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That's It - I hate Trump Now
« on: March 11, 2019, 12:11:30 PM »
In favor of permanent DST. I'm really looking forward to two months of post-0900 sunrises and six months of post-0800 sunrises. Grrr.

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2019/03/11/wtf-i-love-trump-now-president-trump-tweets-his-support-for-a-policy-both-the-right-and-the-left-can-agree-on/
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2019, 12:20:52 PM »
I don't care what they do, just stop switching back and forth.  

Maybe we can get Democrats to agree to get rid of DST and go to non-DST time (since Trump wants DST time).  

Was that Trumps plan all along?  3 years or so of all this just to put Congress in a position where it would agree to end DST. 
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2019, 12:23:37 PM »
Cue the Trump is breaking the universe by messing with time protests.
Waiting on AOC's brilliant insight on this.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2019, 12:28:00 PM »
I'm just extra pissed (long time APS members know my hate of DST anyway) because Idaho just last month passed legislation to go to permanent MST. Now Rubio and these other jackasses are going in the opposite direction for national legislation. Not everybody lives on the Eastern edge of a time zone or in Florida.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2019, 12:32:05 PM »
I'm with MechAg... I don't care one way or the other, just pick one and stop screwing the country over twice a year.

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2019, 01:26:23 PM »
But... but... my smoke alarm batteries might run down !  Dayam !


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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2019, 03:06:22 PM »
While we're at it. let's get rid of those pesky time zones.  Heck, let's put the whole globe on the same time!

https://www.laserfiche.com/ecmblog/how-it-can-eliminate-daylight-saving-time-zones/

(Yes, it's an old article.  No, I don't like spring forward/fall back. Yes, I understand that time zones reflect the human perception of day and night, and getting rid of that would require the entire globe to (a) cooperate and (b) adjust their thinking so that a.m. and p.m. would become irrelevant.  The whole world would operate on Zulu time.)
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2019, 03:43:32 PM »
Add me to the list of people who thinks we should just eliminate DST. It doesn't "save" any daylight. Originally it was supposed to be to accommodate farmers, which I could never understand. Farmers have alarm clocks. If they want to get up with the sun, they can just set their clocks accordingly.

Then it was "for the children" -- something about keeping kids safe while waiting at stops for the school bus.

And then it was about saving energy. That didn't make any sense to me, either.

Just get rid of it.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2019, 03:53:02 PM »
Add me to the list of people who thinks we should just eliminate DST. It doesn't "save" any daylight. (1) Originally it was supposed to be to accommodate farmers, which I could never understand. Farmers have alarm clocks. If they want to get up with the sun, they can just set their clocks accordingly.

(2)Then it was "for the children" -- something about keeping kids safe while waiting at stops for the school bus.

(3)And then it was about saving energy. That didn't make any sense to me, either.

Just get rid of it.

(1) As you said, it did nothing for farmers.

(2) If you want to protect children, stop having school start so early in the morning!

(3) It doesn't save energy. As I recall, it uses more, as people run air conditioning/heating longer as a result.

Not, stay on DST. At no point in the year does it ever feel correct. Move back to standard time, for the whole year. Businesses can adjust their hours accordingly.

(Also, stop making me wake up at 5 in the morning in the dark to be up at "6 a.m." to get anything done in my garden/yard before work.)

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2019, 04:29:03 PM »
"I'm a foolish old man that has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop."

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2019, 04:39:46 PM »
The same barbaric regime that had the whole country driving at 55MPH max.  [barf]

This is what you get for reminding me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2019, 08:03:11 PM »
I agree:  STOP GOING BACK AND FORTH!!!!  Choose one and leave it be,,,,
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2019, 08:59:57 PM »
This is what you get for reminding me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k


That's what I thought it would be. :D  I like the song.  Did not like the video; was wondering why a cop didn't shoot him.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2019, 09:04:25 PM »
I believe I'm the fourth to say pick one and stop the changes.

If you really like/dislike getting up with the sun, change your operating hours and get up earlier or later.

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2019, 09:16:52 PM »
That's what I thought it would be. :D  I like the song.  Did not like the video; was wondering why a cop didn't shoot him.

The video was worth it to watch that 512BB tearing up the track.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2019, 09:47:11 PM »
Just pick one or the other and stay with it.

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2019, 09:53:07 PM »
My preference would be DST all year.
I can't adjust my work hours and prefer the more daylight at the end of my day.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2019, 10:26:10 PM »
It's all arbitrary, so why not shove all in? Declare a meridian passing through Mar a Lago that all US time will be based on.
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I'm so contrarian that I didn't respond to the thread.

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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2019, 02:29:45 PM »
Every dog and cat owner would vote to pick one and be done with it.

Also, people with small children.
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2019, 03:28:30 PM »
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Re: That's It - I hate Trump Now
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2019, 04:29:45 PM »
I think most people are under the impression it has been around longer than that.

The link is regarding the all-year DST experiment of 1973.
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