Time change

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I wish they would just split the difference and change the clocks by thirty minutes and leave it the fork alone. I detest clock changes twice a year.

funny, I live in Thunder Bay, prior to 1970 it was 2 cities side by side, Port Arthur and Fort William….. Fort William did not change so you could go to the other side of town and drink in the bars for an extra hour for part of the year….lol

It’s soo damn stupid. I don’t get it, there’s no reason to do it anymore. Not to mention it creates confusion and the fact that the amount of sunlight changes already because of the angle of the Earth to the sun…why exaggerate the effects? It makes it virtually impossible to get anything done after work now, I guess I can buy a few of the Milwaukee lights to get me by but using sunlight was a hell of a lot cheaper.

It’s not going to be fun changing my brakes in the dark this week.

Agreed. Pointless. 

JMG wrote:

3 hours ago, JMG said:

I wish they would just split the difference and change the clocks by thirty minutes and leave it the fork alone. I detest clock changes twice a year.

I’ve been saying this for a decade. 

Before anyone starts pointing fingers…

Just because it’s called international punch a farmer in the dick day doesn’t mean you should……….. unless they get to run nicer equipment than me then go right ahead.

In my younger days, it meant an extra hour of drinking in the tavern. Now, it’s celebrated with an “extra” hour of sleep.

I do love the long summer days, but the fact it starts to get dark around 4:00 in winter is ridiculous.

Stercorarius wrote:

1 hour ago, Stercorarius said:

Before anyone starts pointing fingers…

Just because it’s called international punch a farmer in the dick day doesn’t mean you should……….. unless they get to run nicer equipment than me then go right ahead.

I was under the impression that farmers were used as an added benefit to it similar to aiding school children walking to school and summer vacation. BUT the real reason was for energy saving for artificial light. Which is pointless now because we’re a nation that is moving 24-hours a day. Lighting is also more efficient than it has been ever before. It’s time to end this stupid practice.

It’s also dumb that most places force bars to close at 2am. I’m not fond of it because I’m used to bars closing at 3am in Tampa but that’s for another rant.

I think if this were to ever hit a ballot it would be the only piece of legislature to ever receive 100% support in modern days. 

comp56 wrote:

funny, I live in Thunder Bay, prior to 1970 it was 2 cities side by side, Port Arthur and Fort William….. Fort William did not change so you could go to the other side of town and drink in the bars for an extra hour for part of the year….lol

The time after fall back and before spring forward time changes or standard time is +/- 0 hours. The time after spring forward and before fall back or daylight savings time is +1 hour. Removing daylight savings time would make it dark early all year round. Maybe it would be better to have daylight saving all year round?

BMack37 wrote:

14 hours ago, BMack37 said:

 

I was under the impression that farmers were used as an added benefit to it similar to aiding school children walking to school and summer vacation. BUT the real reason was for energy saving for artificial light. Which is pointless now because we’re a nation that is moving 24-hours a day. Lighting is also more efficient than it has been ever before. It’s time to end this stupid practice.

 

It’s also dumb that most places force bars to close at 2am. I’m not fond of it because I’m used to bars closing at 3am in Tampa but that’s for another rant.

That’s why back in the day, when bars closed at 2am in Wisconsin, we would head to Chicago, were the bars closed after 5am. Then back to Wisconsin where bars opened at 6am LOL.

Please Note: this was a long long time ago, things were different back then.