Anyone else hate daylight savings time?

[AirmensMom]

It really messes me up and makes it hard to get out of bed in the morning. My body clock just can't adjust to it. :banghead:

[Deja Q]

1. Wait until tomorrow.

Right now I'm just teed that 1 hour has been lost. Tomorrow we get to feel that pain.

[Raven]

2. I love it.

Having more daylight at the end of the day. Also, my dogs sleep later.

[AngryAmish]

3. DST rocks

[billyskank]

4. AirmensMom!!!

:loveya:

[Callalily]

6. Hey Billy!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[billyskank]

7. Hi Fugue!

:hug: :loveya:

[Callalily]

5. Frankly I think it's a

royal pain. The only clock that automatically changed for me is the one on my fone. Everything else I have to do manually.

Retailers love DST. People tend to go out shopping in the evening when it's light out. There are no conclusive studies (in the past 100 years) that state one way or the other that DST saves energy. I would think on a whole, more energy is used b/c everyone is out and about in their gas guzzling cars.

Now that I've said all that . . .

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[QMPMom]

8. I dont love it or hate it. It's just the way it is and not worth getting

all up in arms over. And I hate it when people will say, later in the day, "Well, it's really __________ o'clock." I just say change the clocks and go on about things. It's not that big of a deal.

[BlueIris]

9. Yes. I hate it with the passion of a thousand blazing suns.

HAAAAAAAAATE.

[bertha katzenengel]

10. I like it. And Mrs. V. and I have a bet about when the cats will start begging for dinner.

She says it'll be at about the same time: 3:30 - 4:00 PM.

I say it'll be about when the sun hits the same spot in the sky -- which will be around 2:30 - 3:00 PM.

We shall see.

[KatyaR]

11. I don't like it. I have trouble sleeping during DST.

This just means another 3 weeks with less-than-normal sleep. Thank you, Congress!

[Deja Q]

13. Think of it as 'jetlag without the travel'.

:cry:

[terrya]

12. If the entire states of Indiana and Arizona don't have it, it's kind of pointless.

Either it should be consistent in all 50 states, or it should be scrapped entirely.

DST is a nuisance. Particularly this year.

[S n o w b a l l]

21. We do have it in Indiana..

I'm in southern IN. Portions of Indiana used to not but they changed that in 2005 and now the whole state does. There are two time zones here though. I'm on CST, but I can drive an hour and be on EST.

My dogs get me up at the crack of dawn anyway and I love having the extra daylight after work so after the first few days of having to go into work an hour earlier, it's good. I wish we'd stay on this time all year.

[LostInAnomie]

29. Oh, we have it. And, it sucks.

Indiana, for some reason, has multiple time zones, even though we are completely in the Central Time Zone. It's stupid, there is no good reason for it, and it gets everyone's nerves but we never do anything about it.

I think that at certain points during the year there may even be three time zones. :crazy:

[kedrys]

14. It takes the cats a few weeks to get adjusted

to the fact that the humans' clock has moved. Since the cats go by light, not clock law, they find the whole time change thing mildly puzzling.

I, on the other hand, will need to start putting clothes out the night before and get dressed in the dark. :nuke:

[IntravenousDemilo]

34. Judging by the way I dress, I think most people assume I dress in the dark. n/m

[kedrys]

40. It's actually to avoid mixing blue with black

and to make sure I have matching socks. I have a bit of a psychosis about wearing socks that don't match. :D

[cwydro]

15. I wish they would just pick one time period

and stick with it.

[EFerrari]

39. Did you that someone wrote a book about how crazy it really is?

He did a great and hilarious BookTv presentation.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1560257962.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Seize-Daylight-Curious-Contentious-Saving/dp/1560257962/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6007803-2849646?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173642279&sr=1-1

[cwydro]

53. No I didn't -

have to check that out. Thanks!

[GenDem]

16. I made myself get out of bed at 7:00......

when my body clock was telling me it was only 6:00, because I know it will screw me up if I don't adjust quickly. I hate it in the morning, especially the first couple of weeks, but like it staying lighter in the evening.
:hi:

[bikebloke]

17. I like it.

Especially riding home from work in the evenings, when I don't need a light. Though back in the 70's they tried daylight savings through the winter during the gas crunch. There was more light in the evenings, but it was dark in the mornings. Kids were geting run over going to school. So they switched back to the old schedule.

