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Seriously this is crap. We have to move the clocks back for 8 months and only get it to move forward for 4. Am I the only one that sees a problem with this picture?

Originally we were to suppose to move the clocks back in April but our amazing congress decided to move it up.

[quote]But in 2007, Congress adjusted daylight saving time to begin three weeks earlier and end one week later, a move they hoped would help save energy. At the time, they pointed to the fact that longer daylight in the evening hours reduced the need to turn on lights in homes at night.
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1% reduction in energy usage, 3% drop in productivity. hmmmmmmmm. Economic recession or Energy savings?

[quote]Matthew Uhles with the Clayton Sleep Institute talks about it. According to the SleepBetter.org, moving the clock ahead one hour each spring inflicts nearly half a billion dollars ($434 million) in total losses on the U.S. economy.

Lost sleep has a cost, studies have shown, that missing hour of sleep has both physiological and psychological effects – effects that can lead to an increase in workplace injury, cyberloafing and even heart attacks.
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Here's to you congress.....you f****g A-holes.

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F losing an hour off your weekend that's for sure. It's already 6:00 and I'm like WTF, what happened to the day?

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One day that will be rewarded later in the year is no big deal. I'm glad that it won't be dark when I get off work. F Standard time. Daylight savings FTW.

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[quote=Daseal;997272]One day that will be rewarded later in the year is no big deal. I'm glad that it won't be dark when I get off work. F Standard time. Daylight savings FTW.[/quote]

Im with you. I hate gettin off work and its dark. its depressing. When i get home I like it get outside for awhile walking the dog or running at the track or park.

Some Like it dark early, some don't. Honestly for me it really doesn't matter that much, I just don't like losing sleep lol

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[quote=Daseal;997272]One day that will be rewarded later in the year is no big deal. I'm glad that it won't be dark when I get off work. F Standard time. Daylight savings FTW.[/quote]

Yup, any studies about the losses with depression like Chico said? SUPER rough getting home in the dark. Makes you not want to do anything.

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We like it.
My wife doesnt have to drive home in the dark and theres more time to get yard work done.
More time outside in the daylight is a good thing.

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Of course the extra daylight is great, it's today that sucks is all.

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Is one hour of sleep that big of a deal? I love having the extra day light and made use of the extra day light to play some corn hole and have a few beers.

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[quote=Daseal;997272]One day that will be rewarded later in the year is no big deal. I'm glad that it won't be dark when I get off work. [B]F Standard time. Daylight savings[/B] FTW.[/quote]


Yep exactly how i feel. DLS365

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[quote=Dirtbag59;997261][IMG]http://t.qkme.me/3si8cs.jpg[/IMG]

Seriously this is crap. We have to move the clocks back for 8 months and only get it to move forward for 4. Am I the only one that sees a problem with this picture?

Originally we were to suppose to move the clocks back in April but our amazing congress decided to move it up.



[B]1% reduction in energy usage, 3% drop in productivity. hmmmmmmmm. Economic recession or Energy savings?[/B]



Here's to you congress.....you f****g A-holes.[/quote]


Not sure if the 2 offset percent for percent or dollar for dollar. Id be tempted to put money on a 1% decrease in engery is more than half a billion.

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The hard months for me are May and June when the sun comes up before 6am. Little kids don't read clocks so when the sun is up is time to get up.

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[quote=mredskins;997491]The hard months for me are May and June when the sun comes up before 6am. Little kids don't read clocks so when [B]the sun is up is time to get up[/B].[/quote]

In our new house I'm painting my daughters windows black.

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[quote=mredskins;997491]The hard months for me are May and June when the sun comes up before 6am. Little kids don't read clocks so when the sun is up is time to get up.[/quote]


Imagine how horrible it would be if not for DLST. You would be woken up by your little kids a little before 5am. each morning.



Also, something neat i found out last year is that the increaing daylight we experience each year is asymmetrical. I cant remember the exact explaination, but if anyone here gets up early, youll notice the amount of day light increases moreso in the evening then it does in the morning.

