Happy Daylight Savings Time

[JoeM 7,873]

Time to reset your biological clocks to winter mode. 

 

Makes little sense to me but I am sure someone knows why this is necessary. 

[ebinmaine 67,443]

1 minute ago, JoeM said:

someone knows why this is necessary. 

It. Is. Not. 

 

But Happy November 5th. 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,542]

 

33 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

35 minutes ago, JoeM said:

someone knows why this is necessary. 

It. Is. Not.

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

  Wasn’t there a bill or something that congress was voting on to end this changing the clocks twice a year business?? 

[JoeM 7,873]

15 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Wasn’t there a bill or something that congress was voting on to end this changing the clocks twice a year business?? 

I thought so too.......but who knows what those bird are doing?

[WHX?? 48,815]

Most of the members of congress need their clocks cleaned...

[ebinmaine 67,443]

21 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  Wasn’t there a bill or something that congress was voting on to end this changing the clocks twice a year business?? 

 

Yes. 

It passed unanimously in the Senate.  

Went to a House Committee and stalled. Two years running!!

 

 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,838]

Either way, it’s a beautiful morning!

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,150]

Daylight Savings ??     Someone doesn't understand our solar system.    Probably also subscribe to a flat earth and perpetual motion 

[ebinmaine 67,443]

4 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Daylight Savings ??     Someone doesn't understand our solar system.    Probably also subscribe to a flat earth and perpetual motion 

 

Perpetual motion I CAN prove. 

 

BBT.  Is. Perpetual motion.  

 

 

[JoeM 7,873]

38 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Someone doesn't understand our solar system

Probably thinks it is related to solar panel. You know like a cousin.

 

I know one thing, the older i get the less i like change. Did not bother me when I was working....didn't have time to thinks about it!

 

All good, I am over it now. Lol

[953 nut 55,195]

1 hour ago, Sparky said:

  Wasn’t there a bill or something that congress was voting on to end this changing the clocks twice a year business?? 

If there were a bunch of lobbyists with deep pockets pushing the idea of remaining on standard time it would have been done a long time ago.

Now if only I could convince our cat that the clocks have been reset I could have slept in an extra hour.

[8ntruck 6,998]

When I was working, I had some projects going with a vendor who was located in South Bend.  They didn't go on daylight savings time.  Was interesting, as I was working out of Michigan, which is in a different time zone.  1/2 the year, the vendor and I were on the same time, the other 1/2 year, we were an hour off.

[stevasaurus 22,721]

Rub some dirt on it you guys and get back in the game!!!    I hate the change as much as any of you, but at least I can go to bed now and it is dark out !!!  I've waited 6 months to be able to crawl in bed and it is dark outisde.  I've always had this theory that we were a hybernating species...this time of year proves that... I"ll see you in the spring when we lose an hour.    R.I.P. 




 

[wh500special 2,170]

4 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

When I was working, I had some projects going with a vendor who was located in South Bend.  They didn't go on daylight savings time.  Was interesting, as I was working out of Michigan, which is in a different time zone.  1/2 the year, the vendor and I were on the same time, the other 1/2 year, we were an hour off.

Until 2006 Indiana didn’t observe daylight savings time. They (mostly) stayed on Eastern Standard Time all year.  When it was changed in 2006 there was some genuine bitterness at the governor of the time for “taking away” an hour of the day.  It was entertaining, but somewhat frustrating that it was so hard to explain to people that the days still had 24 hours. 
 

The reason for the change was exactly what you pointed out…it was difficult for business since people didn’t know that the heck time it was in Indiana.
 

Not all of Indiana is on the same time zone, however.  There are a handful of counties in the northwest and southwest corners that follow central time to stay with  neighboring Illinois and Kentucky population centers.  It adds some fun and confusion at times. 
 

