Daylight Savings Time - For or Against?

[Lott's Bandana]

Clocks back next weekend...


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[Frozen Sooner]

Don't give a rat's *** one way or another.

[saucysoonergal]

Springing forward sucks, but falling back is nice.

[hipsterdoofus]

I wish they'd leave it the way it is now all year round.....who cares if it is dark in the morning...no one is awake anyway.

[royalfan5]

I'm looking forward to some light again when I go to work.

[texaspokieokie]

I'm looking forward to some light again when I go to work.

i don't work anymore, but when i did (the last several years), it felt like i was late if the sun was up.

daylight savings is stupid. the sun will be up the same number of hours.

look @ farmers & ranchers, they don't care what time it is, they start work when the sun comes up & quit when it gets dark. don't need a clock.

[soonerchk]

Springing forward sucks, but falling back is nice.

This. I'd really rather they quit jacking with the clock and just pick one time and stay there.

[The]

I like to pretend I'm Time Traveling.

[OhU1]

I'm for sunlight, against dark.

[SoonerStormchaser]

Don't have to change the clocks where I'm currently at...which suits me just fine. Set em back an hour and ****ing KEEP THEM THAT WAY!

[royalfan5]

i don't work anymore, but when i did (the last several years), it felt like i was late if the sun was up.

daylight savings is stupid. the sun will be up the same number of hours.

look @ farmers & ranchers, they don't care what time it is, they start work when the sun comes up & quit when it gets dark. don't need a clock.

This time of year most farmers are driving to the coffee shop to lie about their yields.

[3rdgensooner]

I don't like it being dark when I leave work. But I don't think that can be avoided either way.

[salth2o]

Would much rather have more daylight hours when I get home from work in the afternoons.

[Lott's Bandana]

Salth2o,

At the risk of seeming ignorant, I saw a lot of t-shirts with your avvie last weekend. What does it mean?

[Frozen Sooner]

I think it has something to do with the Rangers.

[saucysoonergal]

hands without bats?

[Mississippi Sooner]

I don't really care either way except for this time of year right before the change. I have to drive straight west on a winding little country road going home from work, and that sun can be brutal coming straight into the windshield. Makes for some interesting moments when I top a hill and some knucklehead is coming at me in the middle of the road.

After the time changes it'll be pretty much dark when I get off work, so it's no big deal. Well, except for the dozen or so deer that I have to dodge.

[OUinFLA]

According to reports I have read, one of the benefits of DST is reduced crime during the summer months. Apparently, evening crime increases during warm weather as well as darkness. So, if it gets dark "later" in the clock day, apparently, the vandals are off the streets "earlier" in the evening.

Also, there is supposed to be some savings in electricity usage, due to less A/C being used if the "day" starts earlier in the morning.

Me? I wish they would just settle on one or the other and do away with it. It would be OK with me if they stayed on DST all year round. Im fishing at sunup anyway, I dont much care what time it is. And I turn my porch lights on at dark.

[texaspokieokie]

According to reports I have read, one of the benefits of DST is reduced crime during the summer months. Apparently, evening crime increases during warm weather as well as darkness. So, if it gets dark "later" in the clock day, apparently, the vandals are off the streets "earlier" in the evening.

Also, there is supposed to be some savings in electricity usage, due to less A/C being used if the "day" starts earlier in the morning.

Me? I wish they would just settle on one or the other and do away with it. It would be OK with me if they stayed on DST all year round. Im fishing at sunup anyway, I dont much care what time it is. And I turn my porch lights on at dark.

wil have to consult with my criminal friends to see which they prefer.

our thermostat is set the same round the clock, so it doesn't know what the clock says.

i'm with you, wish they would just leave it alone.

what makes the government think they can do anything right ???

[Blue]

Hate it. Dark at 5 Oclock? It affects my work big time.

[texaspokieokie]

Hate it. Dark at 5 Oclock? It affects my work big time.

it gets dark @ the same time, no matter what the clock says. winter is standard time.

[salth2o]

Salth2o,

At the risk of seeming ignorant, I saw a lot of t-shirts with your avvie last weekend. What does it mean?

The Claw and Antlers is something that the Texas Rangers have used all year as a rally/camaraderie type thing. The claw is like a long distance high five and is used to symbolize a good play. The antlers represent speed, "run like a deer" and is used when someone steals a base, etc.



@saucy...it definitely seemed like that in last nights game.

[texaspokieokie]

The Claw and Antlers is something that the Texas Rangers have used all year as a rally/camaraderie type thing. The claw is like a long distance high five and is used to symbolize a good play. The antlers represent speed, "run like a deer" and is used when someone steals a base, etc.



@saucy...it definitely seemed like that in last nights game.

i live within about 10 miles of ranger park; & haven't heard of the (stupid) claw & antlers until very recently.

really not so stupid, they've made a fortune off c & a shirts & caps.

some folks will buy anything.

[Blue]

it gets dark @ the same time, no matter what the clock says. winter is standard time.

So you're saying without Daylight savings, it would get dark at 5 anyway? and in the summer instead of getting dark at 9, it would get dark at 8?

[Lott's Bandana]

The Claw and Antlers is something that the Texas Rangers have used all year as a rally/camaraderie type thing. The claw is like a long distance high five and is used to symbolize a good play. The antlers represent speed, "run like a deer" and is used when someone steals a base, etc.



@saucy...it definitely seemed like that in last nights game.



Texans sure have a thing for hand signals.

