NationStates Jolt Archive

Well who here is in a Country where you occasionaly lose an hour of sleep or gain an hour?
Its really annoying!
Britain for instances does and so does New Zealand when ours stops theirs starts and V/V.

Also Queensland Australia dosent want it because the extra hour of Sunlight will bake the paint off their houses quicker! :rolleyes:

why do 'Yes' and 'No' have question marks? are you not sure?

Hawaii doesn't have Daylight Savings.

Got it here in England, damn clubs all closed at 1am instead of 2am a couple of weeks ago. I like the lighter evenings though, cos I work till 8pm.

$(*%&($*%&$% farmers....

Except when I gain an hour of sleep...then yay farmers.

But it's spring. So...stupid farmers....

why do 'Yes' and 'No' have question marks? are you not sure?

Hawaii doesn't have Daylight Savings.
Yeah i noticed that how would one go about fixing that?? :(

Daylight savings time is a dark and evil phenomenon. If you're so hellbent on having the time, just bump yourself into the next half-time-zone and be DONE WITH IT.

Daylight saving ended here two weekends ago, we're heading back into winter. :(

Got it here in England, damn clubs all closed at 1am instead of 2am a couple of weeks ago. I like the lighter evenings though, cos I work till 8pm.
So whats the time now?
9:15 or 11:15?

Daylight saving ended here two weekends ago, we're heading back into winter. :(
australia is funny they think 14 degrees is cold(well Sydney-siders anyway :p )

Its 11.15 here, would have been 10.15 if it wasnt for DayLight savings

Its really annoying!Whaddaya mean?

I was in town and 3am magically became 2am again!

Very useful when you have work in the morning! Should happen every night. ;) :p

Whaddaya mean?

I was in town and 3am magically became 2am again!

Very useful when you have work in the morning! Should happen every night. ;) :p

But then 6 months later you get an hour less sleep

Daylight saving ended here two weekends ago, we're heading back into winter. :(
I'm barely able to wrap my head around all of that (even though I know full well how it works). I have a hard enough time trying to reconcile that you all (except the dude from Hawaii) are crazy time travelers of the World of a Couple of Hours From Now...inverting the seasons just draws just too starkly how small I am on this planet.

australia is funny they think 14 degrees is cold(well Sydney-siders anyway :p )

I'm in Melbourne, but I agree. 14 is getting a bit chilly.

Whaddaya mean?
I was in town and 3am magically became 2am again! ;) :p
Very useful when you have work in the morning! Should happen every night
But then 6 months later you get an hour less sleep
BINGO!*!*!*!*!

I'm barely able to wrap my head around all of that (even though I know full well how it works). I have a hard enough time trying to reconcile that you all (except the dude from Hawaii) are crazy time travelers of the World of a Couple of Hours From Now...inverting the seasons just draws just too starkly how small I am on this planet.
Thats nothing from here you can take a plane trip to America and arrive before you left!23 hours of nothing WOW!

Thats nothing from here you can take a plane trip to America nad arrive before you left!23 hours of nothing WOW!
"pop"

Mind's blown, time to go to bed...so I can live the day you guys are already done with...

"pop"

Mind's blown, time to go to bed...so I can live the day you guys are already done with...
Its true Kurt Cobain Died today! :eek: except like 13 years ago or something!

"pop"

Mind's blown, time to go to bed...so I can live the day you guys are already done with...

Mate, don't live my day, work was pretty shitty. Try sleeping until the evening & waking up about now. I'm two beers in & now everything's sweet as a nut.

But then 6 months later you get an hour less sleepBurst my bloody bubble stupid people usinglogictomakemethink aboutit...

Also a lot of Farmers dont like Daylight saving because the Cows they have to milk have a set routine and its not good to put them off it-it puts too much stress on them.

A town in rural NZ banned DLS because of this and so for 12 or so minutes there is a time difference wow!

Also a lot of Farmers dont like Daylight saving because the Cows they have to milk have a set routine and its not good to put them off it-it puts too much stress on them.

A town in rural NZ banned DLS because of this and so for 12 or so minutes there is a time difference wow!Hehe, I work at a bird sanctuary. The Kaka (Native bush parrot) were hanging around at the feeders an hour early making a racket.

Hehe, I work at a bird sanctuary. The Kaka (Native bush parrot) were hanging around at the feeders an hour early making a racket.
Bird Parrot redundant never! :mp5:
That is horrible they should be sent out to attack like the Kea does!

Holland does Daylight Savings Time

Holland does Daylight Savings Time
What need the extra hour to get rid of the hang over???

What need the extra hour to get rid of the hang over???
No. To have an excuse to come late for work

No. To have an excuse to come late for work
Thats funny when we swithed over it was a Public holiday the next week (EASTER)
Well me and the boss had been joking about me coming to work on Monday as the week after was a Holiday.

On the Monday i got to work late why?-the trains were broken!
So the frst thing he said was Easter is next Monday i laughed!
I wasnt late because i slept in
nor because of the holiday
nor because my Alarm was wrong
THE TRAINS WERE LATE!!!

Also Queensland Australia dosent want it because the extra hour of Sunlight will bake the paint off their houses quicker! :rolleyes:

Very funny. No, the reason it was abandoned was for the agricultural sector and the sake of those in rural western areas of the state.

I think we went an ahour ahead last week. Same day we bought our new microwave.

We have it in parts of the country, but not in others. Confusion rules, particularly when you have to co-ordinate things between different offices in different regions. And we change the clocks on a different weekend to the rest of the world just to make the time differences variable over the year.

A result of being a big country that is mostly aligned North South rather than East West.

*raises a hand, disgusted look*
Canada has it. I hate to lose an hour of sleep... but since i'm always out clubbing when I get it back, I can't really complain...

Do I have it? More than that... I'm quite closely related to the guy who invented it! (he was my great great uncle or something)

William Willet, Inventor of Daylight Savings Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett)

I have it. :)

Very funny. No, the reason it was abandoned was for the agricultural sector and the sake of those in rural western areas of the state.
Yeah i Know!

Bird Parrot redundant never! :mp5:
That is horrible they should be sent out to attack like the Kea does!I'm trying to get them to attack people who stay in the valley after closing...

The training isn't going well.

I'm trying to get them to attack people who stay in the valley after closing...

The training isn't going well.
Yeah im surprised Tourists keep coming back since Kea can tear a car apart in 3 hours!

Daylight savings are a perfect way to sleep in - when the clocks go back, you have an extra hour to sleep before school/work :p

I wish the UK would ditch BST and keep to simple UTC/GMT. I mean, daylight savings waste time, can cost you sleep before a big day AND make UK summers look important. In the UK, summer is winter, autumn is spring, and so on...

Plus BST stands for BullS**t Time :D

Yeah im surprised Tourists keep coming back since Kea can tear a car apart in 3 hours!Yeah, the Kaka is quite a bit more timid.

The worst they do is stand on some visitors heads :D

Yeah, the Kaka is quite a bit more timid.

The worst they do is stand on some visitors heads :D
Well i guess they could poop!

Yeah, the Kaka is quite a bit more timid.

The worst they do is stand on some visitors heads :D
Well i guess they could poop!

Well i guess they could poop!Aren't you in welly? You should come in on a weekend sometime.

Then I can be the first on NS to be murdered by an insane internet stalker! :cool:

So I'm not going to do real math for this little theory-but I have a proposal-one that can make it seem like all we ever do is gain an hour in the fall. It's damn genius, I'm telling you!

So in fall we gain an hour. After that night, each day we lose a little...like 20 seconds or so. Not so much we'd notice so that by spring, when it's time for daylight savings we're an hour ahead. For DST it stays constant until it's time to add the hour back-BAM! extra hour of sleep seemingly from nowhere.

It's genius, I tells ya, GENIUS!!!

Aren't you in welly? You should come in on a weekend sometime.

Then I can be the first on NS to be murdered by an insane internet stalker! :cool:
I would but its so far away.
plus i think i went there 8 years ago!
But also arent all forms of Zoo's and Natural things being closed by the Liberals because they dont like seeing animals lieing(SP) about?
Damn dont Lions sleep 17 hours a day anyway? :l

Doesn't exist where I am because we get too much sunshine at times.

* Goes all brown *

I've been to the bird place. If you want to find out my real name, go to Post 769. Therein you will find the answer.

I've been to the bird place. If you want to find out my real name, go to Post 769. Therein you will find the answer.
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I would but its so far away.
plus i think i went there 8 years ago!
But also arent all forms of Zoo's and Natural things being closed by the Liberals because they dont like seeing animals lieing(SP) about?
Damn dont Lions sleep 17 hours a day anyway? :lNah, we are greenie-moron-friendly, no cages, just a big fence to keep out all the nasties.

I'm almost there!! Keep posting people! Keep posting!!!

Daylight saving was also valuble during the war years as it saved resources by getting people to bed earlier! ;)

We do, and it's so pointless...

There's here in Canada, except Saskatchewan. Or was it Manitoba? One of those two.

Also Mexico has it, which is a bit pointless since it's not really that far north. The northern states used to do it on their own until a few years ago that the rest of the country started doing it too. It's also a problem because the Central Mexican Time extends too far west so it's never really synchronized with the sun.

Stupid tapatios, they should change their time zone instead of bitching about it.

Anyway, why should rural people have a problem with it? If they have to wake up at dawn, they should just wake up at dawn and the clock be damned.