We lose something valuable tonight - that extra hour. Don’t forget to change the clocks tonight.
Wait a minute, never mind. I unplugged my alarm clock a few years ago.
Speaking of which, it sounds like California is considering DST for the entire year. Beyond the adjustments that would be needed for travel, computers, clocks, etc., this would also leave children going to school from mid-Fall through the Winter months mostly in the dark in the morning. Not sure I would like that as a parent.As a parent of very young children, DST is an absolute nightmare. Why do we even have it still?? (There’s a great John Oliver bit on this)
FL legislature passed a “law” last year to make DST the standard time, but needs federal approval.
Lived in AZ for many years w/o DST and wish FL would move off it.
Understand the EU is giving it up in a few years
We didn't have it in Hawaii when I lived there, either, and I loved not having it. I really liked not having time changes twice a year. I wish the whole country would abandon it.
How would you know when to check the battery in your smoke detector?
But seriously, one good thing about it is that it is a significant event. I use it to think of some maintenance things that I do once a year or twice a year (but it’s not every six months so it’s not great for semi annual maintenance). Thankfully, my smoke detectors no longer have replaceable batteries, but I still go around and check all my remotes and battery operated things to see if the batteries are in good shape or if they started leaking. Also time to change out furnace filter, refrigerator water filter and the like. And, I will test my smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors tomorrow.
You retirees are as smug as that camel in the commercial on Hump-Day!
To try and ease my angst over DST, this past week for the six days proceeding, I moved the clock up 10 minutes each day....sort of like wading into the pool instead of just jumping in.Already done. I did the spring forward a few hours ago. That way less shock in the morning.