Daylight Savings

omg, omg, omg ----- this could be sooooo funny tomorrow!!

Kathleen you HAD to spoil it, didn't you?????


*crosses fingers and hopes mouse won't read JT till tomorrow*


I always reserve the extra hour for sunday night - so I get an extra hour sleep (yeah, I'm quite smart )

It's good to live in a tropical island, I don't have to bother with the clocks at all.

But it does get dark a bit earlier.

I always wondered why we bother doing this. The explanations online say that it is to allow us to work more during daylight hours...instead of actually changing the whole damn worldwide time why doesn't everyone just start work an hour earlier regardless of what time it is?

From Wikipedia:
Rationales for DST

One of the major reasons given for observing DST is energy conservation. Theoretically, the amount of residential electricity needed in the evening hours is dependent both on when the sun sets and when people go to bed. Because people tend to observe the same bedtime year-round, by artificially moving sunset one hour later, the amount of energy used is theoretically reduced. United States Department of Transportation studies showed that DST reduces the country's electricity usage by one percent during each day DST is in effect.

Part of the reason that it is normally observed in the late spring, summer, and early autumn is because during the winter months the amount of energy saved by moving sunset one hour later is negated by the increased need for morning lighting by moving sunrise by the same amount. During the summer most people would wake up after the sun rises, regardless of whether daylight saving time is in effect or not, so there is no increased need for morning lighting to offset the afternoon energy savings.

Another perceived benefit of DST is increased opportunities for outdoor activities. Most people plan outdoor activities during the increased hours of sunlight. Other benefits cited include prevention of traffic injuries (by allowing more people to return home from work or school in daylight), and crime reduction (by reducing people's risk of being targets of crimes that are more common in dark areas).

When the U.S. went on extended DST in 1974 and 1975 in response to the 1973 energy crisis, Department of Transportation studies found that observing DST in March and April saved 10,000 barrels of oil a day, and prevented about 2,000 traffic injuries and 50 fatalities saving about U.S. $28 million in traffic costs. (Stats from this article).

Ice

LOL!! Poor Mouse if she actually put the clock an hour forward, but damn funny

Oh i hate this time of year

Okay, this is how the US justifies this. that still doesn't explain why Sweden does it, or the UK, or the Germans.

I'm with you Russ, i hate this time of the year ! it's dark end of afternoon, so sad

Yeah , i think it should stay as it is .what does it matter if its dark in the morning? I think you do more at night or afternoon than you do in the morning so it makes sence to have a lighter afternoon.

But think of the postmen!