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[mlappin]

Anybody else hate the spring forward/fall back thing?

Indiana never used to follow daylight savings.

The wife has family in the UK and to be perfectly honest I have a harder time getting used to the one hour time change than I do the five hour when we goto visit in the UK.

Old Indian chief once said when daylight savings was explained to him "only a government would think you can cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket, sew it to the top and get a longer blanket."

[RSI]

Yes, I absolutely hate it. I have been complaining about it for the last week.  lol

[slimjim]

That is a great analogy Mlappin, I like that one.

[Roger2561]

 

[mlappin]

Sad part is, I talked to a person Sunday who honestly thinks we gained an hour of daylight. As in we had 10 hours of light Saturday, we now have 11 hours Sunday.

[Chas]

Sad part is, I talked to a person Sunday who honestly thinks we gained an hour of daylight. As in we had 10 hours of light Saturday, we now have 11 hours Sunday.
[/quote  Was she blonde?

[merrellroofing]

I like it in the spring but hate it in the fall. So if they didn't do it at all, I would be good.

[mlappin]

Sad part is, I talked to a person Sunday who honestly thinks we gained an hour of daylight. As in we had 10 hours of light Saturday, we now have 11 hours Sunday.

  Was she blonde?

How'd you guess? Or at least this month she was blonde.

[MattyNH]

Yeah I hate it..I don't know why we can't leave the time change alone..Dont see the point of it really..

[oldchenowth]

Leave it to the gov't to F with the time.  They think they have THE answer to everything.  Now you can get an extra hour of work in during the daylight to pay a little more in taxes.  Last I checked there is still only 24 hours in a day.  I am sure they are sculpting a bill to change that also.  Wise old Indian Chief. Same stupid government.

[Roger2561]

Does anyone know what year did the time change actually start and what was their rationale?  Thanks.  Roger

[mlappin]

I'm wanting to say it started around WWII to save energy, then they stopped it, then it started again around the energy crisis of the 70's.

It's BS regardless. I could see during WWII when everybody was using incandescencent lighting yet, but with CFL's, regular fluorescents, HID, and LED's I can't see it saving enough to justify the energy required to change every clock in the house twice a year.

From a farmers perspective it's still BS. We have x number of hours per day of daylight regardless of what the clock says. In my case daylight savings even costs local business money. During hay season I don't get done till dark, wit hit getting dark an hour later, by time I shower, put on clean clothes and get ready to leave, all the local places that serve food are closed. Used to be able to get a late night dinner when it got dark an hour earlier.

[oldchenowth]

Well there is your problem mlappin, you still work.  We aren't supposed to do that here anymore, are we? The govmit will see to it you are well cared for, so stop trying so hard.

[MattyNH]

 The idea to daylight savings time was introduced nationwide in 1918 when congress approved the time zones in the USA.. The railroad industry had been following it since 1883 according to nat geo.. Part of 1918 the daylight savings law was repealed..In 1919 it was left for the local jurisdictions..During WWII it was nationally observed again..Until 1966 it was uniformly practiced..States could opt out, Which some still do,also including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,American Somoa

[Jack72]

I like the spring forward.     Time change   More daylight to get more stuff done in daylight after work

Jack