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In reply to the discussion: House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent [View all]
Ms. Toad
(39,010 posts)19. I've never cared what the clock says, in relation to whether the sun is up or down.
Exact same number of hours of daylight. No amount of rearranging our sleep schedules twice a year can "save" any daylight.
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House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent [View all]
BumRushDaShow
19 hrs ago
OP
Why don't we just use standard time and change normal business hours/school hours. Its the same difference.
ToxMarz
18 hrs ago
#3
It gets dark at the same actual time, the only difference is what artificial time the clock says.
ToxMarz
17 hrs ago
#10
Because no one wants it to get dark when the clock says 7:30 (or whatever) in the Summer
Polybius
17 hrs ago
#11
I've never cared what the clock says, in relation to whether the sun is up or down.
Ms. Toad
13 hrs ago
#19
This was done before back in the 70s, and they had to stop it 'cause there were multiple fatalities -- mostly school
Fil1957
16 hrs ago
#12
Guilty as charged! Having lived in the 70s and recalling the news reports then, which sensationalized the predawn
Fil1957
12 hrs ago
#27
I agree with your original post. I drive every day in the early morning in the dark....
dedl67
6 hrs ago
#35
They say if we don't turn the clocks back ever again that in a few years it will be light all twenty four hours.
twodogsbarking
16 hrs ago
#13
My wife and I currently live under the tyranny of the 24 hour clock at her workplace.
hunter
3 hrs ago
#47
Clever to bring it to vote soon after the switch with so many hate it
question everything
12 hrs ago
#24
Good, it makes for safer driving on the commute home when people are less alert than they are in the morning.
diane in sf
12 hrs ago
#25
Someone tell Fat Nixon that Regular Nixon already made this mistake, and backtracked.
RockRaven
11 hrs ago
#28
I proposed in another thread that everyone use Universal Coordinated Time everywhere...
hunter
4 hrs ago
#46
And the tennis lobby, the softball lobby, the growing soccer and pickleball lobbies, the little cricket lobby, etc
JustABozoOnThisBus
6 hrs ago
#37
Legislation that actually does nothing to truly improve the American people's lives in a truly meaningful way.
cstanleytech
8 hrs ago
#33