Daylight Savings Time

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

Let's end this madness; if you want to wake up earlier or sleep in later, change your alarm not the time zone.

[PoliticAverse]

1. If one of the Presidental candidates had taken up that issue, it might have made a difference. n/t

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. To be honest...

...I'd like to abandon time zones as well. Everyone should get on board with Greenwich Mean Time.

What's that? You live in Kalamazoo and don't like the idea that you'll be waking up at 10AM and are due into work at noon? Too bad; get over it; you'll live. It's just a number.

The idea of time of day is linked to the sundial. Are we really still bound by that? We established time zones so that big slices of our geography weren't differing by minutes when railroads and telegraphs became common.

Stand with me now to eliminate stupid crap out of daily life! Thank you.

[In_The_Wind]

2. I have always hated Daylight Savings Time.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. I haven't always, just since I was responsible for setting my own watch...

...so maybe since about 6 or 7 years old.

[In_The_Wind]

11. While visiting my Uncle Roy and Aunt Betty I got myself ready for church an hour early.

I was only 9 So I've disliked DST for 59 years.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

12. I've been an hour late for things in the Spring...

...only to have smug people smile at me and ask, "Missed the clock change huh?"

[Wolf Frankula]

4. It's a Dumb Idea

There are 24 hours in a day. Let's make the string longer by cutting a piece off one end and tying it on the other.

Wolf

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. It already stays light later in the Summer

In the true spirit of 'more isn't enough', let's expand on that.

[elleng]

5. History of Daylight Saving Time

First Used in Canada in 1908

In July, 1908, Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada became the first location to use DST. Other locations in Canada were also early to introduce Daylight Saving bylaws. >>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028274900

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. Goes to prove anyone can start down the wrong road

[Skittles]

9. I say this twice a year

are people really this delicate?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

10. How do you mean?

Who's delicate? The ones who need DST or those annoyed by it?