Fix your clocks! Daylight Saving Time moved to November 4th!
Monday, October 29th, 2007 - 2:11pm
I noticed that the time on my cable box changed last night. So I was like, "OMG! Daylight Saving Time is here!" and set my cellphone to the correct time. I had a doctor's appointment this morning so I also had my alarm set correctly.
When I woke up this morning I swear I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone. The alarm on my cell never went off. The time was 7am but the network displayed 8am. My cable box read 7 but my laptop read 8. WTF?
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This is not the weekend we turn our clocks back for daylight saving time. It used to be the last weekend of October, but congress voted to extend daylight saving time by a week in the fall.
The time on my cable box fixed itself a half hour after I woke up and now displays the correct time. Needless to say, I missed my appointment. Thank you, Congress. :/
[edit] Title edit made my post irrelevant. [/edit]
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Yeah, I hate DST enough as it is, but I hate the f*ckers in Congress who went and made it even f*cking worse. See how much I'm swearing? That's how you can tell I'm sincere in my haterade.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
But I gave you what you wanted. Isn't that enough?
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The really bad thing about it is this was promoted as an energy-saving policy. Thanks Energy Policy Act of 2005!
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And it didn't save us ANYTHING!
Do you ever walk alone like a drifter in the dark?
You think the cake is a lie? DST is even worse!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Absolutely. And as a token of my thanks, I removed any references that may potentially shame you, and have diverted all the potential shame onto my post, which now looks like it was not very well thought out. But this has all been rendered irrelevant with your latest post. Shame on you.
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Amen, brother. A-f'ing-men.
--Todd
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I can't believe with the threat of global warming that Congress was so reckless as to vote and make the sun stay up an extra hour every day for an extra month a year. Think of the Polar Bears.
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Didn't we have some fun, though? Remember when you woke up this morning and the clock read '8:23am' and you were like "NNOO WWAAYY", and then I
was all "We pretended it was Daylight Saving Time"? That was great!
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Why so late, I'm used to DLS making Halloween more interesting.
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Imma fix my clocks good. Forget "Spring forward Fall back". More like "Fall into a bear trap and get dumped in the river" for them. I'm tired of this bulls*it.
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
ugg i wish we could just drop it. It doesnt save anything just makes me angry having to get up an hour earlier in fall and pissed that i have to stay and extra hour in the spring! THE HELL WITH DST! No to mention my clients go completely bonkers around these lovely times...
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I also wish we would just drop it. But... so you're ready for next week, just remember it's fall backwards and spring forwards.
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*edit* this post got me to intern, woo!
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Quintin_Stone wrote:
Screw the haters. I like DST and not being dark outside at 5:00pm.
There's talk that the extension of DST may be a stepping stone to just making it permanent year-round. Works for me.
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Permanent year round would work too. I just hate the changing of it, especially since they're now messing with what week it happens. It's annoying.
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Quintin_Stone wrote:
I note you two live pretty south so I don't think there's a signifigant swing in the length of the day over the course of the year. Try doing the math on that when you've got four or five hours of daylight.
The whole damned thing stinks, but let's not make matters worse.
Duoae wrote:
I missed something... how did thinking it was an hour earlier than it was make you late?
"Also, I have four legs and am covered in wool. Baa!" *Legion* reveals his inner furry.
DST doesn't make the days any longer.
I would also be in favor of DST lasting all year as opposed to clock adjusting twice a year.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Does this mean more gaming time or less?. That's all I need to know man. Well, that and what direction to shoot. (makes finger gun) POW!
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I think we should move all the daylight hours to the end of the day for us northerners.
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The sun's been setting in Chicago a little before 6pm. Next week, when the sunset would have been at 5:30pm, it will instead be at 4:30pm, and I will be walking home in the dark.
"There ought to be a law!" (Seriously, that phrase should be banned... with a law.)
If she had to wake up at 6am, her clock was telling her that it was 5am instead, so she had an extra hour to sleep. Generally, she thought she had more time than she actually did.
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I say screw your screw... or something to that effect.
I'd rather it was dark at 5:00 in the evening than dark at 7:30 in the morning like it is now. I can't stand trying to wake up when it still looks like it's still the middle of the night outside.
---Todd
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Why can't it be dark at noon? I'm at work, so sunlight does me no good!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
That would complete negate the fact that I finally have an office with a window.
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Quintin_Stone wrote:
Well at least you don't have a window that overlooks a vast and wonderful display of bricks. Ahhhh nothing like the fall and the trees changing color and.... ah sh*t...stupid bricks.
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I counter-screw your screw to reinstate my initial screw. 7:30am is not for seeing!
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Ok, I'm confused here:
DST takes daylight away from the evening and puts it into the morning.
Legion, who likes DST, wants more daylight in the evening.
Ubrakto, who dislikes DST, wants more daylight in the morning.
Am I missing something?
EDIT: Ok, I get it now. DST isn't Starting November 4th, it's Ending November 4th.
So confusing.
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*applause*
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