Daylight Saving Time

[Jus Cruisin]

It's that time of the year again.... Switching the clocks. I'm over it. Just decide to leave it one way or the other.

Back when I was working, I'd say keep DST year around. Now, retired, I don't care. I'm just over swapping time twice a year.

There..... Now I feel better

 

[Fill Ess]

Works for me

 

[scoflaw]

Agree, stop f**king with the clocks.

 

[Blueone]

I like the Fall back....not so much the Spring forward

 

[yobub]

I guess I'm in the minority on this. I love the extra daylight during the summer after my work day ends and I dont want it to be dark at 8am in the winter.

Keep in mind that those of us up north might get 90 minutes less of daylight each day than people in south florida.

I have never had any problem with the time change, and don't really understand people who do.

 

[HawkX66]

Massachusetts was terrible, Michigan not so much. They are on each edge of the time zone.
Me? I say cut the shit and get rid of it!

 

[spikedaddy99]

Get rid of it.

 

[techmitch]

Damn clock touchers!

 

[my3sons]

Changing the clocks is ok with me. If we didn't spring ahead, the admiral would be waking me up awfully early to get out on the water for those sunrise photos And if we didn't fall back, working folks would only see the outside of their house and yard on Sundays. As yobub mentioned, little tougher up north.
But then in the summer, well, love the long daylight hours. Out on Lake Superior this summer we had to star gaze at 2 in the morning because it was light from 5 am until 11 pm.
You can get your money's worth up there!

 

[Creekwood]

I say get rid of it, and I think there is a bit of a momentum to do that.

When I was a kid we lived in the middle of the Yukon and in Whitehorse for a lot of years. Up there, daylight savings time is meaningless. In the winter the sun rises about 11:30AM and sets about 4pm, but seems earlier if you are in the mountains. In the longest day of summer the sun rises at about 4:00AM and sets about midnight. So in 2020, the Yukon Territory killed DST and decided to stay on MST all year around. Smart move. Was really stupid up there.

 

[Jus Cruisin]

When I was living in Florida, we voted to stay on DST year around and it won with a big margin. Anyway the US government has to approve the state to stay on DST year around and it's never made it to a vote even though it's presented each year.
Michigan really doesn't need DST being so far over on the western side of the Eastern Time Zone. Florida needs it. Otherwise it would be dark at 8pm in the middle of the summer.

 

[bobeast]

The thing we really should be asking ourselves; Is that clock really ready to change? Time and time again (see what I did there?) a clock changes, and then within 6 months reverts back to its old ways. It may be time for an intervention....again.

 

[Nater Potater]

The thing we really should be asking ourselves; Is that clock really ready to change? Time and time again (see what I did there?) a clock changes, and then within 6 months reverts back to its old ways. It may be time for an intervention....again.

Clocks are like light bulbs in that respect;
"How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?"
"Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change!"

 

[Blueone]

The thing we really should be asking ourselves; Is that clock really ready to change?

…. And there it is another example of “woke” … who cares what the clock wants… sometimes it’s better to do what you’re told… whether you like it or not

 

[bobeast]

…. And there it is another example of “woke” … who cares what the clock wants… sometimes it’s better to do what your told… whether you like it or not

When I threatened one of my clocks with a vax mandate it started running

 

[b_arrington]

Michigan really doesn't need DST being so far over on the western side of the Eastern Time Zone. Florida needs it. Otherwise it would be dark at 8pm in the middle of the summer.

I visited a friend in Michigan one summer in college. It amazed me that being on the edge of the time zone it stayed light until like 10:00 pm.

 

[Blueone]

Indiana quite a few years ago didn’t change time. I was in PA at the time and supplied Cummins…. For 6 months out of the year we were an hour different… it was a pain for conf calls… meeting etc…. You just got used to it and damn now you are the same time. Northern Indiana still stays with Chicago time…. It’s always a debate here

 

[Nater Potater]

So, explain Idaho. Living in the southwest region but traveling north, you have to set your clocks back an hour. Why? Longitude numbers remain virtually unchanged. I can see where it might jog where we border with Nevada, but why chop Idaho? Oh, that, and a tiny slice of eastern Oregon. Goofy...

 

[Jus Cruisin]

So, explain Idaho. Living in the southwest region but traveling north, you have to set your clocks back an hour. Why? Longitude numbers remain virtually unchanged. I can see where it might jog where we border with Nevada, but why chop Idaho? Oh, that, and a tiny slice of eastern Oregon. Goofy...
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Now that is dumb. I wonder what the original thinking was.

 

[MrHappy]

I love it.

When we(Indiana) did not have it, it started getting light at 4:30. I worked at a golf course. Tee times started at 4:50 A M. Otherwise the only other people who it helped were the joggers.

Some in Indiana want to change to Central time. I say HELL NO. That would mean during the winter we would go to work almost in the dark and come home in the dark.

I love the extra time in the evenings.

Sunset at Muskegon State Park. Approximately 9:15 at the end of July.