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So being the extremely well-connected punctual people that we are (hahaha!), you can imagine our surprise when we showed up late for church this past Sunday thinking that Daylight Savings had started for the fall! :| Yup.. it was not pretty. In fact, it was downright (what I call) "poopie", because we missed the awesome worship. Apparently 2007 is the first year where the time change happens a week later in November. I guess I wasn't really paying attention when this anouncement was made, nor did I give it thought when the time change in the spring was different too. And, my other source of confusion was when I was on the computer that fateful Sunday morning looking at the time that had already changed! I'm actually having trouble changing it back too.. (probably some glitch with XP), but I suppose it's gotten me ready for next week. The whole fiasco got me thinking. I know Daylight Savings has it's benefits especially with conserving energy, more time for sports, and of course that extra hour we'll be getting THIS SUNDAY morning. But is it really necessary? I bet I'm not the only one who's missed a good part of service and was thoroughly embarrased because of it, right? What do you think.. is daylight savings our friend? or foe... |
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Gene |
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October 30, 2007 at 4:37pm |
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Well, I think it was your foe for sure last week.
Personally I think we've gotten things a bit messed up across the continent. We should make a really radical change and adopt a US time zone with different communities setting work start and stop times according to their needs.
For example, in NYC they start work at 9 am. that works well for me, because I start at 8 am (in the Central Time zone). If I send you an email, it's two hours earlier in California (or is that two hours later?). Of course, if you're in Arizona you always know what time you're in because there IS no daylight savings time (but you're never sure what time it is in the other states).
So let's scrap the whole thing. Pick one time zone as the standard and then start work in NYC at 8 am, Chicago at 9 am, Denver at 10am, and LA at 11 am. Quitting time would be 5 pm in NYC, 6 pm in Chicago, 7 pm in Denver, and 8 pm in LA. Of course the sun would set in NYC at 7 pm, in Chicago at 8 pm, in Denver at 9 pm and LA at 10 pm.
So scrap let's Daylight Savings Time and go to North American Time. Then when summer comes around, do like they used to do, use a summer work schedule and change your operating hours if necessary. |
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Jimbo |
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October 30, 2007 at 5:05pm |
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What is even more confusing to me is the number of places around the USA that do not observe DST, not to mention we are probably the only continent in the world that uses it.
I am not for DST.
In my opinion, it is the only thing that Benjamin Franklin devised that was not a good idea. I also do not like Gene's idea having experienced it firsthand in India, which uses IST (actually stands for Indian Stretchable Time because Indians do not pay all that much attention to time in general). It sounds like a great idea from the standpoint of simplifying timekeeping within the USA, but the reality is that you still end up having to figure out if people are in bed or at the office based on local timekeeping practices and longitudinal distances. If we just keep the current time zones and abandon DST, I think all our brains will do so much better not having to account for a one hour shift twice a year, not to mention taxing them with whether the hour goes backwards or forwards each time. |
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Gene |
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October 30, 2007 at 5:10pm |
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| Jimbo, actually Europe now uses daylight savings time, including parts of Russia. If anything, daylight savings time is catching on in more and more industrialized nations. |
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Joey |
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October 30, 2007 at 6:13pm |
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I'm ready!!!! I love that photograph.
The technology stuff... blah
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Jimbo |
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October 30, 2007 at 6:15pm |
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| Gene, Thank you for the clarification. That is sad that Europe and others are taking on the madness of DST, but I have been thinking about this issue regarding the fulfillment of Scripture. There is some prophetic verse that talks about one of the signs preceding the end as being when someone influential makes sweeping changes in the times and seasons. I cannot find the passage right now, but I am certain it is there (still looking). Regardless, spreading DST is a foe to humanity, but if it means the Lord Jesus is coming back sooner than later, than Hallelujah! That's my take on it. |
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Gene |
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October 30, 2007 at 6:24pm |
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| Hey Jimbo, personally I'd like to work on Sub-Saharan time - it's morning, or afternoon or night. Well, I can dream can't I? |
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Sue |
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October 30, 2007 at 6:34pm |
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Carol, I have your solution!! For 15 bucks (at Wal-Mart), daylight savings time no hay problema!