I think this is trying to explain it:

[url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003JA010171/abstract]Dawn-dusk asymmetry of geosynchronous magnetopause crossings - Dmitriev - 2004 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (1978–2012) - Wiley Online Library[/url]

But i just chalk it up to the fact that Day Man is Fighter of The Night Man.

[QUOTE=mredskins;997491]The hard months for me are May and June when the sun comes up before 6am. Little kids don't read clocks so when the sun is up is time to get up.[/QUOTE]

Exactly

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[quote=mlmpetert;997487]Not sure if the 2 offset percent for percent or dollar for dollar. Id be tempted to put money on a 1% decrease in engery is more than half a billion.[/quote]

Yeah well how much is a life worth smart guy......seriously anyone....no life insurance adjusters here? :D

[url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/03/daylight-savings-leads-to-more-accidents-heart-attacks-studies-show--73661.html]Daylight savings leads to more accidents, heart attacks, studies show | WJLA.com[/url]

In the meantime if you feel as strongly as I do please sign this petition for the White House.

[url]https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-bi-annual-time-change-caused-daylight-savings-time/ShChxpKh[/url]

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Its one hour a year....maybe take you a few days to adjust.
My god, change your pantyhose FFS.

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[quote=Alvin Walton;997551]Its one hour a year....maybe take you a few days to adjust.
My god, change your pantyhose FFS.[/quote]

It's okay. One day the world will understand my jenius.
[url=http://www.careerealism.com/night-owls-early-birds/]Night Owls vs. Early Birds in the Business World | CAREEREALISM[/url]

[quote]It turns out, not only is this old bromide not accurate, it may be just the opposite. In two recent studies (one of which is abstracted on the net, the other one is not) by the University of Liege and by a Japanese researcher Kanazawa (here is the link to the Liege abstract) night owls are actually better able to handle a day than the “larks,” who are up at the crack of dawn each morning. And according to Kanazawa’s study, they are, generally speaking, people of higher intelligence than the “morning people.” Both studies also showed that night owls tend to get more work done, and resist the pressure to sleep better than the larks.[/quote]

[quote]But the Boomers are retiring. Younger people are going to be filling positions in droves. And they are not as willing as we were to conform their body rhythms to the slavery of “the company.” They’ll simply leave and find other jobs that aren’t requiring them to get up at 0 dark thirty.
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The one thing I hate is having to drive to work in the dark again. Just when it started getting light before 7 am and I could enjoy some morning sun it gets taken away.

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[quote=mredskins;997491]The hard months for me are May and June when the sun comes up before 6am. Little kids don't read clocks so [B]when the sun is up is time to get up[/B].[/quote]

Cockatiels are the same way. If we forget to cover him the night before...it's like a fire alarm going off at 6 AM.


The kids slept in today...usually up at about 7 but slept until after 8. It was still dark when I woke up at 6...love the sunny evenings now too.

I don't mind DST. It happens every year...don't act like it's the end of the world when it happens...every year...twice.


[quote=Alvin Walton;997551]Its one hour a year....maybe take you a few days to adjust.
My god, change your pantyhose FFS.[/quote]


Well said. Glad to hear feminism hasn't torn down EVERY man out there. :D

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[url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?n=harry-stamps&pid=163538353&fhid=4025#fbLoggedOut]Harry Stamps Obituary: View Harry Stamps's Obituary by The Sun Herald[/url]

He despised phonies, his 1969 Volvo (which he also loved), know-it-all Yankees, Southerners who used the words "veranda" and "porte cochere" to put on airs, eating grape leaves, Law and Order (all franchises), cats, and Martha Stewart. In reverse order. He particularly hated Day Light Saving Time, which he referred to as The Devil's Time. It is not lost on his family that he died the very day that he would have had to spring his clock forward. This can only be viewed as his final protest.

Finally, the family asks that in honor of Harry that you write your Congressman and ask for the repeal of Day Light Saving Time. Harry wanted everyone to get back on the Lord's Time.

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I bet Piers Morgan hates it too.