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My understanding was that this was originally designed for farm workers. Wonder if the cows' milking times were changed;)

Stupid regulation should be abolished - it causes too much confusion and sleep deprivation.

1 posted on 04/16/2017 7:10:55 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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We never had it in Arizona.

It does not make any sense.

Ben Franklin may have been joking when he suggested it.


2 posted on 04/16/2017 7:12:34 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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The idiot,Markey,from MA extended it.

I have always hated it.

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3 posted on 04/16/2017 7:13:10 AM PDT by Mears
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The time change doesn’t really hit me until Tuesday. I once ran a stop sign on a heavily traveled street. Then it messes with my sleep cycle for a month. I once maintained a separate clock and kept my sleep regulated to CST; it worked. Probably will start doing that regularly.


5 posted on 04/16/2017 7:20:38 AM PDT by odawg
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All the wind turbines going up will stop the earth from spinning.

We have to increase daylight savings time.

Signed,

Maxine Waters


6 posted on 04/16/2017 7:21:15 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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I like the extra hour in the evening.


7 posted on 04/16/2017 7:23:40 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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Is that I am retired I could care less either way.

Though when I was younger and could do stuff, I loved getting home and have daylight till near nine.

I think we have more to worry about in this country than whether or not we have DST. How bout we concentrate on stopping terrorists and illegals and MS-13 and Marxists in the shadow government.


8 posted on 04/16/2017 7:24:24 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Instead of changing the clocks from their earth-natural meaning - “noon” is approximately when the sun is closest possible to being directly over head (directly overhead depending on the season and the location) - schools, businesses, organizations and even towns can agree to VOLUNTARILY change their schedules.

Instead of changing the clocks, change the schedule, as in “Our hours of operation as of MM/DD will begin at X:AM instead of Y:AM and end on X1:PM instead of Y1:PM. On MM/DD we will change our daily schedule back to the present one.

And make it voluntary, not mandatory.


11 posted on 04/16/2017 7:28:53 AM PDT by Wuli
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Depending on the proposal, Carter tried this and kids were getting hit and killed walking to school buses because it was still dark in the morning. Is anyone mentioning this?


12 posted on 04/16/2017 7:29:19 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Semiannual, not biannual.


13 posted on 04/16/2017 7:29:27 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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it causes too much confusion and sleep deprivation.

It's a small inconvenience that only happens two days a year, but benefits us greatly by giving us more daylight when we really need it.

I personally think daylight savings is one of the smartest inventions since sliced bread.

14 posted on 04/16/2017 7:30:37 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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Bills to abolish daylight saving time have been introduced for years, and have always faced opposition, including from sport and retail industries that say the extra hour of evening sun in the summer brings them more business.

The easiest way around this is to simply adjust your business hours by time of year. If there was no Daylight Saving Time, the baseball team that starts its games at 7:30 could start them at 6:30 instead.

That's pretty much the way I try to operate as much as possible. I typically conduct my daily work schedule based on the time the sun rises, so DST really doesn't change my life all that much.

15 posted on 04/16/2017 7:31:04 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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Let’s compromise, shift the clock 1/2 hour and leave it there.


16 posted on 04/16/2017 7:31:56 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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Getting rid of it and just using one system, either system, would be music to my ears.

This twice a year change is useless and stupid.


18 posted on 04/16/2017 7:37:40 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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We can no more legislate “more daylight” than “more summer.”


22 posted on 04/16/2017 7:41:25 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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http://www.businessinsider.com/health-effects-of-daylight-saving-time-2014-10

The Daylight Savings Time debate should consider how unhealthy the ridiculous practice is.


26 posted on 04/16/2017 7:50:21 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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No it wasn’t . The changes in the seventies were first sold as a way to save energy. When that proved false they continued it as a way for families to spend more time together.

DST is a joke. It is like having a six foot blanket, cutting off a foot at one end, sewing that foot on the other end, and then claiming you have a longer blanket


27 posted on 04/16/2017 7:52:25 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I love it!


29 posted on 04/16/2017 7:54:09 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Bills to abolish daylight saving time have been introduced for years, and have always faced opposition, including from sport and retail industries that say the extra hour of evening sun in the summer brings them more business.

So then lock the current time as "time". It's all arbitrary and the government has shown then can even change the dates for this nonsense.

32 posted on 04/16/2017 7:58:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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The last time there was an attempt to “lock the clock” (do away with daylight savings time), it was made longer. About 10-12 years ago, they added a month on each end of DST. That meant that all the traffic lights in the City had to be reprogrammed. Naturally, the City personnel couldn’t do that.


41 posted on 04/16/2017 8:06:19 AM PDT by jim_trent
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Reasonable arguments haven’t worked, but maybe the rhyming catch phrase “lock the clock” will work in a country where reasoned thought is devalued but slogans are taken as meaningful.


44 posted on 04/16/2017 8:13:54 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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