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Just a friendly reminder that tonight at 2AM we spring forward an hour, except for Arizona and parts of Indiana.

Crap I hate it...
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Whats the real reason for daylight Savings what does it actually save?
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Pfft will just mean when the sun isn't up...it's 5 instead of 4...for me personally not losing that much.

Still think the reason we keep is beyond asinine.
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MarkIX wrote:Whats the real reason for daylight Savings what does it actually save?
The whole shebang
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ARIZONA
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FORWARD FOR

VICTORY TIME
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That's a good idea, I'm going to call DST "victory time" from now on.
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Ha-ha! I live in Hawaii so I don't have to put up with your silly time-travel shenanigans!!!!!
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Bob McDob wrote:Ha-ha! I live in Hawaii so I don't have to put up with your silly time-travel shenanigans!!!!!
Curse you.

Not for daylight...for living in Hawaii...though their tax laws are just plain cruel when dealing state to state materials.
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Make sure to eat extra riboflavin so you can time-travel properly.
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Nathan F wrote:Just a friendly reminder that tonight at 2AM we spring forward an hour, except for Arizona and parts of Indiana.

Crap I hate it...

:P :lol: :D
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Howedar wrote:ARIZONA
VICTORY

Yes!

Of course it does also mean that we are getting closer to baking our brains out for another summer. :?

At least it's cool and rainy now. :D
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We came off victory time last weekend here.

Gives that nice sleep in feeling for a week.
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Ghost Rider wrote:
MarkIX wrote:Whats the real reason for daylight Savings what does it actually save?
The whole shebang
???
Thank you
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We've been through this last weekend. I hate it, always messes up my sleep.
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In Western Australia we dont do daylight savings.

During summer we get 12-14 hours of sun light, and during winter it drops to a 10-11 hours of sunlight. Getting up with the sun during summer here means getting up at ~5:30am and dusk being at +7pm.

Of course the real stinker is when the temperature doesnt drop below 30 degree C for about a week during summer.
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Damn time really missed me up. After 12 hours in a tournament getting home at 12 whenit'ds really one is great. But atleast the light'll be out longer.
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No I have to add five hours instead of six to get zulu. Stupid farmers.
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Even us Zulus, I mean, Brits can't use GMT, we're on British Summer Time (BST) now.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:No I have to add five hours instead of six to get zulu. Stupid farmers.
I don't understand this post.
Are you for daylight saving and there fore think farmers are stupid for opposing it, or are you against daylight saving and believe mistakenly that farmers like it?
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Nathan F wrote:Just a friendly reminder that tonight at 2AM we spring forward an hour, except for Arizona and parts of Indiana.

Crap I hate it...
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Rogue 9 wrote:
Nathan F wrote:Just a friendly reminder that tonight at 2AM we spring forward an hour, except for Arizona and parts of Indiana.

Crap I hate it...
:D :P
Actually, most of Indiana is on Eastern Standard Time year round.

Only a few counties in the Northwest and Southwest corners (including Evansville) are on Central Standard/Daylight time and a few counties in the Southeast are on Eastern Standard/Daylight time.
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