

Small beer compared to what the Samoans did. In 2011 they moved the IDT so their territory would lie to the west of it.

IIRC they shifted their clocks forward at midnight on December 29th by 24 hours and 'lost' December 30th. This left the US Samoan colony 80 miles to the east 25 hours behind them

BR

sjfan · 03-13-2018, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I've been saying for years that I'm convinced I have a 25 hour body clock. When I take vacation, I tend to be up an extra hour each night until I'm not going to bed until 7AM and I'm brain-dead the first day I'm back at work.

That's not too surprising. Most people have a longer circadian clock than 24 hours. Depending on how you set things up, the length varies—in absolute darkness it averages around 24.2 hours, but if you're granted access to artificial light then it's closer to 25 hours on average (light tends to extend the period of wakefulness, even if you're controlling it yourself based on how tired you are).

But there's a fair bit of individual variance; about 25% of people have a natural rhythm shorter than 24 hours (in darkness).

library addict · 03-13-2018, 06:59 AM

I love the extra hour in the fall.

The dog doesn't understand having to wait to eat though.

I've lived in places that didn't observe it before so I wouldn't care if it went away.

I worked the graveyard shift and then swing for years, so my body clock is messed up anyway.

Sweetpea · 03-14-2018, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Well, of course they don't complain! You are feeding them an hour early. It's in the fall that they will complain.

It's worse than that... It takes them about half a year to stop whining. So by the time that @$@#@$@! summer time arrives, they stop.

I'm in the normal time camp. We're already 45 minutes slow compared to solar time (meaning in winter, the sun is at the zenith around 12:45).

And I have no need for a sunset after 22:00.

Thankfully, we still have 2 weeks to go...

Barbara1955 · 03-14-2018, 10:30 AM

Its Spring Forward I don't mind BUT Hate the Fall Back! I was a kid when this started I think it DUMB! Every Fall I wish they just Leave it alone...

issybird · 03-14-2018, 10:37 AM

For a while I thought I was a voice crying in the wilderness, but leaving out the "don't cares," about a third like DST. Ironically, that's the flip side of how much of the year is on DST, which is close to two-thirds.

I hope the antis have made up for their sleep deprivation and can enjoy those long afternoons. I know I will once the snow melts.

Deskisamess · 03-14-2018, 12:14 PM

Hate it...

pdurrant · 03-15-2018, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

For a while I thought I was a voice crying in the wilderness, but leaving out the "don't cares," about a third like DST.

That's an interesting* way to describe the proportion.

Leaving out the don't cares, less than one quarter of people like DST. (7/29 as I write this.)

Including the don't cares, less than one fifth of people like DST. (7/37)

Including the don't cares, nearly 60% hate it. (22/37)

Perhaps DST has had its day.

* as in wrong.

tubemonkey · 03-15-2018, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Perhaps DST has had its day.

Only in opinion polls. The powers to be won't get rid of it.

View Poll Results: Daylight Saving Time! (Or whatever you call it)
Love it!	7	18.92%
Hate it!	22	59.46%
Don't care.	8	21.62%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

03-12-2018, 05:08 PM	#32
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	If you examing the Time Zone map, by rights Kauai and Oahu should be in UTC-11 and Maui and the Big Island should be in UTC-10, but they manipulated the map and put the whole state (as well as the minor islands in the archipelago) in UTC-10. So we here on Oahu are in a continual state of HDT year around. And that's fine by me as long as it doesn't do that spring ahead/fall back insanity. Last edited by wodin; 03-12-2018 at 05:11 PM.

03-14-2018, 12:14 PM	#43
Deskisamess Wizard Posts: 2,777 Karma: 45827761 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ohio Device: iPhone 13 Pro, iPad mini, iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8", Scribe 2022	Hate it... Attached Thumbnails

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Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,817 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	Today was National Napping day. Apparently it always comes the day after DST starts so that we can all take a nap to make up that missing hour of sleep.

03-13-2018, 06:59 AM	#39
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,156 Karma: 37197878 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	I love the extra hour in the fall. The dog doesn't understand having to wait to eat though. I've lived in places that didn't observe it before so I wouldn't care if it went away. I worked the graveyard shift and then swing for years, so my body clock is messed up anyway.

03-14-2018, 10:30 AM	#41
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Its Spring Forward I don't mind BUT Hate the Fall Back! I was a kid when this started I think it DUMB! Every Fall I wish they just Leave it alone...

03-14-2018, 10:37 AM	#42
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	For a while I thought I was a voice crying in the wilderness, but leaving out the "don't cares," about a third like DST. Ironically, that's the flip side of how much of the year is on DST, which is close to two-thirds. I hope the antis have made up for their sleep deprivation and can enjoy those long afternoons. I know I will once the snow melts.