This alarm clock automatically changes your clock to the correct time for leap year and daylight savings time. Why did I invest? Because last spring everyone knew about daylight savings time, and forgot to notify Sue. So we were an hour early for church. As a night owl, I greatly look forward to this one Sunday a year when we can sleep an extra hour. So it was well worth the $15 to never have this happen again! |
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Well let's see...of the five computers we have at home, one didn't change - I guess Vista knew we wer delaying the time change. Of the thirty I have at the office, most of them didn't change because Microsoft had a patch we put in. However, anything that was scheduled in Outlook prior to the patch moved one hour on the calendar, so some of my appointments moved and some didn't. Cell phone didn't change, but our VOIP phone did.
What a mess. I say drop it. Keep the time zones, but drop the time change - I don't care if we go to all DST or Standard time, just quit moving it back and forth. |
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| here here, or...there there, depending on which time zone you live in.. ;) |
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Rosie |
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October 31, 2007 at 2:06am |
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| I ONLY HAVE THREE WORDS ABOUT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME..." I HATE IT" |
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| I did the same thing but went to sunday school on time by one of my pet things I like to be early and was surprised to be on time. |
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Deb |
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October 31, 2007 at 10:49am |
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| I have one of those clocks that Sue talked of...only I got it BEFORE they made the changes in DST. So now, it changes at the old time (last weekend), and I was only lucky that I woke up in time to realize my clock had fallen back an hour and "real" time was the regular time...we did make it to church on time. Now, this weekend, I am going to have to manually change it (remember). My computer didn't change...although it did in the spring. I guess the reformatting I had done may have changed it? Anyway, I don't like DST. |
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| In the European Union, it's called 'Summertime' and is very specific continent wide, no exceptions across time zones and member nations. It's nice to have a so called extra hour in the evening for recreation, but where does that hour really come from .... Good or Bad it is here to stay. I like that it is moved to the first Sunday in November to give the little trick-or-treaters an hour more of daylight. There is a very colourful history around the whole daylight savings time, during the whole WW2, it was year round. Carol -- don't fret it took me years just to get down the whole spring forward fall back,,,,,, still get lost on the when (especially when they change it). My son has been batteling with his computer and alarm clock and TV..... all week !! I missed Sunday School, but was on time for worship, which starts an hour after Sunday School..... coincidence? |
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| In the European Union, it's called 'Summertime' and is very specific continent wide, no exceptions across time zones and member nations. It's nice to have a so called extra hour in the evening for recreation, but where does that hour really come from .... Good or Bad it is here to stay. I like that it is moved to the first Sunday in November to give the little trick-or-treaters an hour more of daylight. There is a very colourful history around the whole daylight savings time, during the whole WW2, it was year round. Carol -- don't fret it took me years just to get down the whole spring forward fall back,,,,,, still get lost on the when (especially when they change it). My son has been batteling with his computer and alarm clock and TV..... all week !! I missed Sunday School, but was on time for worship, which starts an hour after Sunday School..... coincidence? |
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Judy |
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November 01, 2007 at 9:53am |
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I don't remember where it was but I read that I shouldn't change my clocks even if my computer makes the mistake of doing so. Last spring it kept changing on me. This fall it didn't do it. I don't mind the change in time. I guess I've just accepted it as a part of life. I remember when I was young and we could wake up to daylight instead of darkness. I did like that then. Now it doesn't matter to me. |
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Gene |
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November 01, 2007 at 10:12am |
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OK. I have to add another comment:
As I get a bit older, I find that the lack of daylight effects me more - Seasonal Affectedness Disorder (SAD). I am more and more prone to link my activities to the hours of daylight. It is difficult to awaken before dawn and my eyelids begin to droop as soon as the sun goes down. I have the mental capability to force myself to be awake when it's dark outside but it is getting more and more difficult. Standard time maximizes daylight during normal hours in the winter and I really, really appreciate that. In the summer, it's nice to be able to keep that awake feeling later into the evening. So, for me, I like the daylight savings time.
I am also glad that Indiana is finally going to change according to the whole state. I don;t live there but I sometimes travel there for work. It was always soooooooooo challenging to figure out what time it is in Indiana when each town got to decide for itself whether to go to Daylight Savings time or not. |
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I have not been late due to this change but I do have one computer that already changed back to EST (running the no longer supported Windows 98 so it had no clue, I guess) and another set of my brains with Windows XP Media Center that didn't miss a beat. My alarm clost has a "DST Button" that needs only to be pushed to change the time an hour forward or back. Of course, it requires a little knowledge on my behalf to push the button on the right day.
Time will tell. LOL
Dave |
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| FYI, alarm clost was supposed to be alarm clock. Yet another example of how my neurons are getting on the wrong deliver routes all of the time. LOL |
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