We are traveling, so this morning we lost an hour of sleep in Texas, but will gain an hour when we cross over in to New Mexico, and then another hour getting home to eastern Arizona.
If I am making sense I might not be as befuddled as I feel.
Extreme night owl here. I actually sleep during what other people call day time. Now that I have retired, the time change is less bothersome. Time may or may not be an illusion. How we describe it only matters if you are running late.
“Actual spring”. The year we got married it snowed 27 inches on my wife’s birthday… June thirteenth. Actual spring is when I won’t have to shovel snow again until around October.
And to further complicate matters, I have many friends in Europe that I communicate with via Skype or Zoom. They also switch to “summer time”, but a couple of weeks later than the US, so there are a couple of weeks during which the difference between our time zones is an hour different from “normal”. Similarly in the fall.
And if someone forgets about the different difference, what ensues is not hilarity.
I live just inside Central Time Zone so in December and January the sun sets 4:30 to 5:00, and on cloudy days which seem to be all the time, it is starts to get dark at 4:00. I love Daylight Savings Time because the sun didn’t set until 6:30 today compared to 5:30 yesterday. During the summer months the sum doesn’t set till about 8:00 so you have more daylight hours after work to get things done outside, or just enjoy the extra daylight hours.
Liking or disliking DST most likely corrolates with whether you are a night owl or a morning person.My preference would be DST year round (yes, I’m a night owl) but it makes less difference to me now that I’m retired.
Living where time zone straddle a state must be interesting. We drove over a ridge in Tennessee (crossed a county line) and were an hour early for an appointment. Conversely, we left my sister’s house in Northern IL hoping to get late supper at a restaurant in MI, only to arrive and find the restaurant had closed.
thevideostoreguy 9 months ago
And, plus side, ACTUAL spring is only two weeks away.
Lucy Rudy 9 months ago
I hate daylight savings. I’m going to bed an hour early so I don’t wake up an hour late!
eced52 9 months ago
I guess we are stuck with DST now, since Congress passed the no return policy.
Robin Harwood 9 months ago
Janis does not always appreciate it when Arlo waxes poetic. Not first thing in the morning, anyway.
cracker65 9 months ago
We’ve already had high seventies weather. I’ve got a bad feeling spring is going to be short again.
unfair.de 9 months ago
3 Weeks with a fabulous excuse for not being on time in transatlantic zoom meetings.
dschaeff505 Premium Member 9 months ago
I forgot to change the thermostat clock last night so got up to a cold house – 57 degrees F
billbeauw1971 9 months ago
I prefer Standard Time. But please just make one stay year round.
Tigrisan Premium Member 9 months ago
The bozos in the government might think DST is a good idea, but the Sun knows. And so does my internal clock.
bobpeters61 9 months ago
DST is an assault on the American people by twice-yearly disruption of everyones’ circadian rhythms.
JessieRandySmithJr. 9 months ago
Twice a year, the government says “We are going to stop all this time change stuff” NEVER has happened.
Carl Premium Member 9 months ago
Yep, I’m through the coffee, emails and comics before the sky turns pink.
Killraven Premium Member 9 months ago
I refuse to acknowledge your concept of “time”.
KeithJ63 9 months ago
It should be Standard Time all year. Enough of this messing with our sleep schedules.
Fontessa 9 months ago
DST messes with my stargazing.
Just-me 9 months ago
I don’t like the time changes. For crying out loud, pick one or the other and stick with it.
poppacapsmokeblower 9 months ago
We are traveling, so this morning we lost an hour of sleep in Texas, but will gain an hour when we cross over in to New Mexico, and then another hour getting home to eastern Arizona.
If I am making sense I might not be as befuddled as I feel.
boydjb47 9 months ago
Janis, Spoken like a retire who doesn’t get up until 9:00.
ms-ss 9 months ago
That’s my wife!
Grace Premium Member 9 months ago
30 min change next Autumn. Compromise. Then freaking be done with it. Why is that so dang hard?
jonesbeltone 9 months ago
Janis needs some B 12 to perk her up.
ellisaana Premium Member 9 months ago
Extreme night owl here. I actually sleep during what other people call day time. Now that I have retired, the time change is less bothersome. Time may or may not be an illusion. How we describe it only matters if you are running late.
mountainclimber 9 months ago
And yet she gets to vote
RPS11 9 months ago
Retired and loving it! Clocks are for working people.
Itty-Bitty 9 months ago
Yeah, I really hate this time change taking away my morning light. Grr.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 9 months ago
What zone is Arlo in?
pauldemarte 9 months ago
DST wouldn’t be so popular if we called it “the time of year when we start getting up one hour earlier.”
Raging Moderate 9 months ago
What we should do is spring forward every day at noon and fall back again at midnight. Just don’t tell your employer.
The Orange Mailman 9 months ago
Said every late sleeper.
dpatrickryan Premium Member 9 months ago
Time to knock this crap off. It costs lives and no longer has any economic benefit (if it ever did).
sbwertz 9 months ago
I’m so glad we live in Arizona…no DST.
EMGULS79 9 months ago
Nothing wrong with that! Nobody needs sunlight at 4:30 a.m. Really! They don’t!
axe-grinder 9 months ago
Janis seems the more likely to be an early riser, but apparently Arlo is.
MFRXIM Premium Member 9 months ago
My kitchen clock quit working in protest!
Ukko wilko 9 months ago
“Actual spring”. The year we got married it snowed 27 inches on my wife’s birthday… June thirteenth. Actual spring is when I won’t have to shovel snow again until around October.
gammaguy 9 months ago
And to further complicate matters, I have many friends in Europe that I communicate with via Skype or Zoom. They also switch to “summer time”, but a couple of weeks later than the US, so there are a couple of weeks during which the difference between our time zones is an hour different from “normal”. Similarly in the fall.
And if someone forgets about the different difference, what ensues is not hilarity.
Henry R Premium Member 9 months ago
Devil’s Time. Yuck.
MarthaGwen Premium Member 9 months ago
I live just inside Central Time Zone so in December and January the sun sets 4:30 to 5:00, and on cloudy days which seem to be all the time, it is starts to get dark at 4:00. I love Daylight Savings Time because the sun didn’t set until 6:30 today compared to 5:30 yesterday. During the summer months the sum doesn’t set till about 8:00 so you have more daylight hours after work to get things done outside, or just enjoy the extra daylight hours.
ellisaana Premium Member 9 months ago
Liking or disliking DST most likely corrolates with whether you are a night owl or a morning person.My preference would be DST year round (yes, I’m a night owl) but it makes less difference to me now that I’m retired.
Living where time zone straddle a state must be interesting. We drove over a ridge in Tennessee (crossed a county line) and were an hour early for an appointment. Conversely, we left my sister’s house in Northern IL hoping to get late supper at a restaurant in MI, only to arrive and find the restaurant had closed.
mafastore 9 months ago
Apparently they left it on Daylight savings time during WW2. Problem was that there were places where the sun would not be up until 9am.
Ceeg22 Premium Member 8 months ago
I very much like sunset being later