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Post by Iceman »

Do we set our clocks ahead tonight or tomorrow night?
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Post by Lothar »

Get ready to begin saving daylight.

The answer is actually there:
10. Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, April 3, 2005, but most people will adjust their clocks before going to bed on Saturday, April 2.
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Post by Testiculese »

Ice, your computer will tell you!
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LOL! If I wait for my computer to tell me I wont get up at the right time in the morning.
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

Spring FORWARD
Fall BACK

How I remember it.
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Post by Kiran »

I'm adjusting my clock before I go to bed. Leave it up to the boss to decide that I get to come in at 7AM, 4 hrs earlier than my usual time to open the customer service desk :evil:
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★■◆●ing Farmers!!
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Post by Top Gun »

Hostile wrote:****ing Farmers!!
You say that now, but when it's still light at 8:30/9:00 at night in the middle of summer, you'll like it a lot more. DST was a great source of joy to me as a child; I could stay outside and play for half the night. :)
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Post by Avder »

Abolish it now. I have a hard enough time getting up early as it is. DST just forces me to get up even earlier. Screw you all!
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I have the automatic DST adjustment disabled where available.
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Hah, my alarm clock auto-adjusts for DST :) Damn thing has a bios and cmos battery :)
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No DST in AZ :P
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Post by JMEaT »

Ugh, while I enjoy extra daylight greatly, something about changing the time on 13 clocks blows. :P
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Post by dissent »

Hmm; chinese proverb -

Man with two clocks never knows what time it is. :P
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Post by Defender »

I hate DST...
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Post by Mobius »

Defender: you are a loser. I suppose you think DST makes your curtains fade faster too. o_O

DST rocks.

Ice, it only takes 10 seconds of not-so-deep thinking to discover which way to turn your clock. Consider this:

DST is to make your evenings lighter - correct? In order for your evening to be lighter, it shouldn't be 7pm any more, it'll be 8pm. So you therefore move the big hand 1 (one) division FORWARDS.
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Post by TigerRaptor »

And one hour faster to hearing a STFU Mobius.
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Post by kurupt »

my digital cable box changed my clocks for me. thank god ted turner thought of that or i'd be late for work.
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Mobius wrote:Defender: you are a loser. I suppose you think DST makes your curtains fade faster too. o_O

DST rocks.

Ice, it only takes 10 seconds of not-so-deep thinking to discover which way to turn your clock. Consider this:

DST is to make your evenings lighter - correct? In order for your evening to be lighter, it shouldn't be 7pm any more, it'll be 8pm. So you therefore move the big hand 1 (one) division FORWARDS.
Shut your festering gob mobius. We'll hate DST and there aint a damned thing your kiwi daylight loving arse can do about it. Dammit, just SHUT UP you whiney bizznatch!
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Post by Defender »

Mobius wrote:Defender: you are a loser.
Right, so not liking DST makes me a loser?
Take the kiwi out of your @$$ you twat.
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Mobius proves to us all once again that screwing sheep is harmful to one's health and intelligence.
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Post by woodchip »

Vader is having a PMS attack.
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Post by Iceman »

Very true ...

Note my original post ...
Iceman wrote:Do we set our clocks ahead tonight or tomorrow night?
And consider this ...
Mobius wrote:Ice, it only takes 10 seconds of not-so-deep thinking to discover which way to turn your clock.
I knew to set it ahead, I was just unsure of which day I was to do it on. There are several sites on the internet that you can find with Google that specify different days (2nd or 3rd).

So ... my response is this ...

Mobius it only takes about 10 seconds of not-so-deep reading to understand the question I was asking when I started the thread. Maybe try not skimming next eh?
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Post by Darkside Heartless »

Mobius, you are either really dense or are totally clueless about other people.

on DST, I think everyone should set the clocks inbetween the 2 hours and just leave it there.(yes, I'm that lazy :p )
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Post by Gooberman »

I've never done this crazy business in my entire life. As an outsider I've never really grasped why you guys do this. If you want more daylight, just go to work earlier, no need to change your clock...

MST++
Mobius wrote:DST is to make your evenings lighter - correct?
No! No it doesn't do this! It doesn't touch your evenings! It's just a mad trick, your evening stay exactly the ★■◆●ing same! Nothing is really happening, its all a trick. :P
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Post by MD-2389 »

Mobius, I suggest you attend a local community college and take Tactfulness 101. You need it, badly.
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★■◆●ing Farmers!!! :P
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Post by Tyranny »

BfDiDDy wrote:No DST in AZ :P
Truedat :)
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DST changes always happen at 2 AM on Sunday morning (Saturday night if you wish).
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Post by Avder »

Anyone else notice that mobius never posts twice in one thread?
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Post by woodchip »

Hostile wrote:****ing Farmers!!
Try living without them.
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Mobius is a living train wreck...
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Post by Flabby Chick »

Hostile wrote:****ing Farmers!!! :P
Dosn't matter to me an hour here or there, it's still friggin dark when i go to work. And more often than not it's friggin dark when i get home. :)
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Avder wrote:Anyone else notice that mobius never posts twice in one thread?
Yeah, its been noted before. It's probably why he's such an idiot, because he never bothers to go back and look at the posts that correct him.


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Post by WarAdvocat »

If you read up on the History of DST it's actually quite interesting.

First proposed by Benjamin Franklin, many claim it's a boondoggle which became entrenched during the Depression and the "New Deal".

Others claim it saves 600,000 barrels of oil a year.

Just for the record, Farmers live by the sun, not by the clock. They start working when the sun rises. Don't blame farmers! Stop the hate!
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Post by JMEaT »

<3 Farmers.
Hate belly button lint.
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Post by Lothar »

Vertigo 99 wrote:
Avder wrote:Anyone else notice that mobius never posts twice in one thread?
Yeah, its been noted before. It's probably why he's such an idiot, because he never bothers to go back and look at the posts that correct him.


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Damn city slickers!

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Post by Kiran »

woodchip wrote:
Hostile wrote:****ing Farmers!!
Try living without them.
We still have farmers? :oops:
:P
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Post by dissent »

Yes, I know - food DOES come from the grocery store, doesn't it !! :P
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