[salth2o]

i live within about 10 miles of ranger park; & haven't heard of the (stupid) claw & antlers until very recently.

really not so stupid, they've made a fortune off c & a shirts & caps.

some folks will buy anything.

I within about 225 miles of Ranger Ballpark and have seen them using it for several months. :rolleyes: Maybe you don't watch many games???

[soonerbrat]

in the winter, it's dark when i go to work and dark when i go home, so i guess it doesn't matter, although i do have a hard time waking up in winter when it's really dark outside. and i don't go out at night in the winter very much anyway.

[Ike]

The Claw and Antlers is something that the Texas Rangers have used all year as a rally/camaraderie type thing. The claw is like a long distance high five and is used to symbolize a good play. The antlers represent speed, "run like a deer" and is used when someone steals a base, etc.



@saucy...it definitely seemed like that in last nights game.

I went to game 6 of the ALCS and saw a lot of that stuff...I thought that perhaps a majority of the fans were also Baylor fans...Definately one of the weirder baseball 'traditions' I've seen in a while...


Anyway, back to the O.P. I'm against it.

[HBick]

all for it, was up this morning at 6 and went to run, so damn dark outside even until after 7 it makes it hard to (try and) be healthy.

[yankee]

i get seasonal depression...so i hate setting the clocks back an hour cause i hate it being completely dark around 5 or 6 or whenever it is.

[saucysoonergal]

i get seasonal depression...so i hate setting the clocks back an hour cause i hate it being completely dark around 5 or 6 or whenever it is.

Do you do light therapy?

[soonerbrat]

i get seasonal depression...so i hate setting the clocks back an hour cause i hate it being completely dark around 5 or 6 or whenever it is.


I have that too....i have a "happy light" at work that I use for a couple hours each day in the winter, also, I try to get out and walk for 30 minutes or so at lunchtime, that seems to help. I'd rather have light in the morning because I have a really hard time waking up when it's dark like that.

[The]

I have that too....i have a "happy light" at work that I use for a couple hours each day in the winter

Do you own an Enya CD, perchance?

[StoopTroup]

DLST is really hard on the Bar owners.

[The]

DLST is really hard on the Bar owners.

Heh.. you said hard on....

[soonerbrat]

Do you own an Enya CD, perchance?

i don't have any cd's

[Scott D]

I grew up somewhere that it didn't exist. So the only way it affected me was what time I had to get up to watch college football on Saturday morning. Monday Night Football was on tape delay so didn't affect that at all.

[Cornfed]

Springing forward sucks, but falling back is nice.

I like the extra hour of sleep, hate having to adjust my clock.

[texaspokieokie]

So you're saying without Daylight savings, it would get dark at 5 anyway? and in the summer instead of getting dark at 9, it would get dark at 8?

nope, not what i'm saying.

[texaspokieokie]

I within about 225 miles of Ranger Ballpark and have seen them using it for several months. :rolleyes: Maybe you don't watch many games???

i watch at least part of nearly every game.

[texaspokieokie]

[QUOTE=Ike;3018583]I went to game 6 of the ALCS and saw a lot of that stuff...I thought that perhaps a majority of the fans were also Baylor fans...Definately one of the weirder baseball 'traditions' I've seen in a while...


yep, they're selling that stuff like crazy now. my niece across the street was wearing a shirt with claw on it, yesterday.

some folks will buy anything.

[Blue]

nope, not what i'm saying.

Geeez. Explain then? Please.

If the clock says 5 and its dark, its worse than the clock saying 6. Thats what I'm saying.

Yes I know the time change does not affect when the sun sets. I know the sun doesn't stay stationary for all of us so we can get an extra hour of light in the morning.

[OnlyOneOklahoma]

It'll be nice to start running on the river again without fear of getting mugged. I am going to have to buy a light for therapy this year.

[SunnySooner]

I'm in the "find one and stick with it" camp, prolly the DST. I don't like getting up and getting kids ready in the dark, but when we lived in New England and it was pitch black at 4:15 in the afternoon, that was teh suc. The changing thing always screws all of us up. For some reason, we can travel all kinds of time zones and be fine on the trip, but the one-hour change at home takes all of us forever to adjust to. So I have to deal with cranky kids twice a year, which is even more teh suc. So yeah, just leave it. At this point, we're only using standard time for a few short months, might as well just keep DST all year.

[Soonerfan88]

One of my biggest pet peeves. I don't care which, just pick one and stick with it. I think I'll just move to Arizona or Hawaii and not worry about it.

[GottaHavePride]

Changing doesn't screw me up. It's like flying from here to New York (or Denver). Big freakin' whoop.

I'm in favor of the switch because I don't think I should have to get up before sunrise to make opera happen.

[soonerbrat]

I'm in the "find one and stick with it" camp, prolly the DST. I don't like getting up and getting kids ready in the dark, but when we lived in New England and it was pitch black at 4:15 in the afternoon, that was teh suc. The changing thing always screws all of us up. For some reason, we can travel all kinds of time zones and be fine on the trip, but the one-hour change at home takes all of us forever to adjust to. So I have to deal with cranky kids twice a year, which is even more teh suc. So yeah, just leave it. At this point, we're only using standard time for a few short months, might as well just keep DST all year.

if you only have to deal with cranky kids twice a year, you are very lucky. very lucky indeed.

[oklaclarinet]

I absolutely loathe Daylight Savings Time. There is not a need for it in our current society. I would love if they got rid of it.

As for the supposed energy savings, studies have actually shown that Daylight Savings Time costs us more in energy. I remember that information from the last time this came up a couple of years ago.