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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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14. In fact, it's a 2-fer: it eliminates both! The sad thing is...

Reply to sir pball (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:18 PM

Mar 2015

people here who are saying they love it are really making the case against it, because they are saying they hate moving the clocks back in the fall.

Just scrap it in the Spring and there's no such thing as DST or ST. Poof! "Summer hours" all year 'round.

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Nope. I love it. Long light days are great. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #1

Then do it year round. Changing the clocks is nuts. immoderate Mar 2015 #2

Where do you get longer light days in the winter? lol WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2015 #3

Hey fellow Chicagoan! marym625 Mar 2015 #7

We NEED daylight savings time.... that extra hour of sunlight warms us up and makes winter go away groundloop Mar 2015 #4

Okay Mr inhofe! Lol Takket Mar 2015 #5

Can we stop standard time instead? marym625 Mar 2015 #6

DST forces the clocks to change. Making "summer hours standard time" is what everyone wants WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2015 #9

There are at least 3 petitions to prosecute. marym625 Mar 2015 #13

Hahaha! The spirit of the petition is to eliminate DST and... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2015 #8

sorry I love DST.... chillfactor Mar 2015 #10

DST forces you to change the clocks. Eliminating DST after Spring, don't change clocks in Fall... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2015 #11

So it's really "make DST into standard time"? sir pball Mar 2015 #12

In fact, it's a 2-fer: it eliminates both! The sad thing is... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2015 #14

I love late light, year-round. sir pball Mar 2015 #15