Half Full by Maria Scrivan for March 13, 2022

“I’ve got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day”…Tribute to Temptations ‘My Girl’

This is so true. As much as I like “Fall Back” in autumn, this spring forward to DST is way below average!

Especially when the cups are only half full.

I concur. I’m onto my third cup of coffee.

It appears that, for some, it has nothing to do with daylight saving time – there’s just never enough coffee ever.

Humm, Something tells me Starbucks is behind this Daylight Saving nonsense.

Daylight savings is nothing but a PI my A. I would rather more light earlier in the am (farmer) but either will do if this madness would just … stop. Pick one, be done!

I scheduled tomorrow off from work,to help me ease in to the adjustment. I swear, some years I never recover from losing that hour

But don’t you all look forward to that extra hour of sunlight and HEAT on a HOT summer night?

Fortunately, we’ve another fortnight to prepare before we need to even worry about it…

All the more reason to do away with it.

Get rid of Daylight Saving.

Hey sun, what’s your problem? You get to come up an hour later than before.

The spring change never bothers me. Go to bed when you’re sleepy, get up when you normally wake up. Proceed with your day and at some point notice that it’s an hour later than you thought. No big deal if you don’t have church or someplace to be at a certain time.

Be glad you don’t live in China. Politics again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/china-only-has-one-time-zone-and-thats-a-problem/281136/

I thought that had changed, but no.

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/

Imagine the “national unity” that system would create in the US.

If we stick to longitudinal time zones which don’t change with the seasons, that keeps the world in sync. Geographic variations along state boundaries make sense. After all, you don’t want a different time zone in the living room. That might play havoc with the TV schedule.

For businesses, simple: adjust your hours to the customer flow.

For governments (you pompous asses): follow what the businesses & the people do.

Some countries will do their own thing, like China’s single zone for political control. Then there is Australia ! Ha, ha. 4 zones, north / south, as well as east / west. Talk about wanna-be Americans doing their own thing.

And please think of Great Britain … adjusting Stonehenge twice a year is no easy task.

Amen.