Don't forget to move your clocks ahead tonight!

[pinkster73]

Just like the title says.

[viviansmo]

Well, in the us and I guess Canada, too, anyway. :)

[viviansmo]

That should be U.S., not us.

[pinkster73]

That should be U.S., not us.

I figured people would know if they're in a daylight savings time area ha ha

[viviansmo]

I don't remember when U.K. changes, but I think it's in a couple more weeks.

[pinkster73]

Rachael will be awake in a bit I'm sure. He knows

[cast1532]

For them it's March 25.

I lost one hour of sleep.

[swiep07]

I thought it was the last weekend of March. Wouldn't that be 31st?
I like March 25 more :rolleyes:

[cast1532]

I googled it and that's the date they gave me. Let me double check.

[cast1532]

March 31st is for 2013. lol.

[swiep07]

Thanks! I guess it will be on the news by then. But it's nice of you to double check :)

[swiep07]

Ohh lol! 25th is better! I don't mind the hour of sleep. I love the light in the evening :)

[Rachael98]

Rachael will be awake in a bit I'm sure. He knows

You're telepathic! :p

But it's already answered by the looks of it.

[pinkster73]

You're telepathic! :p

But it's already answered by the looks of it.

No I'm not telepathic, I'm stalking you. re re re re (those are psycho noises)

[RealFarmer1222]

Well, in the us and I guess Canada, too, anyway. :)

Except Arizona...and parts of Indiana, IIRC

I miss the hour of sleep already....

[SmokeyMtnGirl]

Well since people from all over the world play these games I am curious as to if everywhere else does this time change thing?I say leave it alone!!!

[pinkster73]

Well since people from all over the world play these games I am curious as to if everywhere else does this time change thing?I say leave it alone!!!

I like it in the fall when we get an extra hour of sleep, but not in spring when we lose an hour. I'm in Alberta

[nmishii]

Except Arizona...and parts of Indiana, IIRC

I miss the hour of sleep already....

All of Indiana observes daylight savings time as of several years ago.

Hawaii also does not observe daylight savings time.

[pinkster73]

Saskatchewan (the province next to me) doesn't do DST.

[RealFarmer1222]

Saskatchewan (the province next to me) doesn't do DST.

So I still catch the noon balloon to Saskatoon?????;)

[pinkster73]

So I still catch the noon balloon to Saskatoon?????;)

Of course. But I don't see why you would go there :p

[RealFarmer1222]

Of course. But I don't see why you would go there :p

Because the Guelph Mad-Hatters traded me there:(

[pinkster73]

Because the Guelph Mad-Hatters traded me there:(

You play/played hockey?

[RealFarmer1222]

You play/played hockey?


Only street hockey, can't skate to save my life, but I got a wicked wrist shot.

[pinkster73]

I'm a very talented watcher of hockey

[yanochka]

I'm a very talented watcher of hockey

LOL, me too - and I can pronounce all of the Russian last names correctly :D

[pinkster73]

LOL, me too - and I can pronounce all of the Russian last names correctly :D

I bet you can!

[RealFarmer1222]

I like just TRYING to pronounce all the Russian player's names (as well as the Finn's and Czech's)

While "dospa donna(sp)" and "Kasputin Yar" is pretty much the extent of my Russian, I can do a pretty good accent from watching the "3CP1...Russian Television" skit on Second City TV back in the day.

And I still consider the Russian national anthem to be superior musically to "The Star-spangled Banner" and "Oh, Canada". Some day, I gotta learn the words to it....

[shakiba]

Time went by fast that day. My mom thought it was on Saturday xD

[mtytomlinson]

I don't get this thread.. Why do you guys needa go ahead of time??

[queentina3]

I don't get this thread.. Why do you guys needa go ahead of time??

During WWI the U.S. decided it wanted to save more energy and make use of the later daylight hours. After the war many states changed back and did what they wanted, then in the mid-60s they standardized it again and almost all states now follow it. About 5 years ago there was a bill passed, some Energy Bill, that changed WHEN we changed to Daylight Savings as opposed to Standard Time to save on enery/oil/fuel so we now have an extra 4 weeks. I guess statistically they've seen that by doing this we use less enery and help conserve.

I know at one point it was said that Farmers had requested this type of change so they could make use of the extra daylight hours for planting, but everything I'd been taught had been that WWI started the ball rolling on it.

[pinkster73]

During WWI the U.S. decided it wanted to save more energy and make use of the later daylight hours. After the war many states changed back and did what they wanted, then in the mid-60s they standardized it again and almost all states now follow it. About 5 years ago there was a bill passed, some Energy Bill, that changed WHEN we changed to Daylight Savings as opposed to Standard Time to save on enery/oil/fuel so we now have an extra 4 weeks. I guess statistically they've seen that by doing this we use less enery and help conserve.

I know at one point it was said that Farmers had requested this type of change so they could make use of the extra daylight hours for planting, but everything I'd been taught had been that WWI started the ball rolling on it.

In conclusion: in spring the clocks go ahead by an hour, in fall they go back an hour, and that's the rules.

[RealFarmer1222]

Benjamin Franklin actually proposed it back in Revolutionary days, but Queentina is right about starting in WW1. I think the Brits actually had it first, so Rachael can correct us on that point.

