Pragmatist
Pragmatist

Semi-Annual Rant
Sun Mar 08 2009

I absolutely HATE the changing of the clocks!!

Tell, me, just exactly what is saved by Daylight Savings Time? OK, so we have an extra hour of daylight in the evening. Turn on our lights at 7:00pm instead of 6:00pm.  So? We lost that morning hour of daylight, so we turn on our lights an hour earlier. Whatever time that is. I'd have to guess, as I'm not an early morning riser. Used to be. When I crack open an eyelid about 7:00am, there's light in the sky. Tomorrow morning when I crack that eyelid open, it'll be dark.  I won't be getting up, but if I were, I'd have to turn on a light.

So what exactly are we saving? Seems like taking an inch off the top of a skirt and adding it to the hem to make a longer skirt?  Yeah, sure, that works.

Arizona and some other places manage to get along just fine without that semi-annual changing of the clocks.

One of these days I'm going to find out how to start a petition to end, once and for all, this nonsense. If it takes a constitutional change, then how do I get started? I wonder how many voters feel the same way I do. I expect the tennis players and golfers like that extra hour in the evening. But the cows sure don't know the difference. Too bad cows don't have the vote.


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9 Comments
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    It actually has to do with farming and the amount of daylight that middle America gets to complete crop work. I can't say that I like it either but it does give the farmers extended daylight to do their work which ultimately feeds this country and so many others.
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    P.S. if you pay attention to when the sun goes up you'll notice that it's earlier and earlier every day during the summer. Yes, we start out darker but the time diff compensates.
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    It saves my santiy for one.
    I love this time year.
    Give me more light when I need it later in the day and I'm a happy camper.
    I'm not a morning person, so I don't care if it's dark in the morning.
    Hugs, Tiggs
  • From:
    CovertOps (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    LOL! Chaya, I just love it when you rant! I know you don't intend to be funny, but you are! It's hilarious!
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    You can count me among the DST lovers. It's standard time that I could do without. Who wants it to get dark at five o'clock? Not me! It does save energy because most people don't get up before 6:30 or 7:00 anymore, but do stay up later at night.
  • From:
    Wrenchman366 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    My goodness you always make me smile LOL I see your point about daylight savings time but please forgive me I love it, mornings I am at work anyhow and really love the extra light in the evening especially when it gets warmer, if it ever does.Oh see it is 7:36 and beginning to get light outside, I hope you are feeling better my friend you are in my prayers everyday

    Tim
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    The thing I have noticed is that more and more of the months are in daylight saving time.. We used to turn back the clocks in Sept or Oct.. and now it is november..
    I don't know.. It makes me no difference.. i'm a grump no matter what.. and time is so illusive for me these days.
  • From:
    DancingButterfly (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    Actually, cows do know the difference, if they're being milked an hour earlier, it takes a while for their bodies to adjust milk production to be on par an hour earlier. Then, they're bellowing to be milked because they have to wait another hour and they're busting!
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 09 2009
    Funny that you brought this up!! I counted up the 16 things that require this change I do twice a year . Then tiere are A few I don't even mess with. HUMMMMM