Daylight Savings Time

As the old Indian chief said “Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket”.

-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas

I’m sure you know that the time changes were started because of all of the kids waiting at rural bus stops for their trip to school. The idea was that they wouldn’t have to wait in the dark. That isn’t much of an issue anymore, but traditions die hard. – lol

Since I’m an early riser, I would prefer DST year round. I really dislike Dec. and Jan. when it’s dark at 5:30 pm.

-- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it.

How else would we remember to change the batteries in our smoke detectors ?

-- -- Neil

A politician is introducing a bill to repeal it in Ohio.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/tag/daylight-savings/

-- My reality check bounced...

Stupid – just stupid.

-- When I was a kid I wanted to be older . . . . . this CRAP is not what I expected !

Tomorrow the sun rises at 7:25 am and sets at 7:12 pm. If we did not have DST then the sun would rise at 6:25 am and set at 6:12 pm. Hmmm…. same amount of sunlight either way.

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

Hairy -
Back in ‘71 or ‘72 we stayed on DST for ~18 months. IIRC, it was because of a middle east oil issue. When it was over, there was a pretty serious effort to keep DST year round, but it failed.

-- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it.

Here we go again… 8-(

Daylight Saving Time Costs Nation $1.7 Billion

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Up here in the northern latitudes it is nice to have the extra hour of daylight in the evening, especially in the summer.

-- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil

Manitario – Yes but I lost an hour of daylight in the morning.

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.