Steve

[squonk 41,073]

2 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

Rub some dirt on it you guys and get back in the game!!!    I hate the change as much as any of you, but at least I can go to bed now and it is dark out !!!  I've waited 6 months to be able to crawl in bed and it is dark outisde.  I've always had this theory that we were a hybernating species...this time of year proves that... I"ll see you in the spring when we lose an hour.    R.I.P. 




 

If you want to fall asleep, just watch replays of Packer/Bears games! 

[cschannuth 3,816]

29 minutes ago, wh500special said:

Until 2006 Indiana didn’t observe daylight savings time. They (mostly) stayed on Eastern Standard Time all year.  When it was changed in 2006 there was some genuine bitterness at the governor of the time for “taking away” an hour of the day.  It was entertaining, but somewhat frustrating that it was so hard to explain to people that the days still had 24 hours. 
 

The reason for the change was exactly what you pointed out…it was difficult for business since people didn’t know that the heck time it was in Indiana.
 

Not all of Indiana is on the same time zone, however.  There are a handful of counties in the northwest and southwest corners that follow central time to stay with  neighboring Illinois and Kentucky population centers.  It adds some fun and confusion at times. 
 

Steve

When I graduated from college, I took a job with Marathon Pipeline Company as a pipeline engineer in Martinsville, Illinois. The pipeline stretched over most of the eastern US and, of course, that included Indiana. Since Indiana was not consistent with their time, everybody in the company used what we called pipeline time based out of the Eastern District office in Martinsville. It worked OK.

[8ntruck 6,998]

@stevasaurus - we'd miss all the fun if we didn't whine about it.

[ebinmaine 67,443]

I've done phone and internet based jobs in the past. 

It is not complicated.  

If a customer or vendor isn't available, you wait til they are. 

 

This time change is trash. It wasn't valid when some buffoon decided to enact it and it's even less so now in a 24/7/365 world. 

It's TIME for keeping TIME the same all year. 

I couldn't possibly care less what zone I'm in. 

Just. Stop. Changing.  

 

[Handy Don 12,214]

33 minutes ago, cschannuth said:

pipeline time

During my career, I worked in systems for a number of global financial services companies. Clearly, having a transaction occur 1:30 AM EDT and then another occur at 1:30 AM EST on the same day was not workable so we all used GMT (now UTC). For “Customer visible” reporting, we’d print or display a “local” time. calculated based on the locale of the originating side of the transaction and its time rules. Maintaining all the rules globally was a serious PITA until a couple of banks started a subscription service with a data feed!

[rjg854 11,360]

This time of year we only have so many hours of daylight so it doesn't really matter if it comes an hour earlier or an hour later.  

[wallfish 16,994]

13 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

This time of year we only have so many hours of daylight so it doesn't really matter if it comes an hour earlier or an hour later.  

Yup, the days get pretty short. But better having that light in the morning so the kiddies don't get run over going to school in the dark.

We're on regular time now but I prefer the time change come spring when the days get longer because I don't want to work in the heat during the summer. It only takes a day or 2 to acclimate to the changes so not a big deal to me. 

I still don't know what I'm doing living this far north of the equator. The older I get, the more I can't stand winter. Maybe a snowmobile or something, IDK

[ebinmaine 67,443]

27 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

This time of year we only have so many hours of daylight so it doesn't really matter if it comes an hour earlier or an hour later.  

 

Exactly.  

Whether we start work in the light or dark we finish up in the dark or light.  

Still ain't enough time in the day.... 

1 minute ago, wallfish said:

But better having that light in the morning so the kiddies don't get run over going to school in the dark.

Agreed.  

[953 nut 55,195]

6 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

I"ll see you in the spring when we lose an hour.

We didn't actually gain an hour, we just redeemed the hour that we put in a non-interest-bearing savings account last spring, sort of like getting a tax return that was your money all along.          

[lynnmor 7,305]

24 minutes ago, wallfish said:

Yup, the days get pretty short. But better having that light in the morning so the kiddies don't get run over going to school in the dark.

 

I guess the schools couldn't set the best hours for them and leave the rest of us alone?