Reply #70: I love DST, and I have Issues with people who object to it -

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Bottom line, it gives people an EXTRA HOUR OF SUNLIGHT in the afternoon: an extra hour of outdoor time for both children and adults. At the least, it makes it possible for the majority of us - those who have to work the standard 9 to 5 - to at least be able to make the commute home in daylight. Daylight and the outdoors are good for the human soul; they're certainly good for mine!

(Sure, we lose an hour of light in the early morning, but MOST people don't take their outdoor time at ungodly hours like 6 or 7 am. I really don't mind waking up just before the sun comes up - it's kind of nice to wake up with the sun, rather than have it blazing away as soon as one opens one's eyes.)

So if DST gives the vast majority of us more opportunity for outdoor time and sunlight, why do some people object? I guess there are some lost souls who curse the light and love the darkness. There are other people who don't have to work, or who can set their own schedule, so DST is no great gift to them. I guess there are also some people whose lives are so taken up by technological gee-gaws that reprogramming their computers / sound-systems / home entertainment centers is the only thing that DST means to them. Get aquainted with what's outside the four walls of your little existence; you might enjoy life a little more if you do!