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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration 
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Ok - Daylight Savings time... what am I saving here? Not daylight... it's gone for me before I go home... sigh - s'not fun driving to work in the dark... then driving home in the dark... downright abysmal if'n you ask me... ~pout~ |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Christopher ! Wake up, Christopher ! First off, this recent change was a change back to STANDARD TIME ... ================================================= Secondly, the correct terminology is Daylight Saving Time. (not Savings) Thank you for visiting us, Christopher. You can go back to sleep now !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Ummmm, there are a few advantages off the top Chris, but after that ... /pip/Forum42/HTML/002047.html I agree with you ... for the next while, I'll be waking up in the dark and driving home in the dark, and it does get depressing over the long haul. I did some research on this once (seriously, it's a good topic Chris). The've coined a medical term "seasonal mood disorder" or "seasonal affective disorder" and have done studies on the lack of light in the winter months, even recommending "light therapy" for those affected. Here's a techno blurb if anyone's interested. http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sad.html Think I'll go sit under a light now! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I'm still adjusting..... I want my Sunshine!!! |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Yanno...it's times like this that I don't mind living in Arizona, where, as PdV has pointed out in another thread, once you set your clock, you never touch it again, except after a power-outage. Arizona does not 'recognize' DST, and I doubt they ever will. They'll just let the rest of the US revolve around them...which I think they do anyways with a 'sod you' mentality.  |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
pssst (wipe your nose, christopher) |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
I couldn't help but notice--this was posted 2 minutes before your post lamenting the lack of grounds for complaint......and you could move to Arizona-- they make no efforts to save daylight there... Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Now, why do have Standard time now?? We should have DST NOW and Standard in the Summer. . . well, we have Ben Franklin to thank for all of this Ladies and Germs. . . And I want my Sunshine too!!! Where is my Sunshine!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
I think they only run DST through the summer because they know, during this time of the year, there's really no good reason to make the days appear longer. I mean, sheesh, even the bears are smart enough to stay at home right now. While I dislike seeing the sun set so early, I'm nonetheless always pleased when the DST time of year passes. Even though I live in Michigan, I'm only about 20 miles from the Indiana border, where I do much of my shopping, and less than a hundred miles from Illinois, where they switch to a different time zone. And Indiana, like Arizona, apparently thinks they have enough daylight and feel no need to save any during the summer. It's bad enough trying to remember what time a particular store closes without also having to remember which clock they're using, too.  |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Marge - step. aw. ay. from. the. mic. ro. phone... it's ok.. just step back... no one wahts to hurt you.. there now, there... that does sound like a pain Ron... memory's not my strong suit either...  Jamie - grrrrrrrr  and Sven - you're partially correct - Mr. Franklin originated the theory, but Daylight saving time began in the US during WWI. The basic reason was to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial light. There's actually a petition on the Internet to get rid of it - lol... if interested, visit: http://www.standardtime.com/ C |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
For Chris  For NAN and SVEN LOL Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
HEY!!! How come Nan got two???????? ~sulk~ |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
This is for Sunshine...I thought her response to you absolutely adorable Chris... in the East it helps the children have light while waiting for their busses..not that I think that a great reason but that's what everyone thinks around these parts...this was a good gripe though ~Wynter Bliss *try not to blame it on the seasons though ok? Blissfully Me "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thanks Sunshine... Chris - Because I always let her borrow mine... Ron - At least you have the sun for an hour longer than I do - and you're in the same time zone - Sometimes life's just not fair - Go figure... |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
An hour later, Nan, not an hour longer. You get it first, so it's only fair I get it last. (Not that I have anything useful to do with it right now.) |
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Lady Lost Member
since 2000-07-13
Posts 470 |
All I can say is that I am quite pleased... The bar was open an extra hour on Saturday night.....I think. Come to think of it I'm not sure if I even remember... |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
This is all so confusing to me! Now I have to remember that the posts here are actually 2 hours ahead of me not 3 as they are in the summer.  |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Shame on you all, complaining about an extra hour of sleep... False gems may shine as brightly as the genuine article, but there are always those who can tell the difference. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Actually--it was an extra hour work for me... |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
Franky, I'md preddy habby aboud DST ad dis moment... after looding fourteen hours of my life to a plane ride it was nice do gain one more extra hour besides the few I collecded by trawelling west. But if you wand something to complain aboud here's one for you boys and girls: can you say JEB LAG???? I had to LEAVE the houe at 4am today and when I finally arrived homd I hab da wors head colb, and it's raining cats and dobs on my favorite hobiday. No Trib or Treaters! ~scowls~~sneezes~ btw, I mentioned it in at least one pose, but it obiously dibn't get circulated aroun... I onbly lef to go to a wedding, not for good. You dibn't get rid of me dat easy Chris, you're complaining abou nothing to complain abou? Gib a life! ~ Beth Now I've been happy lately Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun |
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Erin Member Elite
since 2000-06-15
Posts 2527~Chicago~ |
Hey Chris look on the bright side at least we got an extra hour of sleep!!!Winter will come and go here. But there is still no sign of winter yet!! Thank god. ~*Love is sometimes like a rose. Beautiful in the beginning but dies in the end.*~ |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Sheesh. . . do you have to have the last word on everything??? I was just trying to spare our fellow Alley members a lengthy discussion. . . And I want to know why Nan got TWO sunbursts too Sunshine!!! She's not anybody special!!! (pout) --------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Well Prometheus, Arizona doesn't save daylight...no need to hoard here, as we get just about most of all the sunny days in the US, especially down here in Yuma. So, if'n any of you snow-bound suckers wants some, I'll see what I can do to bottle some fer ya. |
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Temptress
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
I LOVE THE DARK! err..thats all I have to say. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Well I live in Puerto Rico......we stay the same always with that time stuff....plus we always have plenty of sun.......*lays in a hammock in the sun* how refreshing.....  "I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust." I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
I have to bring this back. . . why???? Because I want to!!!!  ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
You can't do that! yer breakin the rules! |
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