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Travis_0004

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28. DST is not designed for farmers

Mon Aug 15, 2016, 11:22 AM

Aug 2016

In fact, since the sun rises later, farmers are more likely to work in the dark, or they have to get up later.

DST saves electricity, and allows for more daylight hours after work and school, which allows people to be more active.

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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