Oh no-- that clock thing again? Cue the debaters...

[Rene T]

for Daylight Savings Time. I like it being light longer.

It’s not going to be light longer! HA HA!

 

[Chef Duane]

Isn’t it light as long as it’s light with or without DST?

Yes, but I like it being later in the day and still light out. Don't play dumb.

 

[Chef Duane]

It’s not going to be light longer! HA HA!

Don't play dumb.

 

[Oldgator73]

Yes, but I like it being later in the day and still light out. Don't play dumb.

Don't play dumb.

We aren’t playing dumb. We are stating the obvious. From sunup to sundown is X hours.

 

[rvlifer]

I'd prefer permanent DST but have been saying for years that I wish they'd just pick one already!

Hopefully DOGE will get ahold it this year and make something happen. There is bound to be money wasted with this madness!

DST was originally started to save money in germany

https://www.history.com/news/why-do-we-have-daylight-saving-time

 

[Chef Duane]

We aren’t playing dumb. We are stating the obvious. From sunup to sundown is X hours.

Of course you're playing dumb. But nice try.

 

[DonTom]

I will not comply. Leaving my clocks alone.

Same here and I am not in AZ or HI. I still have not yet changed my clocks from last year's DST. I can add an hour to the time easy enough in my head we're when on standard time.

Just that some of my clocks change automatically and some do not. But I can remember which ones to add an hour to during the standard time months.

So I am all set for it by doing nothing.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[Rene T]

Same here and I am not in AZ or HI. I still have not yet changed my clocks from last year's DST. I can add an hour to the time easy enough in my head we're when on standard time.

Just that some of my clocks change automatically and some do not. But I can remember which ones to add an hour to during the standard time months.

So I am all set for it by doing nothing.

-Don- Reno, NV

When we change the clocks in the fall, I don’t change the clock in my truck. I come to Fl a month later and it stays in the garage all winter. When I come home in the spring, it’s the right time

 

[workinonit]

It’s not going to be light longer! HA HA!

Sure it is. The days are already getting longer. 7:30 Am here in SC and it's just getting light outside.

 

[Rene T]

True. May be a few seconds longer than yesterday.

 

[NY_Dutch]

True. May be a few seconds longer than yesterday.

Over the next 5 days, sunrise changes by 7 minutes. A bit more than a minute a day.

 

[old RV guy]

Sure it is. The days are already getting longer. 7:30 Am here in SC and it's just getting light outside.

The days started getting longer by a few seconds per day in Dec and will continue until June when they start getting shorter by a few seconds per day. We just help it out some with DST.

 

[Boat Bum]

 

[LarsMac]

Actually, the thing about the DST change that irritates me is the flood of Stonehenge jokes on Facebook.

 

[Boat Bum]

 

[Mr Lars]

Most every mid size and up town in America has a Tuesday night bike ride (race) that starts at 6 pm the first Tuesday after DST starts and runs weekly until the clocks go back. They're normally a 35 mile route that takes 1:30 to 1:45 hrs. "The Tuesday Night World Championships".

I grew up in the Midwest, moved to Texas in 2013, this is the first I have heard of this.

 

[UTTransplant]

Most every mid size and up town in America has a Tuesday night bike ride (race) that starts at 6 pm the first Tuesday after DST starts and runs weekly until the clocks go back. They're normally a 35 mile route that takes 1:30 to 1:45 hrs. "The Tuesday Night World Championships".

I grew up in the Midwest, moved to Texas in 2013, this is the first I have heard of this.

I have lived in the Midwest for about 35 years, and never heard of it either. Onyrlef seems to be in Dallas. I never considered Dallas as in the Midwest, but maybe it is a Texas thing.

 

[Oldgator73]

Sure it is. The days are already getting longer. 7:30 Am here in SC and it's just getting light outside.

The days aren’t getting longer; 24 hours is still 24 hours. If you mean daylight sure, the hours of daylight do increase but not due to DST.

 

[old RV guy]

I have lived in the Midwest for about 35 years, and never heard of it either. Onyrlef seems to be in Dallas. I never considered Dallas as in the Midwest, but maybe it is a Texas thing.

If you ride a road bike you'd be aware of it. In smaller towns you might have a group of 6-20 riders on a Tue. night in metro's there will be numerous group meet up locations, many with several hundred riders broken up into smaller groups according to ability ( what speed one can pedal without being dropped).
They are ordinarily fast "drop" rides ( A groups avg. 20-25 mph over the ~35 miles) meaning, the group won't rally up to reaquire riders who could not hold the pace. Saturday morning rides are conversely often "no drop" and longer rides.

 

[old RV guy]

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Too funny!