Spring forward, Fall back. You didn’t get it wrong did you?
An extra hour in bed for those tired old bones!
I resemble that cartoon. This year, the time change calls for an extra mug for some reason.
Well … first mug, THEN a second to make sure it takes effect. Booster mug in late morning. Fourth mug early afternoon, to maintain levels. Yup, that works.
When I was on SAC Missile crew, it seemed I was always on alert for the Fall back, and got an extra hour underground, and was heading out in the Spring forward, so I lost an hour of sleep, effectively getting up at O-VERY Dark-thirty!
Where were you? I was in Titan IIs in Arizona and Minuteman Modernized in Missouri. 8 years in 33 holes in the ground.
Solution, (that’ll never happen):
GMT for the entire world. Every locale can decide when workers need to show up.
And visiting a friend away from home, when he says “meet you at 1930”, no math and geography gymnastics required.
The whole thing is stupid nowadays. We don’t need it.
An hour of extra sleep? Doesn’t work for me cause I sleep the same amount every night. So now I wake up at 4 instead of 5. Will take me a week to adjust. Oh and the worst part, I’m tired at 7:30 instead of 8:30. So then I feel even more like an old man.
I say stick with the one and don’t change.
a) travel back in time
b) crucify congress whenever they are about to pass daylight savings time
c) yeah, that’s not a real plan. I’m angry and venting.
Besides, on the list of things to crucify congress for, I doubt daylight saving even makes it into the top ten.
I get angry about some pretty small things, and my lists of priorities can get pretty weird.
For example, I’m pretty angry about the way that the diplomats are always making those treaties to phase out the old refrigerants that we had efficient designs for using. And the business I’m in doesn’t have anything to do with refrigerants.
Story I’ve heard is that the BIG chemical company that held the patents on freon was unhappy they were going to expire, so they convinced some scientist to lie about it causing the hole in the ozone, so they could force everyone (except the US military) to switch to their new freon replacement. Problem is it doesn’t work as well, and is much more hazardous to your health. Lo and behold, not too long ago it was “discovered/proven” that freon didn’t have any bearing on that hole, it’s actually natural.
Breathing some leaking 134a has killed people. Kills the liver, IIRC. R-12 had to be on fire to be poisonous.
I resemble the caffine issue. Thanks USAF! I flew C-130s. Gear up, flaps up, coffee — I think that was the after takeoff checklist.😁
Our locality doesn’t bother with that mess for which I’m grateful. Kids and animals don’t get DST.
I have three Atomic Clocks. Only one automatically resets. Seems after all these years I would remember how to do it but I end up cussing. Then there is trying to get the clock on the stove to +/- one minute of the Atomic clocks. Get all that done then notice the clock in the car.
Overwhelming, these first world problems!
Florida, seemingly being the voice of reason in these troubled times, is looking to kill the whole time thing off.
Sorry, Arizona, even though you did it first, you don’t have the population to force the issue nationally. But screw (or unscrew) the time when people are going to RatWorld or on Cruise or other such attractions, and that will cause a chain reaction nationally.
All- Can’t disagree with anybody… I’m not awake enough… sigh
I liked DST when I was working because, well, you know, trying to get some time outside after work. These days I don’t care as much – if the weather is nice I’m going to be outside a good part of the day.
I’ve been getting up at 5AM for quite some time. Of course, I don’t stay up late…
I prefer standard time. Let’s just stay here, since WWI (the reason for the first Daylight Savings idea) has been over for a while.
PH- Point.
Sam- Yeah, failing of age… 😉
TXRed- Now days, so do I!
Hey Old NFO;
You didn’t want another hour of 2021? Kinda like an extra track from Yoko Ono album
All of your troubles and travails should be this severe.
Spring forward, Fall back. You didn’t get it wrong did you?
An extra hour in bed for those tired old bones!
I resemble that cartoon. This year, the time change calls for an extra mug for some reason.
Well … first mug, THEN a second to make sure it takes effect. Booster mug in late morning. Fourth mug early afternoon, to maintain levels. Yup, that works.
When I was on SAC Missile crew, it seemed I was always on alert for the Fall back, and got an extra hour underground, and was heading out in the Spring forward, so I lost an hour of sleep, effectively getting up at O-VERY Dark-thirty!
Where were you? I was in Titan IIs in Arizona and Minuteman Modernized in Missouri. 8 years in 33 holes in the ground.
Solution, (that’ll never happen):
GMT for the entire world. Every locale can decide when workers need to show up.
And visiting a friend away from home, when he says “meet you at 1930”, no math and geography gymnastics required.
The whole thing is stupid nowadays. We don’t need it.
An hour of extra sleep? Doesn’t work for me cause I sleep the same amount every night. So now I wake up at 4 instead of 5. Will take me a week to adjust. Oh and the worst part, I’m tired at 7:30 instead of 8:30. So then I feel even more like an old man.
I say stick with the one and don’t change.
a) travel back in time
b) crucify congress whenever they are about to pass daylight savings time
c) yeah, that’s not a real plan. I’m angry and venting.
Besides, on the list of things to crucify congress for, I doubt daylight saving even makes it into the top ten.
I get angry about some pretty small things, and my lists of priorities can get pretty weird.
For example, I’m pretty angry about the way that the diplomats are always making those treaties to phase out the old refrigerants that we had efficient designs for using. And the business I’m in doesn’t have anything to do with refrigerants.
Story I’ve heard is that the BIG chemical company that held the patents on freon was unhappy they were going to expire, so they convinced some scientist to lie about it causing the hole in the ozone, so they could force everyone (except the US military) to switch to their new freon replacement. Problem is it doesn’t work as well, and is much more hazardous to your health. Lo and behold, not too long ago it was “discovered/proven” that freon didn’t have any bearing on that hole, it’s actually natural.
Breathing some leaking 134a has killed people. Kills the liver, IIRC. R-12 had to be on fire to be poisonous.
There’s a place, they call it Arizona …
https://youtu.be/k4EUTMPuvHo
I resemble the caffine issue. Thanks USAF! I flew C-130s. Gear up, flaps up, coffee — I think that was the after takeoff checklist.😁
Our locality doesn’t bother with that mess for which I’m grateful. Kids and animals don’t get DST.
I have three Atomic Clocks. Only one automatically resets. Seems after all these years I would remember how to do it but I end up cussing. Then there is trying to get the clock on the stove to +/- one minute of the Atomic clocks. Get all that done then notice the clock in the car.
Overwhelming, these first world problems!
Florida, seemingly being the voice of reason in these troubled times, is looking to kill the whole time thing off.
Sorry, Arizona, even though you did it first, you don’t have the population to force the issue nationally. But screw (or unscrew) the time when people are going to RatWorld or on Cruise or other such attractions, and that will cause a chain reaction nationally.
All- Can’t disagree with anybody… I’m not awake enough… sigh
I liked DST when I was working because, well, you know, trying to get some time outside after work. These days I don’t care as much – if the weather is nice I’m going to be outside a good part of the day.
I’ve been getting up at 5AM for quite some time. Of course, I don’t stay up late…
I prefer standard time. Let’s just stay here, since WWI (the reason for the first Daylight Savings idea) has been over for a while.
PH- Point.
Sam- Yeah, failing of age… 😉
TXRed- Now days, so do I!
Hey Old NFO;
You didn’t want another hour of 2021? Kinda like an extra track from Yoko Ono album
All of your troubles and travails should be this severe.