[mcscajun]

18. Yes! I hate it. The switching is the pain.

I'd prefer Standard Time all the time, or DST all the time. Pick one, damnit!

Personally, I loathe getting up in the dark, and we were JUST about out of that, and now we get thrust back into it for another span of time. :grr:

[alarimer]

19. I hate

It is a stupid waste of resources.

[I Have A Dream]

20. No, sorry -- I love it. n/t

[ccinamon]

22. I hate DST - especially when we revert in the fall

I have SAD,,,,the sudden change from light to dark makes me even more depressed...it is a yearly battle to get thru the winter months as it is, and the sudden shift makes it worse. This year with the delay in reverting, it is going to be even more dreadful than usual. I'm dreading it already. :(

[RevCheesehead]

23. It sucks.

Like a Hoover.

[Kali]

24. I think it's stupid.

But then I can barely comprehend time zones (and the int. date line! well the B-52's sing a lyric or two about me) AND I live in Arizona where we don't have it.

[grace0418]

25. I live on the far eastern edge of a time zone so I love it. I wish it were year-round.

But that's just me.

I also work in a horrible, dark building with no windows. So for several months of the year I only see the sun on my morning commute, *maybe* at lunch (if I have time to go out) and on the weekends. I absolutely live for DST, when I can have a precious few hours of sunlight after work. It makes a huge difference in my mood.

[GalleryGod]

26. nope.

a minor inconvenience.

[Lady Effingbroke]

27. I want my hour back!

Waaaaaaaaaah! :cry:

[dropkickpa]

28. I like it!!

I wake up at 5-5:30 every weekday morning (a lot later on the weekend), so it's usually dark anyhow. It'll be nice to actually see the sun once in a while, I wish we stayed on it year round!! In winter, I'm lucky if I get to see maybe 30 minutes of daylight, I have SAD and it royally screws me up to never see the sun (the MAYBE 30 minutes of dusk I am sorta exposed to on the way home from work doesn't cut it). I hate waking up in the dark AND coming home in the dark, so the coming home when it's light will be a blessing!

Even an hour of sunlight at the end of the day lightens my mood up considerably, which I'd get if we stayed on DST (I've noticed a lessening of symptoms when I leave work an hour early in winter). I had no trouble getting up this morning, and anticipate a good night's sleep tonight (the first I'll have gotten in months) due to the fact that I'll be able to spend time outside IN the sunlight and make and eat dinner while it's still light out!!

[graywarrior]

30. It's a manipulative and controlling idea and I despise it.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

47. Sun up down, tide in out, good enough!

I'm with you!

[Texasgal]

31. HATE IT!

It takes me almost a week before I can get back into feeling "normal" again.

[IntravenousDemilo]

32. Yes, it's one of the most stupefyingly idiotic ideas ever come up with.

But then, I was raised in Saskatchewan, where they get along just fine without it. If we want another hour of daylight in the evening, why don't we just spring all the time zones forward and leave them there?

I'd say whoever is responsible should be stood up against a wall and shot, but he's already long dead.

[Left Is Write]

33. No, I don't. It's weird to do it this early in the season, though.

[riverdeep]

35. Don't care much one way or the other,

but I wish they'd do it like at 2pm on a Monday; one less hour of work.
Instead, we get one less hour of weekend.

[KitchenWitch]

36. I hate spring forward

Fall back isn't too bad.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

37. I hate it when we change in winter. When it gets dark at 4:30 it sucks.

I love having it be light till 8 pm in summer

[EFerrari]

38. I hated it this morning. And so did my dog who had to wait

for that third cup of coffee before she got to go out. :mad:

[Bzzzz]

41. Well...in Indiana....

it was all for Mitch's bitch golf buddies...grrrrrr. I HATE IT!!!

[krispos42]

42. My VCR is still on the old DST.

So now I have to manually fix it otherwise I'll be taping "Scarbourough Country" instead of KO.

Past that, I'm too sick to care. I work nights anyway, so it makes no difference to me. I have almost two full days to adjust.

[NewWaveChick1981]

43. I totally hate it.

I wish we'd pick a time and stick with it. I'm always thrown off for at least two weeks whenever we switch back and forth. :( And WTF is up with calling the reduced time period in the fall and winter "Standard Time"??? :grr: It's not standard any more, you idiots! :grr:

I HATE getting ready for work AND driving to work in total darkness. :yoiks: And that's what's in store for me for the next couple of months.

