Posted on 03/09/2019 6:22:18 AM PST by NOBO2012
It’s true: it’s that time of year again, already. Time to reset your clocks.
In addition to death and taxes we are now required to surrender an hour of our time to government; tomorrow morning at 2:00 AM you are mandated to turn your clock ahead one hour (unless you live in Arizona or Hawaii where they successfully rebelled against this tyranny years ago). What they do with our hour is anybody’s guess but when we finally get it back next November I know it will be greatly devalued.
In the past you could protest by refusing to adjust your clocks and just being late all summer but no more; now your phone, computer, tablet, smart TV and many alarm clocks adjust themselves with neither your authorization or intervention. It becomes harder and harder to be a time rebel.
And now our devices even try to put time limits on some of our activities, especially if said activities include non-progressive messaging.
I say be a rebel: ignore their stinkin’ limits! And support Marco Rubio’s Sunshine Protection Act, which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent for the entire United States.
Time for the Time Bandits to finally come out of the shadows.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
What was that line.... Only the government is stupid enough to believe you can cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it on the bottom and believe you have a longer blanket.
There’s one OECD country w/o Daylight Savings Time:
Japan.
There’s a million things that rock about Japan but the lack of DST absolutely isn’t one of them.
Let’s see... spring ahead, right? So we turn our clocks ahead one hour which means we lose an hour, right?. Hate that.
It’s a stupid, twice-a-year exercise. Set it to DST and leave it!
Arizona,
HAWAII?
I think Indiana is Exempt
from the Stupidity as well.
Well I’ll be the differing person. I wish the heck we could stay on daylight savings time. The extra hour when I get home is great!
Well, I dont think theyre the stupid ones (mostly). Its the many who believe the huckster sales pitch they make. After all someone needs to elect them....
“What awful people.” -Hood
Wifes older SUV only gets changed when I drive it (rarely).
They’re too afraid of the time police.
Loved that movie. One of my favorites.
Daylight time is supposedly helping save energy. I wonder if that’s really true.
This last year, I didn’t bother to reset my clocks. It’s been easier to remember that my clocks are an hour ahead of everyone else’s. The upside was no sleep disruption and being an hour ahead of everyone else!
May 30, 1381.
https://youtu.be/4kq9sbtFCR8
DST confuses the cows, which causes them to fart more.
Simplicity and Continuity!
It works! But NOT 4-GubMint!
Complexity and Change is the byword of GubMint!
GyG
************
Absolutely. Anyone who doesn't like it should stop whining about it, and just leave their clocks on whichever time they like.
My uncle, a farmer, hated DST, so he kept his clocks on standard time. He said: "You just have to remember that the feed store closes an hour early in the summer".
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.