Daylight savings

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  1. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    For those of us whom still use it.

    First Sunday of November time falls back.
    Second Sunday in March it springs forward.
     
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  3. 201

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    PITA,,,it's not 1966 anymore.
     
  4. MYSTYKRACER

    MYSTYKRACER Medium Load Member

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    Seriously, WHY IS THIS STILL A THING?!?!

     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    They say, a record number of heart attacks occur during time changes. I never thought that was true until my friends brother died of a heart attack on, you guessed it, the "Spring forward" day. So, be advised.
     
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  6. MYSTYKRACER

    MYSTYKRACER Medium Load Member

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    It's true, it's a small but still significantly bump. Also there's a bump in morning commute car accidents for the first week after spring forward. I've also read where there's a noticeable decline in office productivity around both time changes b/c people's natural rhythm gets screwed up.
     
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  7. x1Heavy

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    They had to introduce the daylight savings to get more sun for farming etc.

    They might as well dispose of it today, it's still dark in the morning and still dark at night.

    Germany and Austria was the first to use it so they don't have to generate power to light the war factories in world war two. But they were not exclusively the first.

    If you are so sick as to have a heart attack on one hour difference then tsk we cannot help you.
     
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  8. buddyd157

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    that just means my 247 clocks need to be changed again...

    oh well...i'm retired......i got the TIME.........[​IMG]
     
  9. FlaSwampRat

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    It doesn't affect me really because I work nights and my sleep/internal clock is all screwed up anyways lol.
     
  10. x1Heavy

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    I have one manual clock on the microwave. The other three are driven either by satellite, cell or internet. Half the time I don't pay them any mind unless one of them is seriously off.

    I took off my casio watch when I stopped OTR trucking. I have not had a watch or anything like that in so many years. But the #### wrist has a indentation on the bone where it was.
     
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