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In reply to the discussion: What can we do to get rid of Daylight Saving Time? [View all]LisaM
(27,794 posts)26. I like it. I have to go home at night in the dark enough as it is.
If nothing else, just keep it all year long (I don't mind the time change myself). But I'm in Seattle and this time of year I'll be going home in the pitch black for the next few months. I've been assaulted here at night and I don't like it. Luckily I've moved, but where I previously lived, I had to walk across an unlighted footbridge at night to get home and it wasn't safe.
I'm sure that you don't intend that women should feel less safe at night, so please factor it in.
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Compromise solution. Let's all move our clocks ahead 30 minutes and leave it there.
stone space
Nov 2016
#7
My proposal: Set the clocks BACK an hour each fall and then AGAIN each spring
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#34
The original purpose of clocks was to point to the position of the sun in the sky.
immoderate
Nov 2016
#42
Really? I actually have a whole closet full of daylight I've saved over the years, thanks to DST
struggle4progress
Nov 2016
#70
I am one of these oddball people that prefers dark over light, cool over heat.
rurallib
Nov 2016
#63
this DST is BS from KAISER WILHELM, tho a NIXONIAN addition i understand.
pansypoo53219
Nov 2016
#83