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Sun 26 Oct, 2003 03:44 pm
i used to get real grouchy and pissed off during the low light months. my wife bought me one of those bright cycle lights and we use it to wake up in the winter. it starts with low lumens and then intensifies till, about 630 AM youre in fairly bright light. It has worked like a champ for my form of grouchy sAD. Now Im just a really nice puppy dog in the morning.
I despise Daylight Saving Time. Can anyone give me any sensible reason for it? BBB has told us what a disturbance it is to our poor old bods. Why do we have to go through this twice a year?
Betcha some political party could make points by making this issue a plank in their platform.
We've just started Daylight Saving Time. Because it will be light at the time I get up, I'll save on energy bills by putting on the lights one hour later in the evening. Other than that, I don't really notice the change.
The biggest problem is changing the time in all the clocks and watches....
It is a minor pain, but I vaguely remember being told it is done so we don't go to work in the mornings when it's dark (safer on roads for kids to school as well) and also something to do with farmers as well.
All those who work an extra hour should hopefully lose an hour of work in spring when clocks go forward to balance out.
I try to be in a night-club when it happens. Most clubs where I live shut at 2am, but will stay open for the 'second' last hour (1-2am) so extra time in club for free!
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Grumble, grumble, grumble. I still say it's a crock.
Wilso -- Sure you can turn on the lights an hour later in the evening, but don't you need lights an hour earlier in the morning? Daylight hours stretch only in one direction.
I love daylight savings time. It's standard time I hate. To hell with it.
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Hey, maybe we could do away with time altogether. Would solve a lot of problems. You would never need to be late again. You could remain your favorite age forever. Christmas could come every day. The possibilities are endless.
When we "fall back", we gain an hour of sunlight in the morning, and lose one in the evening. That's what I hated about living in Boston, in winter it got dark at 4:00 PM !!!! I was confused by Wilso's post until I realized it was from Australia. You guys do everything backwards down under, even your toilets are weird.
Me, I like the change. I have trouble getting up when it's dark outside and tend to be late for work for much of October.