[dalula]

But it doesnt really save money/energy for the early wakers...

[RealFarmer1222]

WoooHOOO.....call Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek (pronounced crick)...Evengi Malkin just blasted on by Broduer....4-1 Pens!!!

[RealFarmer1222]

But it doesnt really save money/energy for the early wakers...


...and it sometimes leaves children in the dark....

[queentina3]

In conclusion: in spring the clocks go ahead by an hour, in fall they go back an hour, and that's the rules.

Thank you pinkster, but that didn't actually answer the posters question. They wanted to know WHY we did it, not HOW we do it. :p



But it doesnt really save money/energy for the early wakers...

LMAO, it wasn't so individuals would save, it was so the government could save for the most part. During the War they wanted to be able to continue fighting later into the day, so they changed the clocks to make it possible. Plus they wanted to squeeze as much production of making ***s and whatnot out of the little men. Now, it is to save on barrels of oil, electricity costs as people don't need to turn their lights on earlier like in the winter, and to get more out of their workers later in the day.

GASP, the thought of our government actually doing something because it would help just us and not moreso them, I just can't believe it. :p

[queentina3]

...and it sometimes leaves children in the dark....

Yes, which is why next year my son will be taking the bus to school only up until DST takes affect, then I'll be driving him. Because he'll be in 7th grade, that bus stops 1/4 mile from my house, instead of just 2 doors down like now, and at 630a it is pitch dark and there is only 2 street lights between my house and his bus stop. It is also downhill, and it will be icy, as it's known to be in NH, so yeah, driving we will go. :(

[pinkster73]

Thank you pinkster, but that didn't actually answer the posters question. They wanted to know WHY we did it, not HOW we do it.

Omg sooo mean!

[queentina3]

Omg sooo mean!

It wasn't meant to be. :( I'm sorry.

[pinkster73]

It wasn't meant to be. :( I'm sorry.

Ok. Dramas over. Whew. I can stop crying now.

I think the whole point of dst is kind of moot now, but it would just be too complicated for the government to change it back. Just my $0.02.

[RealFarmer1222]

You youn***gs are probably too young to remember (and it may not have happened in Canada), but back when I was in 3rd? grade (would have been 73/74) during the Oil Embargo there was Daylight Savings Time the WHOLE year (no "falling back"). They actually moved the start of school up an hour (and maybe two hours in the dead of winter). It was a REAL MESS. No wonder Nixon had to resign.....

[RealFarmer1222]

I think the whole point of dst is kind of moot now, but it would just be too complicated for the government to change it back. Just my $0.02.

I don't have kids, but I didn't think it was too bad when they started it in April, but starting it in March is too early.

My $0.02.

[queentina3]

You youn***gs are probably too young to remember (and it may not have happened in Canada), but back when I was in 3rd? grade (would have been 73/74) during the Oil Embargo there was Daylight Savings Time the WHOLE year (no "falling back"). They actually moved the start of school up an hour (and maybe two hours in the dead of winter). It was a REAL MESS. No wonder Nixon had to resign.....

I was 2-3 back then, I don't remember much from that time period but I think I would recall if my sisters had had a change of school time as my mom would've been mad as a hatter and spitting nails. LMAO @ the Nixon comment though. :p

I could look it up on the web, I'm sure there'd be something on it, but I'm just too darn lazy.

I don't like how it starts in Nov, as it isn't dark enough out for Trick-or-Treating now. It used to happen the Sat before Halloween, even if Halloween fell on a Sat, now it happens well after and it's still light out at 6p. Takes away the whole scaring part of that holiday. :(

[viviansmo]

You youn***gs are probably too young to remember (and it may not have happened in Canada), but back when I was in 3rd? grade (would have been 73/74) during the Oil Embargo there was Daylight Savings Time the WHOLE year (no "falling back"). They actually moved the start of school up an hour (and maybe two hours in the dead of winter). It was a REAL MESS. No wonder Nixon had to resign.....
I wasn't in the states at that time, so, no, I don't remember that. I probably would've liked it. Except for changing school hours. That would've been a pain.


I don't like how it starts in Nov, as it isn't dark enough out for Trick-or-Treating now.
Plenty dark enough at 8 pm. Still cooking dinner at six, so I've never taken the kids out before 7:30 anyway. And now our dinner doesn't get interrupted as often with the earlier trick-or-treaters. :)

[queentina3]

I wasn't in the states at that time, so, no, I don't remember that. I probably would've liked it. Except for changing school hours. That would've been a pain.


Plenty dark enough at 8 pm. Still cooking dinner at six, so I've never taken the kids out before 7:30 anyway. And now our dinner doesn't get interrupted as often with the earlier trick-or-treaters. :)

Awww, our town has a time set for trick-or-treating, you go between these hours, or you don't go at all, type of mentality. :p

[piggiful]

I moved my block about ahead for about 2 inches, and it still woke me up at the same time. I love my clock.

[pinkster73]

I moved my block about ahead for about 2 inches, and it still woke me up at the same time. I love my clock.

Your block woke you up? Cool!

[piggiful]

Your block woke you up? Cool!

Ha no, only if it falls and hits me on the head:-D
But my clock IS a cube.