Man, eff "Daylight Savings"

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Man, eff "Daylight Savings"

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It's about time we did away with this abomination. :roll:


Daylight saving time may be killing you
Moving the clock ahead one hour this weekend for daylight saving time is saving energy for the conservation fight, but it's also leading to more depression and heart attacks, making it hazardous to your health.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dayli ... le/2617030

It's also annoying as heck and literally makes me feel "off" for a week or so sometimes.
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I fully agree with this, even if it means eliminating the glorious hour of extra sleep in the fall.
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Just go forward a half hour and be done with it forever.
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Yeah, I agree, it needs axing. But it has been around for a long time, so I doubt it will get the boot anytime soon. I was especially appreciative of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which proceeded to bork a couple of VCR's and a few clocks that automatically changed the time for me, using the old standard of course. :roll:

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Re: Man, eff "Daylight Savings"

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The lesson society needs to learn from this is that not getting enough sleep can kill you, so some effort should be put forward into making it easier for everyone to get the sleep they need.

Which may or may not include blowing up the ★■◆● who drives through town at 2 AM in one of those obnoxious giant pickup trucks purposely built with no muffler. Seriously, that ★■◆● should be illegal.
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IIRC, it is illegal to run around without a muffled exhaust system. But it sounds like they have enough money to pay the fine over and over again. Because being an ★■◆● with money is somehow cool these days.

Only reason why we have daylight savings is because some german general said his troops should set their clocks an hour ahead to get the jump on the enemy; and somehow that became a thing.
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life offers far greater challenges than changing the clock twice per year. I deal with it. :roll:
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I enjoy the extra hour of daylight in the summer after work.
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Yeah instead of getting rid of Daylight Savings I would prefer to just make it permanent.
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callmeslick wrote:life offers far greater challenges than changing the clock twice per year. I deal with it. :roll:

We do too, but it's a leading cause of traffic accidents and poor work performance for the first week it takes effect. I can expect an uptick in tow-ins this week.
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Re: Man, eff "Daylight Savings"

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Well, we're two days into it, probably three by the time you guys see this..

How's this timechange treating ya? I know I've gone all sorts of stupid at work because of it, and it looks like everyone else at work has come down with a case of the stupids.
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well, we got a snow day to recover by the fireplace. That negates all effects.
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No problems except worse traffic in the morning, I never switched to standard time :P
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Re: Man, eff "Daylight Savings"

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I can once again complete my morning run before sunrise.
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