tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post1410920934948480413..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Just Say No to Daylight Savings TimeAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-11590043443300777182010-03-16T20:06:02.112-04:002010-03-16T20:06:02.112-04:0040 years old and still cant get the hang of daylig...40 years old and still cant get the hang of daylight savings time. I was so enjoying that little bit of sun in the mornings when I had to get out of bed and now its gone. ::whimper::Mama Kellyhttp://2witches.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-26995382363269768722010-03-16T20:04:15.449-04:002010-03-16T20:04:15.449-04:00Guess what Anne? I just nominated you for a blog a...Guess what Anne? I just nominated you for a blog award. You can pick it up at http://collegegirlsdays.blogspot.com/2010/03/sunshine-award.html.Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-63211337547293977742010-03-16T12:26:55.017-04:002010-03-16T12:26:55.017-04:00Wait a minute! You mean to tell me that Bush sign...Wait a minute! You mean to tell me that Bush signed that DST change making it a few weeks earlier in the spring under the guise of being more eco-friendly??? And all this time I thought he was simply trying to help the corporations keep their employees working longer hours in the earlier spring instead of waiting... and later into the fall since he pushed that one back. I guess this is from the point of view of a construction worker's wife... The "eco-friendly" angle never stuck in my sticky matter between my ears because I never bought it in the first place. <br /><br />Why must we play with the clock anyway? I'm perfectly happy letting nature do what it's going to do without playing head games with myself or my clock.Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294207351440999597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-65713974616904794062010-03-16T11:23:09.021-04:002010-03-16T11:23:09.021-04:00It's not so much tht we use more electricity d...It's not so much tht we use more electricity during DST, we use more motor fuels. With daylight hours skewed toward evening, we go out more after work. And when we go out more after work, what else do we do? We spend more money! <b>That</b> is why Daylight Savings Time exists nowadays, folks, so that we'll spend more money. During WWII, with rationing, and, let's face it, less widespread use of automobiles, DST <i>did</i> save energy and fuel. Nowadays, not so much.Servitor Lucemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792291004791974556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-11042167956891644712010-03-15T23:59:27.135-04:002010-03-15T23:59:27.135-04:00As a person who rises before dawn and goes to bed ...As a person who rises before dawn and goes to bed an hour or so after the sun every day of her life, I'm trying hard to feel your pain.<br />But I have an advantage in Joburg - we're only 26 degrees south of the equator, and the daylight variance is not so large. Maybe going down to 10.5 hours at the winter solstice and up to 13 and a bit at the summer one.<br />So, my advice would be to move to a tropical or slightly sub-tropical location, and get your biorythm in synch again!<br />Lots of Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-2004417456364664622010-03-15T22:33:16.615-04:002010-03-15T22:33:16.615-04:00You should consider emigrating to the province of ...You should consider emigrating to the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It's the only jurisdiction in North American that does not go on Daylight Savings Time. Never has, never will. It's a point of stubborn pride with them now. Plus there are other benefits to living in Saskatchewan, like gun control and free health care!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35629940442289624792010-03-15T22:03:08.264-04:002010-03-15T22:03:08.264-04:00I must concur with Lavanah. I'm aware of at l...I must concur with Lavanah. I'm aware of at least one study from California and another from Australia that suggest DST wastes electricity. I don't personally mind the extra hour of light in the evenings, but the 24 hour clock is really just an arbitrary measurement of the day/night cycle, so we don't 'gain' an hour anyway. Um...that's all my nitpicking.<br /><br />~The Musejarjar_headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019396208763592572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-28620469732847668732010-03-15T21:13:04.117-04:002010-03-15T21:13:04.117-04:00about the time my body gets adjusted to daylight s...about the time my body gets adjusted to daylight savings time, it's time to fall back an hour and here we go all over again.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-69706288453530060652010-03-15T20:19:16.387-04:002010-03-15T20:19:16.387-04:00There is nothing "green" about daylight ...There is nothing "green" about daylight savings time. In fact, recent studies have suggested that we actually use more energy, than before we change the clocks. The whole energy saving idea came from the WWII era when there was gasoline rationing, and people needed daylight to get things done. Now, we just flick a switch and the electric meter goes whirrrr.Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-68659872334665268832010-03-15T18:10:08.240-04:002010-03-15T18:10:08.240-04:00Why just get the teens to endorse it? This 21 year...Why just get the teens to endorse it? This 21 year old college girl will endorse it!<br /><br />This morning I was getting up and was like "I want my sunshine!!!"<br /><br />I guess I'm not as irritable about the whole daylight savings thing as you are, but I'm a night person and I REALLY like to have sunshine if I have to get up early at a "reasonable" time in the morning.Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.com