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****OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS (SPRING FORWARD) THREAD****
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html ^ | March 9, 2007 | Lucky9teen

Posted on 03/09/2007 4:57:01 AM PST by Lucky9teen

This weekend Daylight Saving Time begins, at 2am on Sunday, March 11th.  Ah, time...great, we lose an hour this weekend, and that means one less hour to play, drink, sleep, and just be.  Let's kill some time here then....

What do you do with your time?  Do you Spring Forward this weekend?

         

2007 Daylight-saving change could confuse gadgets

 

Spring GraphicDaylight saving time (DST), also known as summer time in British English, is the convention of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour in late winter or early spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Details vary by location and change occasionally.

 

Governments often promote DST as an energy conservation measure because it substitutes summer afternoon sunlight for electrical lighting. However, in some cases DST can increase energy costs.

 

Daylight Saving Time - for the U.S. and its territories - is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and by most of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona).

 

"An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later."

-Winston Churchill


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: daylightsavingtime; ofst; silliness; springforward
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181 posted on 03/09/2007 4:25:07 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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182 posted on 03/09/2007 4:26:38 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: nuke rocketeer

I've found rare footage of an Alex Jones 9/11 Truther in action !! ( No need to turn on sound. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvtwKKAZacg


183 posted on 03/09/2007 4:29:27 PM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: fredhead; BJClinton

184 posted on 03/09/2007 4:30:40 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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185 posted on 03/09/2007 4:32:23 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: EX52D; fredhead; HOTTIEBOY; girlscout

One lady told a friend, "Whenever I'm down in the dumps I buy myself a dress."
The other one said, "I've always wondered where you got them."


186 posted on 03/09/2007 4:40:53 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: genefromjersey

Have one of those in the aquarium. They do tend to die rather often though!


187 posted on 03/09/2007 4:42:32 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: Lucky9teen; HOTTIEBOY; r-q-tek86; fredhead

These are all actual lines from military performance appraisals.

1. Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching.
2. A room temperature IQ.
3. Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all together.
4. A gross ignoramus -- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.
5. A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on.
6. As bright as Alaska in December.
7. Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
8. He's so dense, light bends around him.
9. If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week.
10. Takes him 2 hours to watch 60 minutes.
11. Wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.


188 posted on 03/09/2007 4:44:49 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me....
They must be Gods!

A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me....
I must be a God!


189 posted on 03/09/2007 4:52:50 PM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: ArGee

Beautiful, Argee. Absolutely perfect


190 posted on 03/09/2007 6:53:20 PM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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