DAYLIGHT SAVINGS -don't oversleep!!

**grandma** · 03-13-2010, 01:33 AM

**grandma** · 03-13-2010, 01:37 AM

I like this idea better....
Stores open their 8-18 hours during the daylight -
- set their own time.
Until, of course, The Government takes over that part of our decision making, too !!!

**James48843** · 03-13-2010, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by grandma

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WHAT???

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY ONE OF MY HOURS???

Must be Obama's fault!

**XL-entLady** · 03-13-2010, 01:54 AM

Daylight Savings Time is like cutting one end off the blanket and sewing it on the other end to make it longer.

Lady

**grandma** · 03-13-2010, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by XL-entLady

Daylight Savings Time is like cutting one end off the blanket and sewing it on the other end to make it longer.
Lady

I Love it !! So funny ! - so sadly accurate !

**grandma** · 03-13-2010, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by James48843

WHAT???

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY ONE OF MY HOURS???

Must be Obama's fault!

...and when you get it back in November you'll be told: "Hey, lookie here! We've got something for you, a gift from us to you !!! ...overwhelm us with your gratitude!"

**Scrappy** · 03-13-2010, 02:33 AM

This is old but anyway......

Obama ready to eliminate Daylight Savings?

According to news reports, Barack Obama may be getting ready to jettison Daylight Savings.

Turns out, according to two academics on the NYT Op-Ed page, there is little scientific proof that this reduces energy consumption. It also turns out that this practice could be wasteful, a bit annoying, and a lot of people, including Obama, want to get rid of it.
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A study in Indiana, a state that recently started DST, showed an overall increase of 1 percent in residential electricity use with occasional increases of 2 to 4 percent in late spring and early fall. So much for conserving energy.

**KevinD** · 03-13-2010, 12:19 PM

How about making Daylight Saving Time the new standard? Spring forward and never fall back.
I like having the sun stay up till 9:00 pm in the summer.

And while we're at it...how about no Saturday mail service?

**nnuut** · 03-13-2010, 01:33 PM

Watch it KevinD sometimes wishes come true. I always thought DST was stupid, if a company needs to have it's employees to come in earlier or later just change the hours of operation, is that so hard? Summer hours 08:00 to 17:00, winter hours 07:00 to 16:00, DUH!

MISS, (Make It Simple, Stupid)!

**Show-me** · 03-13-2010, 01:34 PM

Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!

How lame are we as a society that we can not leave the damn clock alone. More stupid legislation.

We can not even convert to the weights and measuring system that the rest of the world uses. lol

Originally Posted by KevinD

How about making Daylight Saving Time the new standard? Spring forward and never fall back.
I like having the sun stay up till 9:00 pm in the summer.

And while we're at it...how about no Saturday mail service?

**grandma** · 03-13-2010, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by nnuut

Watch it KevinD sometimes wishes come true. I always thought DST was stupid, if a company needs to have it's employees to come in earlier or later just change the hours of operation, is that so hard? Summer hours 08:00 to 17:00, winter hours 07:00 to 16:00, DUH!

MISS, (Make It Simple, Stupid)!

yeah - that's what I said !! (dat's wot I taut I tried to said!)

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS -don't oversleep!!

p.s. there is a song that goes (sorry you can't hear me!) "sunrise, sunset, etc, etc...
www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/fiddlerontheroof/sunrisesunset.htm
My favorite play!
-moved the video -

**Buster** · 03-14-2010, 03:33 AM

Just being Jim, means..

Spelling and grammar
The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.
Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Because of this, it would be more accurate to refer to DST as daylight-saving time. Similar examples would be a mind-expanding book or a man-eating tiger. Saving is used in the same way as saving a ball game, rather than as a savings account.
Nevertheless, many people feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Daylight Savings Time is also in common usage, and can be found in dictionaries.
Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, and Daylight Time Shifting more accurate, but neither is politically desirable.

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b2.html