Am I the only one? I hate the change to and from daylight savings time. The original purpose was to save energy during WW2. But the war is over. What's more the energy savings is...

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

I hate the change to and from daylight savings time. The original purpose was to save energy during WW2. But the war is over. What's more the energy savings is negligible. We should choose one and be done with it. we do not increase the hours of daylight. It;s sorta like trying to make an 11 foot rope, out of a 10 foot rope by cutting 1 foot off the end and attaching it to the other end. FOLLY

fishwhistler Loc: Kittanning, Pa.

boberic wrote:

I hate the change to and from daylight savings time. The original purpose was to save energy during WW2. But the war is over. What's more the energy savings is negligible. We should choose one and be done with it. we do not increase the hours of daylight. It;s sorta like trying to make an 11 foot rope, out of a 10 foot rope by cutting 1 foot off the end and attaching it to the other end. FOLLY

As and avid fisherman and an early riser I absolutely love it.
Time to fish after work and also more importantly, more yard time with the grandsons. :mrgreen:

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

In downeast Maine in the summer the sun comes up at about 4:40 AM. It would be "wicked annoyun" to have it come up at 3:40 AM!

DLH13 Loc: Texas

I vote to spring ahead and leave it.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

boberic wrote:

I hate the change to and from daylight savings time. The original purpose was to save energy during WW2. But the war is over. What's more the energy savings is negligible. We should choose one and be done with it. we do not increase the hours of daylight. It;s sorta like trying to make an 11 foot rope, out of a 10 foot rope by cutting 1 foot off the end and attaching it to the other end. FOLLY

I beg to disagree, having grown up in Boston. As a student, I appreciated the time change at both ends. However, there is at least one state I know of, as I lived there in 1987-88, that's on EST the whole year through: Indiana! Perhaps, boberic, you'd be happier there. 😜😀👍🏻😎

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

lev29 wrote:

I beg to disagree, having grown up in Boston. As a student, I appreciated the time change at both ends. However, there is at least one state I know of, as I lived there in 1987-88, that's on EST the whole year through: Indiana! Perhaps, boberic, you'd be happier there. 😜😀👍🏻😎

Indiana makes the stupid change just like about all the rest of the country. Our intelligent legislature several years ago decided that we should be a "me, too" state (@#$%&*^%!). The only sane ones left that I know of are Arizona and Hawaii.

I could live happily in either of those places. But then I'd miss my farm--oh, well.

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

Various studies have shown that it also costs the economy millions of dollars in lost production every time the clocks are changed. It takes the average person a full week to get into full sync so they don't work as hard or as efficiently in that time.
Of course, with any government employee no one notices.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Everything is going "global". We and the rest of the world should be on UTC.

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

And Metric.
Only the U.S.A. and Liberia are still not on the Metric system.

tradio wrote:

Everything is going "global". We and the rest of the world should be on UTC.

davefales Loc: Virginia

I suspect where you are (laterally) in the time zone influences your sentiments about DST.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

davefales wrote:

I suspect where you are (laterally) in the time zone influences your sentiments about DST.

When I was a child, Indiana was in the Central Time Zone. Then, it was decided that we should observe DST. Then, we were moved to the ETZ with no DST. Then, we followed along and observed EST DST. This puts us in the mess we are now in, with double DST, if you will, considering that we were in the CTZ in the '40s and '50s when I was growing up.

We do still have a few counties near Evansville and a few others near Chicago that do not observe DST. The rest of us have to buckle under to the doctors and lawyers in the legislature who want daylight to play golf in the evening. :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

Gary F. Loc: Niceville, Fl

As far as I am concerned, that hour lost early this morning was the one I had planned to use at the gym! Also, why not spring forward at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon, when most folks could enjoy it? It's hell getting up in the middle of the night to change the clocks! LOL. Oh well . . . .

tairving Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA

DLH13 wrote:

I vote to spring ahead and leave it.

I agree. As I have often heard "If daylight savings time was good enough for Julius Caesar, it is good enough for me."

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Keldon wrote:

Various studies have shown that it also costs the economy millions of dollars in lost production every time the clocks are changed. It takes the average person a full week to get into full sync so they don't work as hard or as efficiently in that time.
Of course, with any government employee no one notices.

That's hard to believe because it's no different than staying up an hour or two at a party or some such. Besides, it happens Saturday night/Sunday morning, giving folks a day to adjust. The studies sound like typical psychobabble to me. Folks need to stop looking for excuses, suck it up, and get on with life.

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

lev29 wrote:

I beg to disagree, having grown up in Boston. As a student, I appreciated the time change at both ends. However, there is at least one state I know of, as I lived there in 1987-88, that's on EST the whole year through: Indiana! Perhaps, boberic, you'd be happier there. 😜😀👍🏻😎

Arizona does not go on Daylight Savings Time, except for some Indian reservations.