[Ilsa]

44. It really messes up my kids. And I have to run the AC longer

in the evening before I go to bed. I don't see how it helps us much as a family unit, but if it will save energy overall, I'll endure it. But it really messes up my kids for about 3-4 days when they are in school. Fortunately, they are getting Spring Break this week, so it won't affect their school performance.

[Tektonik]

45. it's utterly useless

should just be scrapped altogether

[flamingyouth]

46. I love it, but I live on the 47th parallel, so I'm probably biased.

I like the extra light in the evening.

[AirmensMom]

48. Thanks for the great responses!

Looks like we're divided on this one. :shrug:

Sorry I did tha post & run thing this morning. Being an hour "late" made me really have to rush to get things done before we could go out and play. :crazy:
I was disoriented all day long ... and it'll last for several weeks before anyting feels normal again. :(

[cboy4]

49. I especially like having to try to remember how to change

the clock on my car radio! :sarcasm:

[koopie57]

68. you too?

A week before it fell back in the fall my husband figured out how to change the time on my car clock. I asked him why he changed it when in a week it will have to be changed again. He said no problem. *LOL* no problem *LMAO*. Well, last week my car clock was 2 hours and 6 minutes ahead. I'm going to buy a littled clock to sit on the dashboard with my plastic Jesus. Actually, maybe I should but two and set one on DST and the other on ST. Wow, I must be a jenius? *wink*

[Pacifist Patriot]

50. I have three kids. What do you think?

:)

Convincing them it's really bedtime even though the sun is still shining is a bitch!

[AirmensMom]

54. Sort of like

Robert Louis Stevenson's poem?

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?

[Pacifist Patriot]

60. Exactly like that!

Oh to feel the sympathy because I remember it from when I was a kid....but as a parent I need the down time!

[AirmensMom]

67. Same here.

That's one of my favorite poems. We used to read it to the kids when they were little ... and we also used room darkening shades. :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

51. More than life itself.

:mad:

[sammythecat]

52. Makes me feel like I have to be busier

When it's dark it's easier for me to feel the day is done.

[salin]

55. lived with it and without it - and *hate it*.

Actually I didn't mind it when I lived in states/areas not on the ends of a timezone. But hate it in Indiana where we are we just adopted it (and most folksk hate it - will be a part of why Mitch Daniels will have a hard reelection) - and we are on the far west end of the eastern time zone. I hate it - as do many Hoosiers.

[Little Wing]

56. I love it, it feels like I got a full day again

[Jimbo S]

57. I love it!

It's nice to have that extra hour of daylight, whether for working out or driving around.

My female running friends depend on it. It's not safe to be outside alone after dark so they head to the local fitness club. Now they go outside after work again.

[Skittles]

58. I worked 15 hours last night getting these times right on mainframes

then 7 hours later I had to go back to work or 13 hours so BOO HOO

[onecent]

59. Born and raised in No. Indiana. Never had time change for 18 years..

I hate it with a passion!

[mentalsolstice]

61. I hate pt say it...I celebrated today

The high was in the mid-70s, and it gives us some extra daylight to enjoy our backyard before the mosquitoes take over. I sat out today between 5:00-6:30 pm, with my Ipod on portable stereo speakers, a glass of wine and a good book, and not getting eaten alive like I usually do in most years. Now if I could just get the Rose of Sharon tree to bloom early...

[trackfan]

62. DST is pure folly.

People on the Left and Right will complain endlessly about how much they hate big government. Yet virtually 100% of the population will willingly acquiesce to having the government tell them it is noon when it is really an hour before noon. If you live anywhere in the vicinity of a rooster (that's a cock for you Brits - we're too babyish for that word in America), you know what folly DST is.

[Jamastiene]

63. I despise it with every fiber of my being.

Damn them, I say, for taking an hour of my spring break away from me. :grrrr: :mad:

[RebelOne]

64. Whoever invented it should rot in hell

And by the way, it's daylight-saving time. No "s."

[AirmensMom]

66. With or without an "s" ...

I still hate it. :grr:

[Bassic]

65. Actually I prefer DST

But I think at this point there really is no point on going back to regular time.

[Deep13]

69. Fucking sucks.

It's pointless, too. I people want to get up an hour earlier, who's stopping them?