For those of us who have to mess with our clocks every spring and again in the fall, It's that time again. Tonite we will move our clocks back 1 hour. This giving us an extra hour of daylight in the morning. But we loose that daylight in the evening. So it won't be long when it'll be getting dark about 5:30 here at nite. It is also said we gain an hour as we set our clocks back. What do you do with that extra hour or do you even notice it :?:
It takes me about a week to acclimate to the change. The extra hour of sleep is nice, but at least it will be daylight when I get up and take Lexi out. Six-one-half-dozen-of-the-other to me :-| . Just wish they would leave it alone :!:
Our clocks went back a few days ago Petunia. As always the first 1-2 days feel a bit strange but now I'm right back into the flow again. I can smell Xmas now!
*sigh* I dont like daylight savings. I lived in Connecticut for a year, so I got used to it there, but I was looking forward to coming back to Indiana and not having it. But then they changed it for us! So we have it in Indy now too... so I got used to it a whole year sooner than everyone else here ^_^ Ah well, I will enjoy that extra hour of being able to laze in bed ^_^
Is there still a part of IN that doesn't go on DST? Seems I remember hearing that a town on one side of a river changed and the other side didn't :!: That must have been strange for residents.
I always find it takes at least a week before I find that extra hour. I'm not looking forward to it becoming dark earlier!
Frank, I didn't know you observed daylight savings time in Sweden. I thought that was an American invention, left over from the energy crisis of the early 70's. Seemed like such an odd thing when it was first implemented, now I hardly notice the difference. Mike - TurningColorz
The idea of daylight saving time was conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in an essay "An Economical Project." The British first put it into affect on May 21,1916. After which many countries (including the U.S.) adopted it to conserve fuel needed for electricity during WWI and again in WWII But it was always sporadic, not every state or even every city adopted DST. In 1966, the US congress established a uniform time act allowing some states to opt out of DST only if the whole state remained on standard time. In 1972 that was amended so that states where a time zone divided it in two could have one part in DST and the other in standard time. During the 1973 oil embargo Congress changed the time period of DST from 6 months to 8 months. What appears to the be main reason for the latest change in the U.S. from the last Sunday in Oct to the first Sunday in Nov for the end of DST was to provide more daylight for trick or treaters.
5am here We rose at 5am today.........Weird huh? sunday . However we went to sleep 9:30............too much football..
Toni, I don't know how you have the time to do all the research for this board! It sounds like you are busy enough as it is :!: But kudos to you
Our time was turned back last sunday. It's always on the last week-end in October. I'm generally an early riser, but now I'm so early I might be a night owl.
I am glad to see DST end. Which end of the day there is more light doesn't mean much when you are retired. It does only make a one hour time difference between me and my sisters so it is much easier for me to remember when to call them. Wannabe
Yes, I wanted to call Wannabe last night but it was 8:30 here and 10:30 there. Now, with it just being an hour different I might have called her. Maybe that is what I will do now. dooley
