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I wake up 5:30 in the morning and I have to wait 2 hours till the sun comes up.

Oh I know I'm am an old geezer, flame away.

1 posted on 10/29/2025 6:40:58 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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Please just pick one and do it already.


2 posted on 10/29/2025 6:42:35 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: DallasBiff

My husband absolutely hates ‘time change’. He wants ‘The Powers That Be’ to choose one and stay with it.

I love changing the time in Fall and Spring..

We agree not to discuss it.


3 posted on 10/29/2025 6:45:15 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t give a corrupt Dorkbama which one is picked, but d*mmit, pick one. ‘Tis better for us and the dog to do what humans did for thousands of years - just adjust to the gradually shortening and lengthening of the days.


4 posted on 10/29/2025 6:46:57 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Other countries have on top of their infrastructure have very well lit, well maintained roads.

The time change extends all my outings because I avoid night-driving on freeways…esp unwell lit ones…in inclement weather. 🫤


5 posted on 10/29/2025 6:47:44 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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I like it that way.

I like to have breakfast before I exercise, whether walking or the home gym.

But I would trade that bit of solitude for no change in the time.

I would stay on Standard Time.

Here’s an interesting thought...
We retirees can get up whenever we want, that’s how we live.

It’s the world that changes time around us.


6 posted on 10/29/2025 6:48:03 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Most crime occurs after the sun goes down. The longer you have daylight in the afternoon the lower your crime rate will be, especially juvenile crime.

Little crime occurs near dawn before the sun comes up, so that’s not a problem unless you’re in Memphis (the criminals don’t seem to go to sleep here).

That’s one of the reasons to have permanent DST.


7 posted on 10/29/2025 6:48:34 PM PDT by packagingguy
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Based on where I have lived in the Eastern Time Zone, I would like to see permanent Standard Time coupled with a change to Atlantic Time for everything from Pennsylvania east.


8 posted on 10/29/2025 6:48:43 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Nobody sits a horse like Monte Walsh.")
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To: DallasBiff

“I wake up 5:30 in the morning “

Looks like another late riser wasting an hour and a half of the day.


9 posted on 10/29/2025 6:51:02 PM PDT by bosco24
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Daylight Savings Time was instituted during World War I to increase war time production when factories were lighted by sunlight through large windows. We do not need it any longer.


10 posted on 10/29/2025 6:52:18 PM PDT by Petrosius
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Other countries that* are on top of their infrastructure have well-lit, well-maintained roads. Sorry typo. (As opposed to the inevitable increase in accidents we have in states here once it gets dark earlier + bad winter weather!)

Other countries have on top of their infrastructure have very well lit, well maintained roads. The time change extends all my outings because I avoid night-driving on freeways…esp unwell lit ones…in inclement weather. 🫤

11 posted on 10/29/2025 6:54:50 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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I want Standard Time year round, and Jay Pea is a very good source as to why it's better for us as opposed to DST.

As for me, this year I set all my clocks (except for my cell phone) to Standard Time. Yes, I'm older, but the affects of Long Covid and my insomnia makes changing the clocks intolerable. As long as I keep track of my appointments and ensure I account for the time difference, I'm fine.

All that said, Standard Time is better for everyone (except the golf lobby of course) and I hope and pray every day that DST is permanently eliminated.

12 posted on 10/29/2025 6:55:21 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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I’m a night owl, but in all honesty, I just want them to pick one and leave me alone. I’ll adjust one more time and then never again.

The way it is now, it wreaks havoc on me for about a week, twice a year. Going off Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time is harder for me than the other way around, because I have seasonal affective disorder, but it would be nice to stop changing twice a year.

Just make a decision one way or the other, and stop the insanity.


13 posted on 10/29/2025 7:03:57 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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It never made sense.

It never reduced energy consumption in the net.

More political grand standing and pseudo science.

And of course those responsible have all moved on or retired.

But do those living in fear of the ozone hole, climate change, running out of potable water, drowning in trash, acid rain, deforestation... ever learn? Nope-

Starting in the 70s, environmentalism was hijacked by politics and greed. Very little of it today is real.


16 posted on 10/29/2025 7:09:11 PM PDT by Red6
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I'm with you, Dallas Biff. Standard Time year around is best. However, we could split the difference and set it halfway between Standard and Daylight savings. Then each faction would only have to give a half hour.

17 posted on 10/29/2025 7:11:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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Latitude needs to be taken into consideration.


18 posted on 10/29/2025 7:12:15 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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Switching permanently to either standard time or daylight saving time would disadvantage either early risers or night owls, according to experts. The current system provides each group with benefits for half the year.

The Experts are full of ca-ca.

For one thing it is not "half the year" for standard time.

Pick a time and stick with it.

Thank you.

19 posted on 10/29/2025 7:13:53 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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I remember what year ‘round standard time was like when I was a kid and how messed up the seasonal time changes were in comparison.

My preference is year ‘round standard time but year ‘round DST would still be better than “spring forward” and “fall back.”

End Government Time!


22 posted on 10/29/2025 7:25:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (Terrorism has been institutionalized by the left. Ask no quarter. Give no quarter.)
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To: DallasBiff

I wake up 5:30 in the morning and I have to wait 2 hours till the sun comes up.


I find those hours before sunrise to be very productive.

Ymmv.


24 posted on 10/29/2025 7:33:15 PM PDT by marktwain
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We’ve had enough of Ben Franklin’s practical joke.


25 posted on 10/29/2025 7:34:09 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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Time is my favorite dimension.


26 posted on 10/29/2025 7:37:13 PM PDT by Arkady
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