11-25-2013, 10:28 AM
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#61
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by getbak
It's hard enough to get people in Ontario to understand a 2 hour time difference year-round. Any benefit gained from this (pretty much nothing) would be offset by the confusion it would create in trying to get them to understand that it's a 3 hour difference for 8 months of the year, and a 2 hour difference for 4.
As long as a significant percentage of Albertans spend a significant percentage of their days doing business with people outside of Alberta, we should probably remain in sync with the other 98% of North America.
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Not to mention flight schedules, phone calls, television schedules... all thrown off.
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11-25-2013, 12:08 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Originally Posted by ken0042
You realize that your extra hour after work with sunlight is DST, right. 
That's what concerns me; you aren't the first person who has said that. Most people I know who are opposed to DST also happen to be the ones who enjoy that extra hour it brings. |
Who cares what it's called or not called? The point is to have the extra hour of sunlight after work. The name is irrelevant discussion.
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11-25-2013, 02:29 PM
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#63
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My face is a bum!
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can we just move to the Central timezone and not use DST? That works for me too.
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11-25-2013, 03:00 PM
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#64
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Muta
Who cares what it's called or not called? The point is to have the extra hour of sunlight after work. The name is irrelevant discussion.
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It's relevant because if a bunch of Albertan's start to say get rid of DST, they are asking for the wrong thing. And this government is quite prone to not picking up on that.
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11-25-2013, 03:01 PM
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#65
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
Who cares what it's called or not called? The point is to have the extra hour of sunlight after work. The name is irrelevant discussion.
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Not sure if serious..........
If you are- here's why you should care what it is called. You specifically asked to get rid of the extra hour of daylight after work. You used the exact opposite term from what you meant.
My point was that if you want something done (or left alone), it is important to get the terminology correct.
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11-25-2013, 03:13 PM
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#66
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Knalus
Not to mention flight schedules, phone calls, television schedules... all thrown off.
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Fully agreed on this point. As someone who grew up in Saskatoon, not being on DST when the rest of North America was turned out to be a pain in the ass for all the above listed items. Now that I've been in Alberta for 13 years I couldn't even imagine going back to having to adjust to the rest of the country's schedule.
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11-25-2013, 04:05 PM
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#67
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Originally Posted by V
You don't have kids. I'll be thrilled when we finally get rid of this.
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Maybe it's time to teach your kids how to adjust their clocks? I cant imagine growing up and having Daddy adjust my clocks for me every time
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11-25-2013, 04:05 PM
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#68
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Knalus
Not to mention flight schedules, phone calls, television schedules... all thrown off.
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Yeah, as long as the rest of North America continues to switch, people would still have to adjust their schedules with the rest of the continent to fit a lot of their daily activities.
There certainly may be merit to discussing eliminating DST, or even going to two time zones across North America, like in the link TurnedTheCorner posted, but it has to be a continent-wide change. It doesn't make any sense for this to be something that the provincial government should even be discussing. There's no way the Alberta business community would ever support making this change independent of the rest of the Canada and the USA.
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11-25-2013, 04:29 PM
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#69
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by King Hippo
Maybe it's time to teach your kids how to adjust their clocks? I cant imagine growing up and having Daddy adjust my clocks for me every time
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Do you honestly think that the problem for parents is that having kids = more clocks to change? Really?
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11-25-2013, 04:31 PM
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#70
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
Do you honestly think that the problem for parents is that having kids = more clocks to change? Really?
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That is you problem right there........
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11-25-2013, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
Do you honestly think that the problem for parents is that having kids = more clocks to change? Really?
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Not planning to get alarm clocks for your kids?
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11-25-2013, 04:37 PM
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#72
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
Do you honestly think that the problem for parents is that having kids = more clocks to change? Really?
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You don't think the best way to deal with this funnyman is to ignore him? Really?
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11-25-2013, 04:39 PM
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#73
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Originally Posted by ken0042
Not sure if serious..........
If you are- here's why you should care what it is called. You specifically asked to get rid of the extra hour of daylight after work. You used the exact opposite term from what you meant.
My point was that if you want something done (or left alone), it is important to get the terminology correct.
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So then keep DST permanently? Fine. Don't really care how it's labelled. Still want the hour of sunlight in the afternoon. Point remains the same.
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11-25-2013, 04:41 PM
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#74
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
That is you problem right there........
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Shhhhh keep obsessing about other men getting massages on Remembrance day
you problem will go away........
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11-25-2013, 04:41 PM
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#75
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
can we just move to the Central timezone and not use DST? That works for me too.
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As it is when I worked on construction, at this time of the year, I'd be stumbling around in the dark for 1/2 an hour, now you want people to work in the dark for an hour and a half on dangerous jobs, just for some imagined convenience.
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11-25-2013, 04:46 PM
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#76
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by King Hippo
Shhhhh keep obsessing about other men getting massages on Remembrance day
you problem will go away........
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I will enjoy your train wreck.
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11-25-2013, 05:08 PM
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#77
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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nm
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11-25-2013, 05:21 PM
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#78
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I will enjoy your train wreck.
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Stand down soldier! That's not nice
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11-25-2013, 06:56 PM
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#79
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by King Hippo
Stand down soldier! That's not nice
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Okay, that's it buddy. Take a hike.
EDIT: Make sure to report his posts in this thread, everyone. That's the only way he'll get punted, and hopefully fast.
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11-25-2013, 07:53 PM
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#80
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by King Hippo
Shhhhh keep obsessing about other men getting massages on Remembrance day
you problem will go away........
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
Okay, that's it buddy. Take a hike.
EDIT: Make sure to report his posts in this thread, everyone. That's the only way he'll get punted, and hopefully fast.
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King Hippo
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Wow that was fast.
Somewhere Jamie Oliver is breathing a sigh of relief
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