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Jim Beard

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Mon Aug 15, 2016, 04:46 AM

Aug 2016

If they vote against DST, the time will stay at the original settings year round.

There are so many more variables. I live on the western edge of the Central time zone on the long N/S Texas New Mexico Border where by geography and the Time Zone borders, the southern border of the Central Time zone is so much longer, it is almost 2 hours long. I add that most of that area is flatter than Kansas so there is no physical obstruction to make it it dark earlier.

If you live in a heavily wooded area mountainous area, the time darkness could be the same on both edges of the time zone.

Maybe we should just use our cell phones with a superdooper app that will calculate what time it is where I am standing.

BTW, I hat and always have hated DST

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Sun is setting on California's Daylight Saving's Time... [View all] C Moon Aug 2016 OP

Excellent! SunSeeker Aug 2016 #1

An idle mind is the devil's workshop. nolabels Aug 2016 #3

I agree pokerfan Aug 2016 #2

I agree with this move, and hope it spreads nationwide. n/t Tarheel_Dem Aug 2016 #4

Hell no Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #27

That's what I hope they do: I don't want a 4:40am summer sunrise or a 7:30am surnrise in the winter. C Moon Aug 2016 #36

Agree completely!!!!! etherealtruth Aug 2016 #29

Damn. montana_hazeleyes Aug 2016 #5

+1! eom BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #8

I love it too! wcast Aug 2016 #26

You are not alone. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2016 #55

I agree! moose65 Aug 2016 #62

The big complaint isn't about keeping the time an hour ahead�I'm all for keeping the DST time hours. C Moon Aug 2016 #64

But we don't really "lose" an hour! moose65 Aug 2016 #66

If that works for you, that's great. But it obviously isn't that simple for the rest of us. C Moon Aug 2016 #67

DST or Bust Dems2002 Aug 2016 #6

Oh, so you want to go where its cooler on those long hot days in the summer. Jim Beard Aug 2016 #12

Gambell, AK is the place for you discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #13

I was in Stockholm for the summer solstice this year. Sunset 1030, sunrise 330. I loved it! Vattel Aug 2016 #14

Was in Kirkines last year Dems2002 Aug 2016 #41

To the thread parent Jim Beard Aug 2016 #7

"BTW, I hat(e) and always have hated DST" BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #9

I third that. MicaelS Aug 2016 #20

The whole concept of Standard Time 1939 Aug 2016 #43

Thanks. I remember some about the railroads involved in setting up Jim Beard Aug 2016 #63

This will be sucky news for wirking folks in CA SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2016 #10

PLEEEZE! If CA does it, this could encourage other states to do it. DST was... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #11

DST was for farmers? rurallib Aug 2016 #15

Sorry, my memory was faulty... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #17

I was thinking it may be different for farmers in other areas rurallib Aug 2016 #18

Generally, on the two farms we had, the actual time was completely Glassunion Aug 2016 #21

Your memory wasn't faulty BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #25

Those farmer's myths usually turn out to be bunk kcr Aug 2016 #31

That article I linked to BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #33

What a shock kcr Aug 2016 #49

Farmers and drive-in movie operators would the ones to oppose DST 1939 Aug 2016 #44

It's periodically talked about here in Ireland, so this might help bring it up again. OnDoutside Aug 2016 #19

Other states have done it. former9thward Aug 2016 #32

Oregon and Washington would probably follow suit gratuitous Aug 2016 #40

So, would this mean that during the more-than-half the year TDale313 Aug 2016 #16

I would love to quit LWolf Aug 2016 #22

Yes! DST sucks. hunter Aug 2016 #23

But I gotta get up and slop the hogs and milk the cows, says no one. NightWatcher Aug 2016 #24

DST is not designed for farmers Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #28

The "energy savings" is a myth too. BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #34

I think you do use fewer lights on a dark morning than you do on a dark evening. 1939 Aug 2016 #45

Not me BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #48

Good. I always struggle with sleep on DST and now that it's nearly 8 months out of the year, kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #30

The problem is the clocks The2ndWheel Aug 2016 #35

:D C Moon Aug 2016 #37

I like DST. I wish it were all year NT Ex Lurker Aug 2016 #38

I love DST, I wish we had it year-round. In Chicago it can be pitch dark by 5pm in the winter. tritsofme Aug 2016 #39

Me, too. Iris Aug 2016 #42

Me three... Tikki Aug 2016 #54

OTOH, getting up in the pitch dark every morning SUCKS! Adrahil Aug 2016 #47

So does coming home in the pitch dark at night Warpy Aug 2016 #53

Meh... once I'm awake, the dark doesn't bother me. Adrahil Aug 2016 #58

I agree. Stop the clock madness! Adrahil Aug 2016 #46

People who don't like DST don't seem to have jobs taught_me_patience Aug 2016 #50

I hope not. Xithras Aug 2016 #51

I'd be happy to keep DST year round, also Warpy Aug 2016 #52

I'd always wondered about those time zones. Pretty lame. C Moon Aug 2016 #57

I suppose one imaginary measure of time is just as valid as another... LanternWaste Aug 2016 #56

How bout this? moose65 Aug 2016 #59

+1 C Moon Aug 2016 #61

Good! Now, maybe Indiana DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #60

I like DST. Maybe we should just stay on DST all year long. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #65

I agree and it appears most here feel the same. C Moon Aug 2016 #68