Author Topic: Stupid daylight sving time. (Read 1203 times)

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2003, 02:41:12 PM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Daylight Savings Sucks. Time Zones Suck. IMHO everybody in the world should run on Zulu.

Damn imperialist britsh lover male chauvenist racist pig, the time should be set in some impoversihed nation to improve the peoples self esteem - not in Greenwich....

Sandman · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2003, 02:41:13 PM »

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Originally posted by wklink
It supposedly was designed to give farmers more daylight to get their crops in. I have never really figured out how this does that but I supposed they can get home quicker that way.

I think this is untrue. I was a farmboy in another life and the clock wasn't something we concerned ourselves with. The boss would simply say things like, "We start at sunrise."

Sandman · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2003, 02:42:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Mickey1992
The Department of Energy estimates that the US lowers its total electricity demand by 1% as a result of daylight savings time. California for the past two years has seriously considered moving to DST the whole year round.

Fine by me. Pick a time zone and stay in it year round, just like Arizona.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2003, 02:52:31 PM »

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Fine by me. Pick a time zone and stay in it year round, just like Arizona.

the anount of benifit decreases signifigantly the farther south you go. I can see why southern states wouldn't want to deal with it as the payoff would not out way the hassle (which is probably why HI doesn't use daylight savings time as the would get no benifit at all).

ra · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2003, 03:10:18 PM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
the anount of benifit decreases signifigantly the farther south you go. I can see why southern states wouldn't want to deal with it as the payoff would not out way the hassle (which is probably why HI doesn't use daylight savings time as the would get no benifit at all).

Hawaii isn't very far south.

I'm for keeping DST all year round. So what if the sun doesn't rise till 8:30am, at least sunset will come at a reasonable hour. Now, during 'standard' time, the frikken sun sets at 4:30. I will never get used to that.

ra

straffo · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2003, 03:42:14 PM »

I was SURE deylight swine time was an capitatlist amereekan pig invention !!

Gadfly · « **Reply #21 on:** October 27, 2003, 03:57:51 PM »

Daylight saving time was not to assist farmers, it was to keep school children off dark roads whilst waiting for the school bus and to save energy.

YUCCA · « **Reply #22 on:** October 27, 2003, 04:14:19 PM »

Really? i thought it was so politicians got more light to practice their golf game in their off hours. Huh, go figure. hehe

vorticon · « **Reply #23 on:** October 27, 2003, 05:26:14 PM »

its set up so that when you wake up it isnt pitch black outside...its a safety thing...up here in canada saskatchewan doesnt use dst because it messes up the cows milking schedule (its actually because the farmers are to damn stupid to compensate)

loser · « **Reply #24 on:** October 27, 2003, 07:47:30 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
its set up so that when you wake up it isnt pitch black outside...its a safety thing...up here in canada saskatchewan doesnt use dst because it messes up the cows milking schedule (its actually because the farmers are to damn stupid to compensate)

Actually no vorticon, it is designed to make me late (or early) for every single squad night.

Dune · « **Reply #25 on:** October 27, 2003, 07:59:30 PM »

Move to Arizona. Where we don't believe that our citizens are smart enough to change a clock twice a year so we don't have it.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #26 on:** October 27, 2003, 09:17:52 PM »

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So what if the sun doesn't rise till 8:30am, at least sunset will come at a reasonable hour. Now, during 'standard' time, the frikken sun sets at 4:30

most people who work out side start at 7am. all construction and farm sights would have to be lit ( a bit of an expense for 1 hour of light, and by the time you got them up and running it would be light) of course we could just start later and be on the road the same time the rest of the people are.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #27 on:** October 27, 2003, 09:58:11 PM »

Ok here's an attempt at a positive spin on DST:

When I was stationed in Arizona we were right on the california border.

Last call in arizon was 1AM. last call in california was 2AM. Of course arizona doesnt use DST so when ever the clocks got turned back an hour (in california) it would be 1AM in arizona (last call) but only 12pm in california thus giving us another 2 hours to drink in california.

Of course the town that was close to us had only one bar named kikis that had nothin but fat old woman that were missing most of there teeth, but those extra two hours were nice

Dune · « **Reply #28 on:** October 27, 2003, 10:07:34 PM »

You mean after a night at Johnny's and Lute's you didn't think that moving over to Kiki's was the best way to finish it off?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #29 on:** October 27, 2003, 10:10:52 PM »

HA HA HA HA HA.....so there's a fellow Yuma survivor out there.....actually some of the best nights i've had were doin the rounds at yuma (famous sam's pop a top johnnys luts red's birdcage, jimmy d's Platinum caberet, toppers) than hittin up kikis and stop by paradise casino on the way home for a .99$ breakfast lol