Daylight saving time in US, we have to be different

steeljack · 11-03-2007, 08:41

ok folks/people (see another thread) from tonight you are one hour closer to your American friends/ buddies , Billcat, LYY and Bullseyebarb are only 4 hours away and I (on the Pacific coast) only 7 hours distant , the powers that be in the U S have declared that Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend ,
What do you folks/people think about Daylight Saving Time (DST) is it a good thing or not , I'm a morning person and like the early sunrise , it doesn't really save me any energy since I am out of the house before sunrise anyway , the only downside to me is the local kids playing out when its my bed-time,
Thought of setting up a poll thing about who prefers what but cant figure it out (sorry Mods) but i think most folks/people who have jobs prefer the early morning daylight just as a bit of insurance on the morning commute .

LancYorkYankee · 11-03-2007, 22:45

I find the change so extra early to be quite the drag. I'd actually just let nature take it's course and slowly "wake-up" to spring. I'm usually out working till the sun goes down so will have that more extra time to do more than I should!

Brian

Steeljack/Billcat others, do you guys get into March Madness (US College Basketball championship tourney). Me and the family make picks every year. We find it quite fun and it helps us enjoy it that much more!

shillelagh · 11-03-2007, 22:48

A question for us english folks - when does the clocks go forward? Its sometime this month isnt it?

cashman · 11-03-2007, 22:53

26th i think jen.

accymel · 11-03-2007, 22:57

Usually co incides with mothersday....... i know i learnt hard way when i was a kid so never forgot again to re set the time

Just as i say that.....

Except THIS YEAR....clocks go forward on the 24th March - just checked mothersday is on the 18th, blumming heck thats going to stump me typical to change it lol i would of been an hr early for a week lol

Mind u in these houses clocks stop anyway

Tinkerbelle · 11-03-2007, 23:00

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Originally Posted by accymel

clocks go forward on the 24th March

Isn't that when the new series of Dr Who starts

..... that will be my reminder

SamF · 11-03-2007, 23:01

The change this time round make it lighter at night ?

accymel · 11-03-2007, 23:02

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Isn't that when the new series of Dr Who starts

..... that will be my reminder

Errrr yes thats true but the change of time will be later that night, so u will be ok if only we could keep the time in our places heheheheheh

Tinkerbelle · 11-03-2007, 23:10

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Originally Posted by accymel

so u will be ok if only we could keep the time in our places heheheheheh

Not much chance of that with the clock demons at work ...... You reckon we should call in The Doctor to investigate

I did once try to contact him about the trump monster that makes awful noises in the loo pan but he was having none of it

accymel · 11-03-2007, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Not much chance of that with the clock demons at work ...... You reckon we should call in The Doctor to investigate

I did once try to contact him about the trump monster that makes awful noises in the loo pan but he was having none of it

bet thats why we are losing time Dr who is nicking it

Have u tried Primevil for your loo pan monster

WillowTheWhisp · 11-03-2007, 23:19

I don't like the clocks going forward. I get jet lag.

accymel · 11-03-2007, 23:22

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I don't like the clocks going forward. I get jet lag.

LOL that hour does make a lie in shorter

Ianto.W. · 11-03-2007, 23:28

It will not make a ha'porth of difference to yours truly as my late Father said "anyone who rises before the flags are aired has to be hard up"

Billcat · 12-03-2007, 16:12

I like Daylight savings time, because I like having daylight later in the evening. If the extra daylight remained in the morning, it would just wake me up well before I need to be up and about.

LYY, I pay virtually no attention to March Madness. Frankly, I don't spend a lot of time worrying about sporting events. I've seen plenty of them over the years and have begun to find that they feel repetitive. Of course, if it is a lovely day, I might go to the stadium and watch a football or basebell game, but only with friends, so a whole social aspect is added.

steeljack · 12-03-2007, 16:55

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Steeljack/Billcat others, do you guys get into March Madness (US College Basketball championship tourney). Me and the family make picks every year. We find it quite fun and it helps us enjoy it that much more!

Brian , I would sooner watch paint dry or dig out an in-grown toe-nail , why such a boring game gets so much coverage I have no idea , in England its a game played by High-School girls , only its a bit more difficult (they have no backboard) its called netball .

And why publicly funded places of education should be used as a training ground for multi-million dollar sports franchises is beyond me , Youngsters should be in college for an academic education not to play sports and end up with a third rate degree in basket weaving. The argument that it is a way of providing an education (sports scholarship)to underpriviliged minority youth is a fallacy since the drop out rate for these kids is about 90% .