Time to fall back.

[Bugman]

Yes ladies and germs, its that time of year again. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 A.M. Sunday morning.

 

[milagros317]

Thanks for the reminder, Bugman. With the NYC Marathon tomorrow morning, I hope that all the runners remember to reset their clocks the night before, too.

 

[BlasterMaster]

Ah, yes, daylight savings time. How is this still a thing?

 

[rdhd]

Wish they'd decide to keep one or the other.

 

[BlasterMaster]

Wish they'd decide to keep one or the other.

I think one state decided to get rid of it here in the US.

 

[Bugman]

Ah, yes, daylight savings time. How is this still a thing?

Wish they'd decide to keep one or the other.

I think one state decided to get rid of it here in the US.

Hawaii doesn't observe DST. Arizona also does not but the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in that state do.

 

[Tenebrae]

This DST is one of the crappiest exports America ever sent our way. I hate it. It just doesn't make any sense. France caught the virus in the 1970's (merci Giscard!) but fortunately in China we have no such thing. Also the whole country, despite its massive size, is in one single timezone, which saves us a lot of trouble.

 

[Mitchell]

I completely forgot.

I had gotten to sleep earlier than usual, because I was not feeling well.

I opened my eyes a few minutes ago, and saw. "Oh, it's a few minutes before three. Okay".

Then I realized when I saw something online.

"Oh, it's really four on my body clock, as I went to sleep before midnight, no wonder why I opened my eyes.

I actually like DST. I like when it gets dark at 8 pm or later in the summer.

Sunday night will be dark before 5 pm in NYC. That's bad, in my view.

Thankfully Eastern Standard Time has been cut down to only four months of the year now, with DST beginning in the second week in March.

It used to be, when I was younger, Standard time would last from the last week in October until the last week in April.

The length of DST has gotten longer over the years.

First they added a month in the 1990s, and then another month a few years ago.

Supposedly for "Energy Conservation" for the high cost of Energy.

 

[BlasterMaster]

That's right, we all are losing an hour of sleep each year thanks to Kaiser Wilhelm.

Also, while it was introduced as a fuel-saving measure in the WWI era, energy usage in 2017 is a "tinsy bit" more complicated than it was back then. DST has actually been proven to increase fuel usage by almost 2% as well as increase traffic accidents.

 

[Tenebrae]

Lol Kaiser Wihelm. He really was a major Arschloch, wasn't he? Not only he invaded my country AND was a notorious anti-asian racist (coining the term Yellow Peril), he also invented DST? Damn he *really* had no redeemable qualities did he?

 

[rwd1731]

This DST is one of the crappiest exports America ever sent our way. I hate it. It just doesn't make any sense. France caught the virus in the 1970's (merci Giscard!) but fortunately in China we have no such thing. Also the whole country, despite its massive size, is in one single timezone, which saves us a lot of trouble.

I'm with you, brother --- DST sucks. At some point it supposedly made sense (somehow or another). Nowadays, though, it doesn't.

 

[Bugman]

Lol Kaiser Wihelm. He really was a major Arschloch, wasn't he? Not only he invaded my country AND was a nororious anti-asian racist (coining the term Yellow Peril), he also invented DST? Damn he *really* had no redeemable qualities did he?

Ben Franklin is usually given credit (or blame) for suggesting the idea of DST. But he wasn't too serious about it. 😉

 

[Tenebrae]

Ben Franklin is usually given credit (or blame) for suggesting the idea of DST. But he wasn't too serious about it. 😉

I like Ben Franklin very much! DST is a bad idea, but it's probably the worst thing he ever did in his life. Contrary to his putrid majesty the Kaiser... 😛