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Polybius

(15,417 posts) Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:30 PM Mar 2019

It's Daylight Savings Time! [View all]

I love this time of the season. Yeah, we lose an hour but to me this signifies the first important step to ending Winter, and that Spring is around the corner. Love that it gets dark later too! Some people don't like the adjustments, but it's never taken me more than a day or two to get used to. Anyway:

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It's Daylight Savings Time! [View all] Polybius Mar 2019 OP

It sucks itsrobert Mar 2019 #1

It doesn't bring Spring any faster Polybius Mar 2019 #3

Look at the picture you posted PJMcK Mar 2019 #2

Ahh just noticed Polybius Mar 2019 #5

Sorry, I didn't mean to be snarky PJMcK Mar 2019 #7

You we're snarky at all Polybius Mar 2019 #10

Thank goodness you've straightened that out! Where will you use your powers next? DontBooVote Mar 2019 #8

Daylight savings time sucks... ADX Mar 2019 #4

A day or two, a 24% increase in heart attacks, a few more fatal car accidents. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #6

Heart attacks? Polybius Mar 2019 #9

It's a 24% increase - without a corresponding decrease in subsequent days. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #13

Agree. Tipperary Mar 2019 #11

Archaic Timewas Mar 2019 #12

I work second shift, so five days a week the extra hour of daylight doesn't help. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #14

How do you get an hour more of daylight on your days off. Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #18

My body rhythm adjusts to my work schedule, CST or CDT. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #19

Completely agree Polybius Mar 2019 #20

The only thing I find wrong is, Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #23

It's been a busy night at Stonehenge . . . Journeyman Mar 2019 #15

I hate getting up in the dark. Detest daylight savings. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #16

Why? Polybius Mar 2019 #21

That depends on where you are. DFW Mar 2019 #17

Twilight golf is possible again Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #22