Spring Forward, Fall Back...
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Spring Forward, Fall Back...
Did you remember to set your clocks back last night and regain that hour of sleep you lost last spring? Did you get up this morning and boot up the computer, and look at the clock on it only find a moment's confusion when you realize that it's an hour behind all the other clocks in the house?
Or do you have some of the newer self-resetting clocks that were on the correct time this morning, while the rest of the older clocks in the house were still an hour fast?
Yes, its that time of the year when we go off Daylight Saving Time and back to "Normal" time in the US. Except for those of you in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Arizona. And next year we go on a week earlier and off a week later.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some clocks that I still have to figure out how to reset!
Or do you have some of the newer self-resetting clocks that were on the correct time this morning, while the rest of the older clocks in the house were still an hour fast?
Yes, its that time of the year when we go off Daylight Saving Time and back to "Normal" time in the US. Except for those of you in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Arizona. And next year we go on a week earlier and off a week later.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some clocks that I still have to figure out how to reset!
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My wife set all the clocks back last night so I woke up with zero confusion. I did wake up an hour earlier though cause my little girl dosent know that the time changed and woke up like she normally does, except this time it was an hour earlier.
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I fell back asleep this morning to cash in on that extra hour of sleep. Then when my wife woke me up a few hours later, I was in La La Land. Went into a seriously deep sleep. Having a little trouble getting it together this morning.
I thought that extra sleep was supposed to help. I feel like I have a hangover.
I thought that extra sleep was supposed to help. I feel like I have a hangover.
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
And ......did you test and replace the low batteries in those smoke alarms ?
I don't need to test my upstairs alarms as they go off everyday
I don't need to test my upstairs alarms as they go off everyday
BTW, I just have to ask. What do you mean that your smoke alarms go off every day upstairs?
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evidently you guys that got the extra sleep don't have young kids,cause they are used to waking up at time to go to school,no matter what the clock says!! 
Yeah,we been up since 6 this morning 
Yeah,we been up since 6 this morning
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Well, I sort of know how that is because my own internal clock was still set for DST so I woke up at the normal time anyway. It'll take a little while to reprogram that one!
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That's been suggested more than a few times; supposedly, the people in the northern part of the country don't want their kids waiting for school buses in the dark so it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
Steve
That's been suggested more than a few times; supposedly, the people in the northern part of the country don't want their kids waiting for school buses in the dark so it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
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Originally Posted by olfordsnstone
BTW, I just have to ask. What do you mean that your smoke alarms go off every day upstairs?
All I have to do to set it off is cook something
One burner has some stuff on it that when powered up sends a small whiff of smoke to it.
We don't burn food at this house as I have 12 birds (Canaries/Finches) to keep from dying.
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They send it up to Alaska. That's why the sun never sets up there in the summertime. They have to burn up all the extra daylight from the lower 48 to keep it from piling up, that's where we get the phrase "Burning daylight".
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Figured out the clock thing, but still haven't figured out the "why" of it all. Our governor rammed this DST thing down our throats this spring even though we didn't want it, and I have yet to hear a sound reasoning for it. Even saw this morning on NBC's Today Show a guy who's some kind of researcher and wrote a book about DST. His research shows that as an energy-saver, DST is a loser. As a nation, we use MORE energy because of DST.
My wife works at a company that does business nation-wide, and she tells me that DST has a big impact on their west coast business because it cuts down on the amount of time that they have to DO business with them.
Part of the problem here in Indiana is that we already have two time zones, and DST just complicates matters further. They'd been arguing about what counties should be in what time zones, and it's been a total mess.
I'm still convinced the whole DST thing is just so that doctors, lawyers, etc can get in another round of golf. Of course, I've never understood the attraction to the golf thing either, but that's another thread....LOL
My wife works at a company that does business nation-wide, and she tells me that DST has a big impact on their west coast business because it cuts down on the amount of time that they have to DO business with them.
Part of the problem here in Indiana is that we already have two time zones, and DST just complicates matters further. They'd been arguing about what counties should be in what time zones, and it's been a total mess.
I'm still convinced the whole DST thing is just so that doctors, lawyers, etc can get in another round of golf. Of course, I've never understood the attraction to the golf thing either, but that's another thread....LOL