Then in April, we get that glorious extra hour of daylight and suddenly I'm coming home and sitting on my patio with a grilled steak and beers on ice, with plenty of daylight left.
Posted on 11/02/2019 1:47:53 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Then in April, we get that glorious extra hour of daylight and suddenly I'm coming home and sitting on my patio with a grilled steak and beers on ice, with plenty of daylight left.
They just put that hour on the other end of the day - sort of like cutting 12 inches off one end of a blanket and sewing it on the other making it a longer blanket.
I used to like Daylight Saving Time. Now it does not matter. I’m on Retirement Saving Time. My time is totally mine. I have no where to be if I don’t want to. I’ll enjoy this for as long as it lasts.
One of the lies they’ve used to sell it. First they blamed farmers, then energy. When Indiana switch to all DST from their random county silliness they got a chance to compare. No savings in energy. Really it’s just the government reminding you who’s in charge. Change your clock twice a year cause we said so.
That's actually a good idea as it's starting to get cold. I could use an extra foot on my blanket.
Actually you don’t even have to wait until we are back on DST for the sunset to be as late as it is now. In Northern California the sunset on March 8 of this year, when we were on standard time [one or two days before the change], was the same as it is today, November 2, on DST: 6:10 p.m.
The sunrise on March 8 was almost an hour earlier, 6:35, compared to 7:33 this morning.
The actual length of the day of course goes from sunrise to sunset, and will be the same time as it is now on about February 1.
No it doesn’t. You get the exact same amount of daylight, just different numbers on your clock for various positions of the sun.
I still grill steaks in winter when it’s cold and snowing outside.
That's actually one of my main points. Daylight Savings Time is for the WORKING people. So Joe Six-pack can come home during the warm months after a hard day's work and have that extra hour on his deck to grill a steak and have a couple of beers.
Not true. I definitely get an extra hour of daylight during DST.
Nice photo but I think your dog is dead.
So do I. But I used the cast iron method. I sear it on the stovetop and then put the cast iron into the oven until it reaches perfect temperature for medium rare. Then while steak is resting, I toss onions, garlic and mushrooms into the hot skillet. So good!
It’s the government’s answer on how to stretch the economy.
“No the days have been getting shorter since June 22, and will begin to get longer on December 22.”
This.
Thanks to the taxidermist, she will always live!
I told the dog already but I think he’s gonna want out early as always.
Apparently dogs don’t care about daylight savings time.
Also incorrect.
The days will continue to get shorter until the Winter Equinox which is Saturday, December 21st. After that, our days start getting longer again.
It doesn't seem like it, but they do.
Stay on standard time 365 or split the difference to the half hour all year. Just STOP the change.
Leave it to the government to think that they are powerful enough to give everyone extra daylight and the idiots who actually believe it!
Noon was actually defined, once upon a time, and had a meaning. Daylight Savings time was created by government to save energy, which in today’s world it does not, it costs energy. There are also real costs to switching clocks and schedules twice a year.
The seasons have a natural flow with noon meaning, within certain timezone bounds, that the sun is about due south on the meridian each day. Rather than forcing unnecessary costs on everyone else, if you don’t like the flow to the seasons where you live - change your latitude and move closer to the equator.
Standard Time is logical and has a meaning. Daylight saving time is just a mess.
I hate DST.
It screws with the point of time.
It ignores the astronomical basis.
It takes away an hour of morning light.
It messes up time based systems whose clocks are hard to change.
It forces the will of some on others.
It disrupts those who don’t understand (children, animals).
It wastes time just updating clocks.
It annoys developers who have to code software to address it.
If you want to change your schedule, go ahead.
Leave my clock alone.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.