Spring Ahead 2011!

[troutman]

Is part of it to reduce the sun shining right in your eyes at sunrise and sunset, during rush hour?

[TurnedTheCorner]

It's all because of stupid farmers and their cows, which are almost as stupid.

EDIT: Looks like I'm wrong on this. Oh well. **** farmers anyway.

[WilsonFourTwo]

Everyone should read this Nat Geo article. It's not necessarily exhaustive, but it's informative and really interesting.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...orward-nation/

And for the record Ben Franklin can suck a lemon. He shoulda kept playing out in the lightning.

[zarrell]

Spring forward 1/2 an hour and just leave the bloody time alone.

[Raekwon]

Boss asked me to come in an hour earlier on Monday I totally forgot about this. 2 hours early (technically) it is

[TylerSVT]

Originally Posted by Yasa

If it means we're closer to summer, I'm ok with losing an hour. Not sure about you guys, but I'm finding -15 and colder is getting old.

I read somewhere that the number of people with Seasonal Affective Disorder this year is a lot higher than normal this year due to our extended crappy winter and lack of summer before.

I know its been bugging a lot of people.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Clocks changed! Now bedtime.

[sergei_makarov]

Hmm.. what happens to a child that is born at exactly 2AM? Is his/her time of birth recorded as 3AM? Guess so, huh.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by TylerSVT

I read somewhere that the number of people with Seasonal Affective Disorder this year is a lot higher than normal this year due to our extended crappy winter and lack of summer before.

I know its been bugging a lot of people.

I have never been officially diagnosed with it, but my family doctor is convinced, especially after this year that I am affected by it. This last couple of months has been very hard on my psyche. It isn't as much depression, as irratibility and annoyance I feel.

Like I seriously hate everything around me when I get up in the morning, and look outside. It's a feeling of f'you world. Once the sun is shining and the weather warms up, I feel like a new man.

[3 Justin 3]

Oh, there is a thread already.

[Mad Mel]

This explains the teleconference meeting request I got from Toronto for 4 a.m. Usually I get to sleep in until 5:00. F me.

[albertGQ]

The only thing worse than daylight savings plan is the number of people that b*tch and complain about it constantly.

[TylerSVT]

Originally Posted by pylon

I have never been officially diagnosed with it, but my family doctor is convinced, especially after this year that I am affected by it. This last couple of months has been very hard on my psyche. It isn't as much depression, as irratibility and annoyance I feel.

Like I seriously hate everything around me when I get up in the morning, and look outside. It's a feeling of f'you world. Once the sun is shining and the weather warms up, I feel like a new man.

Sounds like what a lot of people i know are going through, its not exactly depression, its just annoyance that things are staying the same too, they just arnt getting better. Its the same short fuse sort of stuff.

Hopefully we start seeing some spring and things look up.

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by getbak

Thankfully, with all this extra daylight, it should help the weather warm up nicely.

insert not sure if serious image...or if you mean from this point forward, unrelated to the time change...

[llama64]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

The only thing worse than daylight savings plan is the number of people that b*tch and complain about it constantly.

Well perhaps society should take notice and realize that DST is a stupid idea and get rid of it. Saskatchewan was smart enough to ignore it, so should we. How China is ahead of us on this boggles me...

DST is one of those early 20th century bull#### ideas that belong on the shelf with female hysteria, craniometry and social darwinism.

Damn I need a coffee.

[llama64]

I've always wondered about shift workers on the clock during a DST shift... do they get shafted or paid a free hour?

[Montana Moe]

I do shift work, we treat both daylight savings days as regular shifts. Usually it is the same person working both the spring forward and the fall back, so it evens out.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by llama64

I've always wondered about shift workers on the clock during a DST shift... do they get shafted or paid a free hour?

Work as a firefighter,there's no change in our paycheques.

I guess they figure it evens out in the end.

[kevman]

I love DST, what a great concept! An extra hour of evening light in the summer is fantastic. I don't understand how this can actually upset people? Think of all the extra hours one can be outside playing! Brilliant!

[Dion]

Bloody bandits, someone broke into my home last night while I was
asleep.

All they stole was an....hour.