Time Change
Nov 2, 2020 12:46:53 #
lenben
Loc: Seattle
dpfoto wrote:
Can we please just get rid of this time change crap? God made each day 24 hours long, and even the politicians can't change that. All they ever do is screw things up anyway.
Remember: the big push for time change was to lower the cost of gas during the Nixon years.
Nov 2, 2020 12:58:18 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
Leave the clock alone, it will be correct again in the spring. Boom, problem solved.
Nov 2, 2020 13:41:27 #
badapple
Loc: Twin Lake, Michigan
I’m a time freak. Have been since studying celestial navigation in the early ‘70s. Had to change 14 clocks in my house on Sunday.
Nov 2, 2020 14:00:52 #
SAVH
Loc: La Jolla, CA
robertjerl wrote:
Oh shi!!!!!! Why did you have to remind me? Do you know how many cameras, camcorders etc I will have to change?
4 dslr's, 2 bridge cameras, 1 camcorder, 1 small pocket zoom and somewhere my wife still has her little pocket zoom and my old one may be on the misc photo gear shelf buried in the corner. But those two probably have dead batteries since I haven't seen either for a few years.
Come to think of it I don't remember changing them 6 months ago, they may all be OK now.
4 dslr's, 2 bridge cameras, 1 camcorder, 1 small pocket zoom and somewhere my wife still has her little pocket zoom and my old one may be on the misc photo gear shelf buried in the corner. But those two probably have dead batteries since I haven't seen either for a few years.
Come to think of it I don't remember changing them 6 months ago, they may all be OK now.
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As somewhat of a clock collector, I have some 33 places to change the time every time. the smart man would have a checkoff list but, every year, we usually find one straggler a few weeks later.
Scotty
Nov 2, 2020 14:34:27 #
charles tabb wrote:
You are lucky...
My 2019 Chevy Blazer doesn't have a disk drive on it.
My 2019 Chevy Blazer doesn't have a disk drive on it.
Actually my "New Car" is a 2017 Kia SUV (high end model). The dealer who had it went out of business and it was in court impound for two years while the court cases were settled. When the court auctioned them off the dealers that got them had to sell them as used/previously owned since they were 2 years out of date. I got it for under 2/3 of the old msrp sticker on the window and counting the wife and I each taking it out for about 20 minutes on a test drive it had 71 miles on it when I left the dealer last Oct 3. The guy in the service department who gassed it up before I left said over 30 of those miles were one of his guys driving it from the impound yard to the dealership and the rest was test drives. He told me they got 6 of the model I bought and mine was the last one to go because it was the only one without leather seats. I had leather seats in my last SUV and keeping them treated etc was a pain - esp since my wife insists on seat covers to keep them clean and you couldn't see the leather anyway.
Nov 2, 2020 14:49:17 #
dpfoto wrote:
Can we please just get rid of this time change crap? God made each day 24 hours long, and even the politicians can't change that. All they ever do is screw things up anyway.
Amend.
Nov 2, 2020 15:11:04 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I have a couple of those atomic clocks, but they can take several days to get caught up. Wow! One of them is caught up already!
I have one of those clocks also, and had the same problem but discovered it was set for the wrong day of the week. Put it on the correct day, and the clock changes the time within an hour of the time change. I forgot it would do it automatically this time and before I went to bed, I put it back one hour, but did not go right to sleep, so looked at the clock about 45 minutes later and it had corrected the time back to the original time it had before I moved it back an hour, then later it changed to the correct time on it's own.
Nov 2, 2020 15:34:15 #
Nov 2, 2020 16:02:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In case you forgot, it's an hour earlier than it would be if it weren't for the time change.
Not this year, I’ll do nothing to prolong 2020 ( even if only an hour)!!
Nov 2, 2020 19:43:10 #
Personally, I think the entire world should change their clocks to half way between Standard Time and Daylight Saving, then leave it alone. There is no true need to change clocks twice a year.
Nov 2, 2020 19:56:43 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Personally, I think the entire world should change their clocks to half way between Standard Time and Daylight Saving, then leave it alone. There is no true need to change clocks twice a year.
So...since we’re now on Standard Time would we all turn our clocks back 30 minutes or ahead 30 minutes? Or does it matter as long as we all go in the same direction? 🥴
Nov 2, 2020 20:46:01 #
Dannj wrote:
So...since we’re now on Standard Time would we all turn our clocks back 30 minutes or ahead 30 minutes? Or does it matter as long as we all go in the same direction? 🥴
Half way between daylight and standard would mean negating 30 minutes of what we just did, so since we just turned them back we should go forward 30 minutes. Does that clear it up for you?
Nov 2, 2020 22:30:06 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
jaymatt wrote:
DST is the work of evil doers in my opinion. When ... (show quote)
Also a "tiny part" of Idaho doesn't change its clocks.
Nov 2, 2020 22:32:56 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Personally, I think the entire world should change their clocks to half way between Standard Time and Daylight Saving, then leave it alone. There is no true need to change clocks twice a year.
How about everyone who lives within 20 miles of the next time zone...
Nov 3, 2020 10:04:53 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
jerryc41 wrote:
In case you forgot, it's an hour earlier than it would be if it weren't for the time change.
Jerry since the Covid I can't even remember what day it is. My wife and I walk around saying what day is today.
Stay safe you are a great poster. No nonsense just good thinking.
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