Day light saving time

[Blazing zipp]

I'm not saying the time change isn't somewhat disrupting, but consider this;
Most of us have had to endure lead based paint on our cribs, the gasoline crisis in the 70's, falling down and just rubbing dirt on the wound to stop the bleeding, and most importantly---no TPMS in our vehicle tires!!! Egads! How did we make it?
I look at the chance to dust off the clocks, change smoke alarm batteries, and reread the vehicle owners manual to change the time. Gotta fill the retired time somehow. Right??

[EdInArk]

Originally Posted by bradford3454

Arizona doesn’t do daylight time. But the Navajo reservation does change times. And the the Hopi reservation that is completely surrounded by the Navajo reservation does not change time.

So driving in northeast Arizona it’s anyone’s guess what time it is.

I was out there a few years ago on the bike, and my phone time kept changing. I guess that's why.

Thanks for the explanation.

[Wbago97]

Originally Posted by LETMGROW

I used to walk to grade school. It was only 1/2 mile and the road I walked alongside was fairly level. In the fall and winter it was dark both going to and returning from school. I guess I was smart enough to realize there were less daylight hours and accepted it. An adjustment wouldn't have mattered much to me.
I haven't seen a huge commuter city yet where anyone has to drive in the dark. I thought that was what street lights were for. How do they get around at midnight?
The extra daylight is nice in the summertime when one comes home from work and wants to do some lawn work, gardening or just sit out and enjoy the surroundings around them.
Lynn

Welcome to Dallas Fort Worth where in the first month of Daylight savings time the sun hasn't risen by 7am. Yes people can drive in the dark, but the first week of daylight savings time you have 3 million people on crowded freeways at the same time who have lost an hour of sleep driving in darkness that they did not gradually get used to.

[Wbago97]

Originally Posted by Blazing zipp

I'm not saying the time change isn't somewhat disrupting, but consider this;
Most of us have had to endure lead based paint on our cribs, the gasoline crisis in the 70's, falling down and just rubbing dirt on the wound to stop the bleeding, and most importantly---no TPMS in our vehicle tires!!! Egads! How did we make it?
I look at the chance to dust off the clocks, change smoke alarm batteries, and reread the vehicle owners manual to change the time. Gotta fill the retired time somehow. Right??

So if you're retired, why does Daylight Savings time matter to you? You're on your own clock.
And just because you waited in gas lines doesn't mean a silly practice has to continue.
Texas is gradually considering going on Texas time and switching to Standard time permanently. https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04...-saving-texas/
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...aving-question

[Highway 4x4]

First world problems.

[Wbago97]

Originally Posted by Highway 4x4

First world problems.

[LETMGROW]

Originally Posted by Wbago97

Welcome to Dallas Fort Worth where in the first month of Daylight savings time the sun hasn't risen by 7am. Yes people can drive in the dark, but the first week of daylight savings time you have 3 million people on crowded freeways at the same time who have lost an hour of sleep driving in darkness that they did not gradually get used to.

Excuse me, They probably can't handle driving home in the dark well either, like they have to do now with standard time. That had to be a shock.
Lynn

[Wbago97]

Originally Posted by LETMGROW

Excuse me, They probably can't handle driving home in the dark well either, like they have to do now with standard time. That had to be a shock.
Lynn

The fall back is bad for the evening. The spring forward is worse for the morning.
Maybe the early birds and night owls can do their own thing without an arbitrary change that causes more trouble than it is worth.
Maybe you can also tell me why we have time zones with "Standard" at only 4.5 months of the year.

[LETMGROW]

Originally Posted by Wbago97

Maybe you can also tell me why we have time zones with "Standard" at only 4.5 months of the year.

You make a good point. Majority rules. Go with daylight savings time and leave it there 365 1/4.
Lynn

[EdInArk]

I enjoyed it when I worked because no matter what clock-time I got off it gave me an additional hour of daylight after work to do yard work or other stuff where daylight was helpful. That opened the weekends for fun stuff.

It doesn't matter that it's dark when I get up. I'd be happy just to leave it DST all the time.

[gbstewart]

Most of the time I don’t know what day it is, I’m just happy I remember to put pants on so it really does not bother me about time changes, I don’t bother changing the clock in my car (don’t know how lol)
I really enjoy being retired

[Cumminsfan]

Originally Posted by EdInArk

I enjoyed it when I worked because no matter what clock-time I got off it gave me an additional hour of daylight after work to do yard work or other stuff where daylight was helpful. That opened the weekends for fun stuff.

It doesn't matter that it's dark when I get up. I'd be happy just to leave it DST all the time.

x2. When I worked I left in the dark and came home in the dark. Made for really depressing winters.
Retired now and it doesn't matter other than the few days to adjust.

[Highway 4x4]

Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care
Chicago.

[Wbago97]

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/mo...d-815e07e79785

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