Posted on 03/13/2010 7:59:04 AM PST by JoeProBono
Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work.
Officially the change to daylight saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though most folks set their clocks and watches ahead an hour before going to bed on Saturday
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Now THAT it seriously funny. I'm going to steal that, and I guarantee that I'll get a few of my liberal friends to nod in agreement and start using that line, too. I only wish I could be there when they get corrected, LOL.
And two more weeks of getting up in the dark as well as dragging around the office not quite awake because it took an alarm clock to wake up in the dark. I don’t know who hatches these ideas, but I wish they’d stop. And to do it on a Sunday - they obviously don’t sing at church.
I got really tired of the Sunday to late Friday night on the road routine. Finally it became an occasional thing and now not at all. Good gig though. Best wishes!
They used to say that DST would save energy usage. Has anyone ever done a study to prove this?
Hey, Mystie, I realize you’re probably already dead from the short time we’ve been doing this in Indiana, but, thought if maybe you’ve survived you’d want to comment here.
Really? Last year it took me three weeks.
Thanks! At least some of the flights have Wifi so I can FReep :)
Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and made him aware of the value of after-hours daylight.[2] In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour daylight-saving shift,[19] and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch, New Zealand he followed up in an 1898 paper.[20] Many publications incorrectly credit DST’s invention to the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett,[21] who independently conceived DST in 1905 during a pre-breakfast ride, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day.[22] An avid golfer, he also disliked cutting short his round at dusk.[23] His solution was to advance the clock during the summer months, a proposal he published two years later.[24]
As described in Politics below, Willett lobbied unsuccessfully for the proposal in the UK until his death in 1915, and Germany, its World War I allies, and their occupied zones were the first European nations to use Willett’s invention, starting April 30, 1916, as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed suit. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year; and the United States adopted it in 1918. Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.[25]
Willett’s 1907 proposal argued that DST increases opportunities for outdoor leisure activities during afternoon sunlight hours. The longer days nearer the summer solstice in high latitudes offer more room to shift daylight from morning to evening so that early morning daylight is not wasted.[24] DST is commonly not observed during most of winter, because its mornings are darker: workers may have no sunlit leisure time, and children may need to leave for school in the dark.[39]
Retailers, sporting goods makers, and other businesses benefit from extra afternoon sunlight, as it induces customers to shop and to participate in outdoor afternoon sports.[50] In 1984, Fortune magazine estimated that a seven-week extension of DST would yield an additional $30 million for 7-Eleven stores, and the National Golf Foundation estimated the extension would increase golf industry revenues $200 million to $300 million.[51] A 1999 study estimated that DST increases the revenue of the European Union’s leisure sector by about 3%.[8] Conversely, DST can adversely affect farmers and others whose hours are set by the sun.[4] For example, grain harvesting is best done after dew evaporates, so when field hands arrive and leave earlier in summer their labor is less valuable.[52] DST also hurts prime-time broadcast ratings[5] and drive-in and other theaters.[53]\Daylight saving has caused controversy since it began.[1] Winston Churchill argued that it enlarges “the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country”.[82] Robertson Davies, however, detected “the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves”,[83] and wags have dubbed it “Daylight Slaving Time”.[84] Historically, retailing, sports and tourism interests have favored daylight saving, while agricultural and evening entertainment interests have opposed it, and its initial adoption has been prompted by energy crisis and war.[85]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
...hahaha
Um, I’m not kidding. I have a real problem getting up in the dark and last year the time change put me on my backside right in the middle of preparation for Holy Week, Easter and another performance run. It was NOT appreciated. My great-grandmother had no use for DST and I’m right there with her.
It’s always been controversial. Personally, I love coming home from work and having a couple of hours to enjoy the outdoors, work around the yard, etc.
They used to say that DST would save energy usage. Has anyone ever done a study to prove this?
So probably, no.
Bah-Humbug
I hate DST
The extra hour of daylight is responsible for global warming. What did they think would happen?
That should make the time fly. I get on here and before I know it, 3 hours have gone by.
What do you do?
Not when you get old. At least for some of us. Takes me a very long time to acclimate.
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