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This is exactly how I feel about setting the clocks back.
 

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Pearl said:
I've been pushing everyone's feed time back a little each day for two weeks!! Getting the stink eye from all of them daily!! 😺
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Actually we free feed the dog. the wife had her for almost 6 months so she would have access to a specialist. When I got her back I told her she was fat so she put herself on a diet. She lost 1.4# in the first month. I'm lucky, I don't have to deal with a dog adjusting to time.
 
My Dad always said what time is was irrelevant if you work from sun up to sun down.
My wife hates the time change back.
She gripes constantly about it getting dark early, like I can do anything about it except not reset the clocks.
It will get dark here at 4:45 tomorrow night and in December the sun will set around 4:17.
 
Biggkidd said:
Back in the day when they came out with DST it made $$$$$$$$ sense. Today that's simply no longer the case and it should have been done away with years ago.

But even worse than DST in my opinion is the criminal acts of fooling with the weather.

I sure miss the days before they started f-ing with the weather / clouds making all the summer days hazy and watered down looking. It also reeks havoc on solar power production. When they aren't f-ing with the clouds we are up to full charge by 11 am if not earlier but when they spray that crap in the air to block the sun we almost never get to a full charge.

WAY TO GO JOE AND THE BLOWHARDS now lets all go totally RE and wither on the vine!
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This isn't bad but Spring is because people are behind the wheels of their cars an hour earlier, so there are more accidents.

If we could save just one life by outlawing daylight savings time, it would be worth it!....Well, that's what they say about guns!
 
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VThillman said:
I am apparently going barmy, a "nursing home" future is growing nigh. The tribe is aware, hoping to ease my landing. I'll try to leave a way open to say my goodbyes, before I become incoherent(er).
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We love ya @VThillman
You’ll be all socialized and winning chess tournaments and making the staff blush.
 
Biggkidd said:
Back in the day when they came out with DST it made $$$$$$$$ sense. Today that's simply no longer the case and it should have been done away with years ago.

But even worse than DST in my opinion is the criminal acts of fooling with the weather.

I sure miss the days before they started f-ing with the weather / clouds making all the summer days hazy and watered down looking. It also reeks havoc on solar power production. When they aren't f-ing with the clouds we are up to full charge by 11 am if not earlier but when they spray that crap in the air to block the sun we almost never get to a full charge.

WAY TO GO JOE AND THE BLOWHARDS now lets all go totally RE and wither on the vine!
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I was thinking that I was the only one looking up outside and realizing these differences? Try and talk to folks and they think you're a tinfoil hat? I just concluded that most people don't go outside often and if they do they don't look up?

Whatever they are doing, I'm sure it's only for our own good? I mean who would purposely destroy populations just to save a planet?
 
FarmOR said:
I was thinking that I was the only one looking up outside and realizing these differences? Try and talk to folks and they think you're a tinfoil hat? I just concluded that most people don't go outside often and if they do they don't look up?

Whatever they are doing, I'm sure it's only for our own good? I mean who would purposely destroy populations just to save a planet?
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We Vermont hillbillies (them that's left of us) don't complain when we see corn-silk being smoked in a corncob pipe; because it's good fer yah.
 
I like the time change and the extra light in the evening. Although we have kinda shot days. I enjoy the winter and getting out. Snogos. Taking the kids ice fishing soon. Lakes are all frozen over.
 
VThillman said:
I am apparently going barmy, a "nursing home" future is growing nigh. The tribe is aware, hoping to ease my landing. I'll try to leave a way open to say my goodbyes, before I become incoherent(er).
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This is not good news, but this is coming for all of us, sooner or later. Best to you! Would you like some snail mail? If so, please send me a private message with your address.
 
backlash said:
My Dad always said what time is was irrelevant if you work from sun up to sun down.
My wife hates the time change back.
She gripes constantly about it getting dark early, like I can do anything about it except not reset the clocks.
It will get dark here at 4:45 tomorrow night and in December the sun will set around 4:17.
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I hate early darkness, too. Not much time after work to get anything done (for those who work). And the early darkness wears on us fighting depression.
 
Mountain trapper said:
Time is irrelevant to the recently retired. I seldom even know what day of the week it is, and sometimes what month it is.
I just realized that we don't have any clocks in the house. Our cells phones and the clocks in our vehicles update automatically.
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I'm with you on this... i rarely know what day it is. I always check the day if i need to go to town though, make sure a biz is open before i go. Time is even less important but...

Cfs people do better with a schedule, meals at certain times, up at the same time every day. DST just means i'm up by 9 in summer and up by 8 in winter. I still wake up at the same time by the sun. It's just the clock that changes, not my daily routine. Same for meals, brunch at noon in summer, 11am in winter, synced to the sun, not the clock.
 
winds-of-change said:
I hate early darkness, too. Not much time after work to get anything done (for those who work). And the early darkness wears on us fighting depression.
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My situation is different. In the summer I can read a newspaper outside at midnight. In the winter I drive with my headlights on for 20+ hours per day. Resetting clocks twice a year is nothing but a pain and re-stetting my body clock is a stress I don't need.
 
For once I got the 2 battery wall clocks set correctly (back)....
Problem I have is changing the clock in my car... Sometimes I can get it first try.. Most times it takes 2-8 tries to get it right.. I have thought of putting electricians tape over the display, like we used to do when trying to set time and program the VHS, VCR recorder... Remember those ??

I guess the thing I hate the most is in mid winter only having a short 4 hours of daylight to work with... It comes on so fast and seems so slow to regain daylight after winter solstice..

The only good thing... Or maybe the best thing I can say about smart phones is they seem to keep correct time...
 
We're down to needing to change only two things - the microwave and my analog wristwatch. Everything else changes itself automatically. I guess you could count the cars, but we only have one where the clock display still works. That's the Honda. But all the world's experts have gathered, and none of them have been able to figure out how to change the Honda's clock. So it just goes on its merry way, displaying whatever time if damn well wants to, usually something semi-related to the last time the battery was replaced.
 
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