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Thank goodness time has gotten back to normal. Should've been done the end of September, or Columbus Day weekend at best. And DST should start when it used to: the first weekend of baseball season and beginning of Master's Week. IIRC, the change was made under the guise of "saving energy," with no consideration of "ticking people off" (no pun intended, but I will take credit).
I seriously doubt all energy considerations were taken into account when calculating this "savings." I bet it was done the same way the effects of tax changes are calculated: with static models that don't take into account changes in human behavior in response.
Personally, I hate getting up when it's dark. Since retirement, I've been getting up when the light from the east-facing bedroom curtains reaches a certain brightness (tough on cloudy days, but so be it). As DST dragged on, that time reached 8 o'clock and later. Now that we're back on EST, it feels better getting up at 7 - not too early, but not too late, either.
Now that I feel better about when I get up, I can be less grouchy. Have a nice day - at a reasonable time!
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Either way is Okay with me, just Stop Changing The Clocks (please).
I get up early either way, around 3-4 am by the clock, a hold over from working the early shift of 7-3 for many years I guess.
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The purpose of Daily Savings time is obvious. To give politicians an opportunity to show They Care.
Every time it has been introduced or modified, a crisis has been occurring which is beyond the ken of politicians to immediately stop - whether a war or energy issue. So they diddle with DST because it is something they can do.
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Amen, brother!
(BTW I have a friend who emigrated from California that disregards DST. Votes correctly also.)
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I am an inherently early riser, and enjoy getting up before dawn. But not when sunrise is 3 or 4 hours after my natural waking time.
I do not particularly mind the semi-annual time change. If we were to go to year round Daylight Savings Time, we'd either have to radically change school times, or accept the problems that come with children going to school in the dark, especially in the northern states.
But if we're going to have one year round, I'm for "standard" time.
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