Sunday March 10, 2013
Site 20, Blue Spring State Park
Orange City Florida
Last night was the semi-annual time change. Those of you who have been following me very long have heard me rant about this topic before. Well actually every time it happens. So I won’t do a full blown diatribe again. You already know how I feel about what I see as a ridiculous waste of time and money for people and businesses to change the clocks twice a year. I hate sunrise at 7:30 in the morning. The morning is nearly half over by then. At night I’m tired, dark is fine. The day is finished already.
And what about those poor little Orange City School children waiting for the bus in the dark? But the worst seriously is the sleep pattern readjustment.
But we all do it. We allow “them” to tell us the time of day and then change it and even change the dates when they make us change it. What was Bush’s reason for that? Anyway, all this just because they want to apparently. IS that really the reason? I need a good reason for such foolishness.
You were so great in your responses when I asked for your help about the blogger search box insanity, I hope you will respond as fully to this example of lunacy.
Why do you think we all (except for the sane people in part of Indiana and those in Arizona) go through this rigmarole?
Why fall back and spring forward?
What IS the reason behind it??
I start asking………………..
The first person I ask is David who as you can imagine has heard this question many more times than anyone should have to. This year, he says it is a garden center conspiracy. In the spring, as soon as possible, they want you to be outside later after work so you will buy fertilize for your grass– tsk tsk tsk and bushes and vegetables. If you have more daylight to work in your yard and garden, they are making more money. It’s the garden center economy stupid.
The second person I ask, who prefers to remain anonymous, suggests that it is a decree from the President’s council on physical fitness. It’s the only exercise most Americans get all year so it has to be legislated.
Another suggestion comes from a friend who says it is the American Medical Association lobby. All those springing and falling accidents keep doctors in those big bucks they need to pay the AMA dues.
So I ask you for your opinions. Who is behind this nonsense? WHY do we do this???
Come to Arizona...no time change here!!!
ReplyDeleteI suppose "we the people" deserve the blame because we allowed the practice to start, and we continue to permit it! I agree with you; I don't like it. In my teaching days it affected me more, because, of course, it caused kids to be half asleep for days afterward. Now, in our house, we can take a LONG time to make the adjustment. Only appointments with others cause us inconvenience. Old Man has one with the doctor at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. He will be driving in the dark to get there! I did discuss the subject with our grandson yesterday; he says he LOVES all the extra evening time. Lucky for the kids that they have spring break to get used to the time change!
ReplyDeleteWe actually encouraged it during the war but it seems now there is no way to stop it Rose or perhaps I'm the only one who really wants to and writes my congressman and senator every time with no result. I don't care which one we pick, your grandson can have the extra evening time, I'm good with that. I just wish we'd stop changing it.
DeleteI like to see the days get longer..but I don't like the change..I find it kicks me where it hurts...hard to believe one hour makes a difference in a retired person but it does...
ReplyDeleteAmen Elaine!
DeleteIt's just about 8pm here in Palm Springs and it's still 84F. We just came back from a nice twilight walk around the RV park. We stopped and talked to a few friends who were out enjoying the beautiful evening while there was still some light left.
ReplyDeleteI'm one who likes DST and am glad the infamous THEY (who were all freely elected by the way) enacted this law in most parts of Canada and the U.S.A.
Guess I didn't quite make myself clear, DST is fine with me. Let's just keep it all year if every one likes it. Why change back and forth?
DeleteAmen to your rant! I hate this with a passion especially when we USED to be part of the sane Indiana that didn't comply with the insane but now we do. When Central Indiana went along with the change they did this big to do about it on the news, and it was explained that the reason for daylight savings is/was the farmer. It is supposed to allow more time in the fields. Really??? Do they know how farmers operate? I have been in or around farms my whole life and I can tell you a farmer no more looks at the clock to see what time it is than fly to the moon. They go by the calender and the weather outside. The farmers around us will pick corn/beans sometimes until 3 in the morning to get them in before a rain. And be out in the fields at 5 am in the dark. If you ask me this was just a feeble excuse to get us to go along with it! Sorry I didn't mean to give a rant in the comment box.
ReplyDeleteYour rant is great Tammy. write your congressman and senator and let me know if you even get an answer that has anything to do with the subject. :-))
DeleteI recently heard of a study that shows the time change doesn't save energy at all, and in fact energy consumption actually rises. I can't think of a good reason except that big businesses are certainly getting some benefit or we wouldn't be doing it.
ReplyDeleteLove it Gypsy! Probably true.
DeleteCue up the Grassy Knoll!
DeleteApparently all your friends are conspiracy theorists. Me? I think it's a conspiracy to make the Arizona government look sensible.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I like the longer days ... as to why we do it? Don't have an answer, I'm afraid ... but at least I know it's saving time and not savings time as is frequently reported in the media
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't get why we do it, the semi annual time change has never really bothered me.
ReplyDeleteStill, I don't get it.
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I am with you. I don't like the change, but I like it lighter longer. Started with the farmers or so I heard.
ReplyDeleteNo Daylight Savings Time in Hawaii. Everyone move to Arizona and Hawaii. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI like the longer days, but I'm with you on it being dark so late in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why they do it, but in the scheme of things, it's really not an issue for me.
Glad for you that your body has no trouble adjusting.
DeleteI like having the extra daylight when I get home from work. If we left it on all year it wouldn't get light until very late in the morning during winter. I'm glad "they" did it. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an entertaining post - I loved the cartoons :) I like the longer days, but, the mornings I very much dislike - easier to wake up and start the day earlier when it's not dark. Adjusting to the hour gone in the morning is tough - even on the news, I heard talk about moving the start of the school day back because so many kids were half asleep and, as you pointed out, having to wait for the bus in the dark. And, as to energy use, here's another view:
ReplyDeleteMichael Downing, a teacher at Tufts University and the author of "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time," says messing with the clock doesn't really save energy. "Daylight saving is still a boon to purveyors of barbecue grills, sports and recreation equipment and the petroleum industry, as gasoline consumption increases every time we increase the length of the daylight saving period," Downing tells MNN. "Give Americans an extra hour of after-dinner daylight, and they will go to the ballpark or the mall — but they won't walk there."
Thanks for such a great comment Carrie. I do wonder though why folks think the days are "longer". It isn't light any longer, it's just that we change the time of the light so it's darker later in the morning and lighter later at night. Sounds like Downing is voting that the Oil companies and recreation folks are behind continuing this jumping twice a year. :-)
DeleteNow that I'm retired, I'm having enough trouble remembering what day of the week it is, let alone what time it is. Changing the clocks back an forth just adds to my confusion! :cO
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer to stay with the natural rhythms of nature. What's wrong with sun time? When the sun is directly above us it should be high noon. I certainly enjoy the longer light in the evenings BUT I don't like it being so dark in the morning. It makes it so difficult for us working folks to get up.
ReplyDeleteGuess Arizonians, and South Africans, don't need all this foolishness.
ReplyDeleteI am an early to rise early to bed girl so I like more daylight on the other end. I too, wonder why people think the days are longer.
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