Daylight Saving Time

[Bill2905]

My wife had one of the Sunday morning news programs on this morning and they did a piece on daylight savings time. According to their story, DST was and continues to be promoted by the business lobby who have determined that the longer day generates more shopping revenue. One trade group was quoted as estimating it benefits their members to the tune of $250 million per year. I had always believed the claim that it was farmers who want and benefit from DST but this story reported that the Ag industry does not favor it because it upsets livestock feeding routines for one.

Anytime you want to know the reason for something, just follow the money.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I feel this needs examining. Is Printcraft in the house?

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You want printcraft to examine Uranus?

 

[femurphy77]

Not changing the clock in my gun room. Never have. Feels like a win.

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You rebel!

 

[oze]

Yeah, it's absolutely a personal preference. This morning for instance, I was able to get outside earlier (by the clock) because it was lighter and it had warmed up more than yesterday. Yesterday I would've had to wait until 10 a.m. for the same conditions. Today it was 9.

Still mowing greens at Foster Park golf course here in the Fort. Because of frost, I haven't been able to start until 10am for the past week or so. Got to start at 9 today!

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[mike45]

My wife had one of the Sunday morning news programs on this morning and they did a piece on daylight savings time. According to their story, DST was and continues to be promoted by the business lobby who have determined that the longer day generates more shopping revenue. One trade group was quoted as estimating it benefits their members to the tune of $250 million per year. I had always believed the claim that it was farmers who want and benefit from DST but this story reported that the Ag industry does not favor it because it upsets livestock feeding routines for one.

Anytime you want to know the reason for something, just follow the money.

I am a farmer with livestock. The time a clock says matters not to my cows. I go to work 1 hour before daylight every day. Please leave the farmers out of this. The only time I worry about time is when I have to be with people. I would like it tho if the kids didn't get on the school bus in the dark. that is 6:30 am here.

 

[wcd]

I am a farmer with livestock. The time a clock says matters not to my cows. I go to work 1 hour before daylight every day. Please leave the farmers out of this. The only time I worry about time is when I have to be with people. I would like it tho if the kids didn't get on the school bus in the dark. that is 6:30 am here.

Same here the gang starts to come in the same time year round regardless of sunlight, and yeah their grain had better be ready lol.

 

[BugI02]

Big fan of DST here

I've been told you can mow your lawn at 2130 on DST

I don't see it. Pick one and leave it the **** alone

 

[BigRed]

I've been told you can mow your lawn at 2130 on DST

I don't see it. Pick one and leave the **** alone

Or you could choose to not let your life be governed by what a clock reads.

I have never understood the "dst debate".

 

[BugI02]

Or you could choose to not let your life be governed by what a clock reads.

I have never understood the "dst debate".

The debate comes about because a significant fraction of the people KNOW it is bull****

None of the reasons they have given through the years to continue it has ever proven out. It is like some weird pain in the *** tradition that they are afraid to change

Today, you have an abrupt change to your circadian rhythm, if they left it alone sunup and sundown would gradually change and we would wind up in the same place without any discomfort. The people who want to mow their lawn at 2130 can just go **** themselves, they're weird

 

[BigRed]

The debate comes about because a significant fraction of the people KNOW it is bull****

None of the reasons they have given through the years to continue it has ever proven out. It is like some weird pain in the *** tradition that they are afraid to change

Today, you have an abrupt change to your circadian rhythm, if they left it alone sunup and sundown would gradually change and we would wind up in the same place without any discomfort. The people who want to mow their lawn at 2130 can just go **** themselves, they're weird

Meh.

I mow whenever I want.....got this new thing with some contraption called "headlights".

 

[KellyinAvon]

I never change the time on this one (the most functional going away plaque ever, it has a clock.) It is (obviously) from the ROK and since they don't save daylight there I never change it. Not changing the time and changing the battery once a year is probably why it's still ticking after 28 years.

 

[hopper68]

Debating on splitting my watches up into daylight savings time and not daylight savings time. That way I do not have to reset all of them twice a year!! Just got to be sure not to wear one at the wrong time.

 

[Lost Californian]

Saving Daylight

 

[ancjr]

Put back some daylight for a rainy day.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Put back some daylight for a rainy day.

That's what I've been doing. Thinking of replacing some of the carpeting in the house with it!

 

[ancjr]

That's what I've been doing. Thinking of replacing some of the carpeting in the house with it!

Wasn't there an episode of Intervention about that?

 

[femurphy77]

Debating on splitting my watches up into daylight savings time and not daylight savings time. That way I do not have to reset all of them twice a year!! Just got to be sure not to wear one at the wrong time.

Brilliant!

 

[WebSnyper]

Debating on splitting my watches up into daylight savings time and not daylight savings time. That way I do not have to reset all of them twice a year!! Just got to be sure not to wear one at the wrong time.

Or get one that syncs to the atomic clock and adjusts automatically DST/Standard time based on the time zone you have it set for. Both my Gshocks do this, and they were not expensive.

 

[BigRed]

Or get one that syncs to the atomic clock and adjusts automatically DST/Standard time based on the time zone you have it set for. Both my Gshocks do this, and they were not expensive.

Cannot stand time keeping devices that change automatically with time zones. Grrrr

 

[WebSnyper]

Cannot stand time keeping devices that change automatically with time zones. Grrrr

My watches don't change time zones automatically, (you set the time zone on the watch) but depending where in the world you have it set to from a time zone perspective factors into when it auto shifts for DST (other countries have different dates for shifting, etc, some states, etc don't observe DST).

Sorry, should have clarified that. But it does sync with the atomic clock and set the time based on what time zone you have the watch set to.