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Eliminate Daylight Savings Time?

Eliminate DST

  • Yes! I'm Sick of it

    Votes: 15 68.2%

  • No... I like losing/gaining an hour twice a year

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • Maybe, let me see what everyone else voted

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bagel with cream cheese

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .
Dang, this should have been in Polls. Can somebody move it for me?
 
You know... I was going to say, I dislike daylights saving time... but I don't have a huge problem with it, it's just one of those things.... but you put bagels with cream cheese as an option..... sooo thats my final answer
 
i hate clock switching. not observing this nonsense is one of the few things my state did right, until our idiot governor forced it on us.

here's my solution :

spring forward, and never fall back. then all of those who so desperately need that "extra hour" of daylight after work get it all year long. falling back for a few months is pointless and annoying.

if we need DST, make it permanent.
 
Absolutely get rid of it. I am NOT a morning person, so an extra hour of sunlight early in the morning while I'm sleeping does me absolutely zero good. I'd rather have that hour in the evening.

What sucks about living in Germany in the winter is with daylight's savings time, you leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark, you missed the entire daylight period at work.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Absolutely get rid of it. I am NOT a morning person, so an extra hour of sunlight early in the morning while I'm sleeping does me absolutely zero good. I'd rather have that hour in the evening.

What sucks about living in Germany in the winter is with daylight's savings time, you leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark, you missed the entire daylight period at work.
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I do that right here in America. :lol:
 
I have absolutely no issue with it or without it. It's just one of those things that doesn't matter to me. I've lived in states that did it and at least one state that didn't. It did not significantly effect my life. The only thing was remembering that the time difference was 5 hours during half the year and 6 hours for the other.
 
I love DST. I don't know why, but I like the way that it mixes things up. By the wintertime, I'm looking forward to nightfall coming early because it is just another part of the end of the year, which I love. By spring, I love springing forward, because it lets me know that spring is here.

Guess I can't be pleased, huh? :lol:
 
GottaGo said:
Several states are discussing it, even started bills in their State legislature.
https://www.govtrack.us/states/al/bills/a1f27ac59888/hb266

What do you think? Do we still need DST? Or is it a relic of the past that needs to go?
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I said yes, even though bagel with tomato and bacon would have been my choice, had it been an option.

The time changes serve little purpose these days and if anything harm the internal clocks that people establish when they stick to a standard sleep/wake regimen.

I'll bet if the TV networks chose to eliminate adherence to the time change, it would end pretty soon.
 
Either keep it or make it permanent. Not only is it far easier to see when the sun has already risen, but it would fit better with circadian rhythms and I'll be more alert when I drive.
 
roguenuke said:
I have absolutely no issue with it or without it. It's just one of those things that doesn't matter to me. I've lived in states that did it and at least one state that didn't. It did not significantly effect my life. The only thing was remembering that the time difference was 5 hours during half the year and 6 hours for the other.
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It takes me at least a week if not more to adjust every time it changes.

We don't need it, IMO. Pick one way or another, and call it done.
 
GottaGo said:
Why particularly Sundays?
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Because it happens in the wee hours of Saturday night/Sunday morning.

If I worked on Sundays, I may be an hour early (or late). By Monday morning the issue is resolved.
 
Gipper said:
Because it happens in the wee hours of Saturday night/Sunday morning.

If I worked on Sundays, I may be an hour early (or late). By Monday morning the issue is resolved.
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I do work Sundays (most of the time) and I still drag myself in on time with or without the time change,
 
GottaGo said:
I do work Sundays (most of the time) and I still drag myself in on time with or without the time change,
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I bet you go around the house resetting all the clocks at like 3pm that Saturday, dont'cha. :D
 
GottaGo said:
Several states are discussing it, even started bills in their State legislature.
https://www.govtrack.us/states/al/bills/a1f27ac59888/hb266

What do you think? Do we still need DST? Or is it a relic of the past that needs to go?
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I say yes get rid of it. When I was stationed in Korea there was no daylight savings and the only difference I could tell was the fact that at certain parts of the year was either 12 hours or 13 hours ahead of the people back home.
 
We should surely stop futzing with the clock. It's silly. However, I want to switch to DST then leave it there.
Standard time sucks.
Give me the "extra" daylight in the evening. Not the morning.

Spring forward - then never change back. Just leave it there.
 
Helix said:
i hate clock switching. not observing this nonsense is one of the few things my state did right, until our idiot governor forced it on us.

here's my solution :

spring forward, and never fall back. then all of those who so desperately need that "extra hour" of daylight after work get it all year long. falling back for a few months is pointless and annoying.

if we need DST, make it permanent.
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I agree. That's what Carter did because DST saves energy. Standard time is only for the farmers who don't like milking cows in the dark
 
GottaGo said:
It takes me at least a week if not more to adjust every time it changes.

We don't need it, IMO. Pick one way or another, and call it done.
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I just don't see it as mattering here in the digital age. Only one clock in my house was wrong after the last change and it was fixed by a power outage (it is now 5 minutes slow rather than 1 hour fast). Everything else in our house changed automatically.
 
GottaGo said:
I'm not that bad :lol: I change the clocks sometime on Sunday.
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:lol: I have pretty tall ceilings in my living room, and I have a big clock up near the top. I don't change the time on it until it just bugs me. Hate dragging out the ladder, etc.
 
roguenuke said:
I just don't see it as mattering here in the digital age. Only one clock in my house was wrong after the last change and it was fixed by a power outage (it is now 5 minutes slow rather than 1 hour fast). Everything else in our house changed automatically.
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It's not my clocks that take time to adjust, its me! :lol:
 
GottaGo said:
It's not my clocks that take time to adjust, its me! :lol:
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Eh. I guess I just don't have that issue. Likely due to working on a Navy ship where schedules change often. When you work 5 hours on watch, then 10 hours off, then another 5 hours on, plus usually a workday in there as well, you tend to have your sleep rearranged anyway and adjust as needed. And even that schedule can get changed depending on how many qualified personnel are available for watch and even the temperature in the workspaces.

I understand your problem, and sympathize. My husband is horrible at adjusting to new schedules (or rather any schedule that isn't nights).
 
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