Comments on: How I Hate DST

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:36:20 +0000

I’m with ROB. If we could have more daylight year-round, I’d be so much more…pleasant.

(Yes, JJT I am indeed giving you the finger. I can hear you chortling all the way on Scott Street.)

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:36:20 +0000

I’m with ROB. If we could have more daylight year-round, I’d be so much more…pleasant.

(Yes, JJT I am indeed giving you the finger. I can hear you chortling all the way on Scott Street.)

By: Notorious R.O.B.

Notorious R.O.B. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:00:38 +0000

Right, but if you have a 9 to 5 weekday schedule, you can’t always adjust your schedule. I understand no daylight is really “saved” per se, I’m just saying I prefer getting out of work at 5 or 5:30 and still having daylight to play with. Actually, my real preference is to stay on DST year round – that way everyone’s internal clock isn’t screwed with twice a year.

By: Notorious R.O.B.

Notorious R.O.B. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:00:38 +0000

By: JJT

JJT — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:05:41 +0000

Claude: Wish I had that problem, just for DST.

Paul: I cannot disagree with you at all on any of those points. I hate the arbitrary nature of DST, and I hate it even more now that it is "experimentally" earlier. Especially since it saves no money.

The Notorious One: I love long days, too, but can't we have them without jarring my internal clock?

By: JJT

JJT — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:05:41 +0000

Claude: Wish I had that problem, just for DST.

Paul: I cannot disagree with you at all on any of those points. I hate the arbitrary nature of DST, and I hate it even more now that it is “experimentally” earlier. Especially since it saves no money.

The Notorious One: I love long days, too, but can’t we have them without jarring my internal clock?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:15:27 +0000

R.O.B.: all DST does is play with the time on your clock. No daylight is actually saved. If you adjust your schedule you can achieve the same effect year round. See that’s the fallacy of DST it doesn’t actually do anything you can’t do on your own without government being involved.

By: Notorious R.O.B.

Notorious R.O.B. — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:51:31 +0000

I actually love DST – I like having extra sun in the afternoon/evening. I like it so much, I think we should stay on it year-round. It would certainly keep me from being early/late for everything twice a year.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:15:27 +0000

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:58:15 +0000

I agree, I hate, hate, hate DST (both springing forward and falling back). And the fact that our esteemed federal government have seen fit to screw with the dates it begins and ends bugs me even more. Of course our current earlier DST start and later end are only supposed to be trial. But knowing how these things work it will become the standard. No regard will be paid in the least to the recent studies that show DST actually costs us more money rather than saving it.