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Should We Get Rid of Daylight Saving Time?

Should We get Rid of Daylight Saving Time Program?

  • Aye

    Votes: 21 84.0%
  • Nay

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • No Time to lose!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    25

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It's here again.....Daylight Saving Time. Lose an hour of sleep. Do we need this programming anymore? Hasn't the Internet made up for that business sector?

There is even a movement to try and put an end to this. Time never changed so who are we to think we can change time. Leave time alone.....in the end time always wins.

So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?


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It is outdated. The problem would be deciding which time to use. I'm more of a morning person so I would prefer it get light earlier some would want it to stay light later in the evening.
 
It's here again.....Daylight Saving Time. Lose an hour of sleep. Do we need this programming anymore? Hasn't the Internet made up for that business sector?

There is even a movement to try and put an end to this. Time never changed so who are we to think we can change time. Leave time alone.....in the end time always wins.

So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?


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Hi MMC :2wave:

Stick a fork in it-it needs to be done !!!!!!!
 
It's here again.....Daylight Saving Time. Lose an hour of sleep. Do we need this programming anymore? Hasn't the Internet made up for that business sector?

There is even a movement to try and put an end to this. Time never changed so who are we to think we can change time. Leave time alone.....in the end time always wins.

So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?


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Keep daylight savings time year round.
 
Yep, we should dump the seasonal time changes. We should also adopt a 28 day, 13 month, calendar and have one leap day each year with two leap days every four years.
 
It does mess my inner clock up for a few days every time they mess with the time.
 
Yep, we should dump the seasonal time changes. We should also adopt a 28 day, 13 month, calendar and have one leap day each year with two leap days every four years.

Why would you stop messing with one thing only to mess with another? The 12 month scenario seems to be working out just fine. :)
 
Move the clocks forward by one hour tonight - then never go back. Just leave it there.
 
Hi MMC :2wave:

Stick a fork in it-it needs to be done !!!!!!!

Mornin' Penn. :2wave: Here they talk about how we lose so much time sitting in traffic and that a good majority of people don't sleep good as it is.....yet the Government has known all along they could give us back the hours they have stolen from us ever since they created this damn program.
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I work nights.....but I would prefer days. Even though I am up for the Sunrise.
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Uhm that's when we do have sun :confused: .....Just sayin!
 
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If government can control time, then there is nothing they can't do.
 
It is outdated. The problem would be deciding which time to use. I'm more of a morning person so I would prefer it get light earlier some would want it to stay light later in the evening.

I would want it to stay light later in the evening.
 
anonymous polls suck

but yes get rid of it. Lots of traffic accidents occur the week after "spring ahead"
 
We should spring forward and never fall back. Problem solved.
 
I say let's compromise: Set the clocks ahead a half hour instead of an hour, then leave them there.
 
At my age, losing an hour's sleep is no big deal. Daylight savings time...I can take it or leave it.
 
It's here again.....Daylight Saving Time. Lose an hour of sleep. Do we need this programming anymore? Hasn't the Internet made up for that business sector?

There is even a movement to try and put an end to this. Time never changed so who are we to think we can change time. Leave time alone.....in the end time always wins.

So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?


f1244af0-a632-11e3-9385-1dbe1bc8c3b1_daylight.jpg


Hell yes, get rid of it. It's one of those government doodoo's that they forgot to clean up. :lol:
 
Keep it.

I start waking up v early in the morning as soon as the lighter days come in. This is dictated by nature, not the clock. In winter, I don't want to go anywhere or do anything, as it should be in winter, it makes no sense to go out anyway.

If you're doing away with the time change, it's been done before here and children going to school were run over in the dark. You'll have to do something about the time school starts.

And if you do that, you'll have to do something about the time the parents of the children start work.

And if you do that....
 
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We Adjust Clocks in March?

On Sunday (March 9), most Americans will lose a precious hour of their weekend to daylight saving time. Except for those who live in Arizona and Hawaii, adjusting clocks forward an hour in March and back an hour in November is a time-honored ritual, but why do we bother to "fall back" and "spring forward?"

Benjamin Franklin first came up with the idea to reset clocks in the summer to conserve energy and take advantage of extra daylight in the evenings. The official practice, however, did not begin until more than a century later.

After the war, U.S. states were given the choice of whether they wanted to stick with daylight saving time. But, this free-for-all system, in which many neighboring towns were operating on different time zones, resulted in mass confusion and bewilderment.

In 1966, Congress enacted the Uniform Time Act to establish some order. The federal law stated that if states chose to observe daylight saving time, they must follow a uniform protocol: daylight saving time would begin on the first Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October.

In 2007, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 went into effect, which extended daylight saving time in the United States. Daylight saving time now begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.....snip~

Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We Adjust Clocks in March?


See there, not all ideas Ben Franklin came up with.....were good ideas. Just sayin! :mrgreen:
 
Tenessee Ernie Ford said it best: Daylight Savings Time is like cutting a foot off the top of the curtain and sewing it to the bottom to make it longer.

Amazing how millions of us are willing to put up with this ancient ritual. We are so trainable except when it comes to the metric system.
 
It's here again.....Daylight Saving Time. Lose an hour of sleep. Do we need this programming anymore? Hasn't the Internet made up for that business sector?

There is even a movement to try and put an end to this. Time never changed so who are we to think we can change time. Leave time alone.....in the end time always wins.

So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?


f1244af0-a632-11e3-9385-1dbe1bc8c3b1_daylight.jpg

I'm a fan. Lived in Japan for a couple years and they don't do it. It was annoying to be woken up at 5:30 am or earlier by the sun.
 
So what say ye.....Should we Get Rid of this outdated Daylight Saving Time Program?

Yep. Get rid of it ASAP. Can't stand it.
 
Tenessee Ernie Ford said it best: Daylight Savings Time is like cutting a foot off the top of the curtain and sewing it to the bottom to make it longer.

Amazing how millions of us are willing to put up with this ancient ritual. We are so trainable except when it comes to the metric system.



Well that, and on the issue of spending money. :lol:
 
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