Reminder: Clock Springs Forward this weekend

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Can't believe this thread is already 3 pages long, and no one has come up this one yet:
There was a story, probably apocryphal, that when someone explained the concept of daylight saving time to a Native American chief, they responded by saying, "only the white man would think he could cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sew it to the top, and end up with a longer blanket."

They don't call it "Standard Time" for nothing. Leave the clocks set at standard. Your position on the planet will determine your amount of "daylight" - day or night....

We here in North Carolina sit right about the 33/34 yard line latitudinal-ly speaking (Same as Morocco - look it up) And we're fortunate to have a fairly even distribution of sunlight throughout the day (based on standard time) and a nice distribution of the 4 seasons throughout the year. I've lived in 5 different States and also 7 years in Western Europe and I can speak from experience - we got it good in NC.

If you don't like the amount of daylight you get according to the clock - then move.
 
Centerpiece said:
Can't believe this thread is already 3 pages long, and no one has come up this one yet:
There was a story, probably apocryphal, that when someone explained the concept of daylight saving time to a Native American chief, they responded by saying, "only the white man would think he could cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sew it to the top, and end up with a longer blanket."

They don't call it "Standard Time" for nothing. Leave the clocks set at standard. Your position on the planet will determine your amount of "daylight" - day or night....

We here in North Carolina sit right about the 33/34 yard line latitudinal-ly speaking (Same as Morocco - look it up) And we're fortunate to have a fairly even distribution of sunlight throughout the day (based on standard time) and a nice distribution of the 4 seasons throughout the year. I've lived in 5 different States and also 7 years in Western Europe and I can speak from experience - we got it good in NC.

If you don't like the amount of daylight you get according to the clock - then move.
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If the bottom of the blanket is lying on the floor and the top doesn’t reach you shoulders, then it makes sense to move the blanket. You aren’t trying to grow it, just move it to a better, more useful position.
 
Centerpiece said:
Can't believe this thread is already 3 pages long, and no one has come up this one yet:
There was a story, probably apocryphal, that when someone explained the concept of daylight saving time to a Native American chief, they responded by saying, "only the white man would think he could cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket and sew it to the top, and end up with a longer blanket."
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Political cartoon from when Nixon was President
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Small comment at bottom, "He keep warm thinking up stuff like that!"
 
Calheel said:
If the bottom of the blanket is lying on the floor and the top doesn’t reach you shoulders, then it makes sense to move the blanket. You aren’t trying to grow it, just move it to a better, more useful position.
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Sure... but moving the blanket is one thing... stooping yourself down a notch to keep both feet and shoulders covered makes more sense. Go ahead and pull your blanket up over your shoulders and let your feet freeze. Brilliant idea, genius.
 
Centerpiece said:
Sure... but moving the blanket is one thing... stooping yourself down a notch to keep both feet and shoulders covered makes more sense. Go ahead and pull your blanket up over your shoulders and let your feet freeze. Brilliant idea, genius.
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Well, I guess that is the whole DST debate. Are you moving the blanket off the floor or off your feet? Some people like it light at 5AM. Some like it light at 8:30 PM. Those typically aren't the same people.
 
Actually, if you want more daylight in the evening during winter, one should fall forward and spring back. That's assuming moving clocks has any real bearing on the amount of daylight in a 24 hour period (which it doesn't).

Without moving a clock, summers in our hemisphere, and AT OUR LINE OF LATITUDE (shouting for emphasis, because it's all about where your ass sits on the globe) the daylight would end around 8-ish PM Standard time. What's wrong with that? Dusk at 8pm dark before 9pm seems like plenty of daylight in the afternoon/evening to most people in the world. Nobody needs it to still be daylight at 9pm. Nobody. Ask those folks way up north. Damn near 24 hours of daylight in summer. 24 hours darkness in winter. Tell them to change their clocks... that'll help 'em.

I swear I think all the DST fans are ignorant to the facts of: 1) how the Earth moves; 2) your line of latitude and where your ass sits on the globe; 3) how the seasons change 4) which hemisphere you're in; 5) how daylight changes over the course of a year; 6) longer days in summer, shorter days in winter occurring naturally (and vice-versa in southern hemi).

If you don't like the amount of daylight you're getting, move. Either way, I vote for leaving the clocks set at Standard time. They don't call it "Standard" for no reason. Why should "Standard" time occur for fewer months than non-standard?
 
UNCatTech said:
And an eclipse every afternoon during siesta time.

Maybe only rain at night between 3 and 4 am. Always sunny on weekends.

:cool: :cool::D
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Actually a near nation-wide siesta time would probably tncrease later day productivity. I was fortunate enough to close my office door, turn on do not disturrb ans sleep for 15-30 minutes @ 3pm. Much more refreshed after that.
 
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