Comments on: Now THERE’S an idea!

By: CandC

CandC — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:32:51 +0000

For us here in Idaho, DST allows us as a family to ealier in the year go for family walks after dinner. Sure, I miss my going to work with the sun being over the horizon, but give it a month and the morning sun will be my drive-to-work friend again. Yet, I’d rather have the family walks than the morning drive-to-work sun anytime.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:08:05 +0000

Another point that I find absolutely ridiculous about the whole DST, which the comment from Indiana alluded to is that our great legislative body came up with THIS as an energy policy?

I like the idea of ignoring DST. Sadly, I work in an office where time is of the essence.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:06:26 +0000

Living in Indiana, we just experienced DST for the first time last fall. And I must say I HATE IT! Supposedly it will help out local businesses by being on the same hours as other cities they do business with….whatever….All it does is screw up my schedule and make me miss church two more times than I already would have.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:33:58 +0000

Hi All. One of the reasons we decided to ignore DST was because Mary, my wife, used to work in a sleep lab. She’s seen, firsthand, how interupting your natural sleep cycle can impact your health. Time itself is an artificial construct designed to give us more control over our lives, but can you really manipulate something that doesn’t exist by moving the hands on a clock? Methinks not.

Suprisingly, although DST was created to save energy, we discovered that changing the clock sapped our energy, so we decided we would have no more to do with it.

So what’s it like being a DST rebel?

First, we keep our clocks and watches set at the same time throughout the year. None of that moving forward or backward business. The best part of it is that during the fall/winter when we’re one hour ahead of everybody else, it’s like having an extra hour all to ourselves. We call it “Morris Time.”

Of course, we do have to do a little mental translation whenever we set an appointment, but that’s not a problem. We feel the difference most, in the evening. When Steph, my daughter, goes to her weekly 9:00pm book discussion meeting, she’s ready to go at 9:00pm (MT), but she has to wait an ‘extra’ hour until it’s 9:00pm for everyone else. So we do tend to feel like we’re always waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.

It gets trickier when we’re dealing with other US time zones where we may be two or even three hours different.

The upside is that we’re never late for anything and we never feel worn out from lack of sleep. That extra hour in the morning means I can linger longer on my morning walk or spend more time chatting with Mary at breakfast. It makes for a more relaxing life I think.

Sleepers of the world unite! If DST is leaves you feeling out of sorts, strike a blow for independence and take back control of your personal time.

By: MaryD

MaryD — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:03:31 +0000

This cracks me us Tia. When our son Jacob (now 15) was four, he had a major fit about the idea of DST. He threw a full-scale yelling tantrum, including writing to the governor and the president about this stupid idea. We thought is was funny, though irritating. Now that he is 15, and has fully developed into the very most logical and analytical one in our family, it seems that he may have been on the right track!

This IS one of the advantages of living in Africa, no DST… we just have to remember what time it is where our relatives are now…