I Love Daylight Savings Time!

“I know. I know. We lose an hour. But...

We get one more hour of daylight each night, which means more daytime hiking!

I'm done teaching school at 2:19. It won't get dark here now until 8 or so. That's almost 6 hours per day for hiking! At 3 miles per hour, I could do an 18 mile loop each day. DST is beautiful!”

“I think we should just leave it DST year 'round.”

“Oh how dumb!! Why not just get up an hour earlier and leave the stupid clock alone?? We do just that in Arizona and it works fine.”

“ya when are they gonna abolish this stupidity?It should be dst 24/7/365.”

“[big yawn]

I'm sitting here working on a project and the clock says 1:50am. I don't have the heart to change the clock yet...because in terms of getting up for church, the time is already 2:50am.

Yuck!”

“Day light safing time sucks when you stay out at the bar till 2 A.M. and have to work at 8 A.M. So then you lose and hour of sleep but you also have a hang over and that makes the day even better. I guess that I will learn some day....”

“The station was empty
The trains were all gone
I reached in my pocket
And I wanted for dawn

The clock played drums
And I hummed the sax
And the wind whistled down
The railroad tracks

Hey three for a quarter
One for a dime
I'll bet it's tomorrow
By Rocky Mountain time”

“This time change sux when you get up at O'dark thirty.”

“Don't forget, DST is this weekend. Time for those looooooong summer days! :-)”

“No doubt!

8)”

“Soooo ready for that.”

“I am working midnight shift so instead of working 12 hours I only have to work 11!! WOO HOO!!”

“DST sucks when you have to get up at 5:30 Sunday to go to work, eh?”

“Yep! I've been screwed by my relief not showing up til an hour later- that sucks worse!”

“Being late sucks!

8|”

“I'm pleased to have DST coming.”

“Time is relative, LOL”

“When Daylight saving occurs while you are backpacking does it really have an affect?”

“I think I have SAD... so bring on the long days!!!”

“Do the birds start chirping an hour earlier?”

“SAD is better than STD.”

“I'm very excited.. more hiking because there is more day lite...wonderful.”

“the park i run at closes at "dusk". now i'll be able to come home and not have to rush around to get there in time to get my run in.”

“NWT = nightime wasting time.Who names this @#$*()(.If we could rid ourselves of clocks,dish washers,Suv's,DST's,IRS's,NRA's,SBC's and sleeping bag zippers We'd have more time for wars.”

“(AP) OPEC's decision to cut production was expected on Thursday to raise oil prices and fuel the political battle over how to reduce the cost of filling American gas tanks.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hopes the 4 percent cut will prevent a price drop this spring, when the global demand for oil usually slips to a seasonal low.

Some analysts, however, said the cut could soon push crude prices above the psychologically important threshold of $40 per barrel and worsen the pain for U.S. motorists.

If OPEC members stick to their quotas, U.S. crude could spike to $40 a barrel "within a week or two," said Carl Larry, an analyst at ABN Amro in New York.


I saw a tv ad today by the Bush administration blaming Kerry for the high price of gasoline. Why not.”

“DST change is this weekend.”

“Never mind that Bush is filling the US Strategic oil reserves now at a time when prices are at an all time high.”

“Drive smaller cars....or better yet, take public transportation. Sheesh.”

“StanLee: Public transportation? That works if you actually work/live in a city. Most folks I know live out in the country, and we don't even HAVE buses or trains, or subways. Shoot, my opportunity for cheaper transportation is buying a motorcycle, or carpooling.”

“Or if your like me and need to be mobile available during the day.”

“the cheap gas is out there, you just have to know where to find it.”

“I kinda like it. The shorter days are kind of a bummer for backpacking though, but I do sleep better in general with the longer nights. The locals here tell me it gets dark ~3:30pm towards the solstice. That'll be an experience.”

“3:30pm towards the solstice. That'll be an experience.”
Artex
8:50:38 PM
10/30/04

that will suck!!”

“It's about the same here. It sucks. I get up and leave for work in the dark and when I drive home from work it's dark.”

“Lumberzac, you'd obviously know better than I, but I bet the longer nights are fun during the winter when there's snow cover and a full moon? I've experienced that before, and I love how bright it can get. Often, you don't even need a headlamp. I imagine I'll get to do stuff like that more often now. It'll be fun.”

“The night walks on snowshoes in back of the house after work are fun .
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“Yup, I plan on doing the same. And on the lake. :-)”

“I mainly don't like driving at night.”

“I have to settle for the power lines down to the creek.”

“Okay, now you lost me.”

“I don't like driving in the dark to and from work, because I have trouble seeing with all the glare.

When I do my night walks; I follow a set of high voltage power lines down to a local creek behind my house.”

“Ah ha. :-)”

“Can't wait to put the snowshoes on though. Shouldn't be too long for that.”

“Same here. Definitely not too much longer.”

“One thing that sucks though is there is a warm front moving through tonight. The high for tomorrow is in the 60's.

I WANT SOME SNOW!”

“Yeah, similiar weather out my way. It sucks! But the good news here is that the warm weather is only sticking around for a day. BRING ON THE SNOW!!!! I'm really stoked for when my lake freezes over. I can't wait to try ice fishing.”

“Ice fishing is fun. I'm hoping to catch some moster pike or lakers this winter.”

“Is a laker the same as a lake trout?”

“Yes and I have yet to catch one.
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“quiet you two!
yeah, i'm still whining about the arrival of winter. at least you guys get to look outside your offices and see the sun...i have to sleep & end up missing the daylight”