Forget Jeezuss... This is more important.! Especially back east right about now!
Uke said
12:21 AM, 03/10/13
Set 'em back folks! One hour. Yep! ALL your clocks, watches, the digital thingy on your stove, your computer(s), and every other "time" keeping thing ya own, including the dashboard clock in the car, or in Cal's case, his new pick 'em up truck!
Hurry, times a wastin' girls! Troll? Ya with me...this might be the perfect set up for a lay off. yep tell the caller ya overslept 'cause you forgot ta reset all your clocks!
Sorry, set all your time things AHEAD, not back. Yeah! Got that Troll? Set your watch ONE hour ahead of where it is now!
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 10th of March 2013 12:30:03 AM
That pope shi...stuff will be all over soon anyway. At least we at BurningJournaldotcom hope.
But ya never really know. Sometimes them Catholics drag things out because the food is a whole lot better than back in Podunk. Plus the accomodations, and the Italian babes are hotter than the altar boys...
Uke....is spring when you remove the black electrical tape from your digital clocks?
Troll said
10:37 AM, 03/10/13
But Uke....today isn't February 6th at 10:10 pm.
-- Edited by Troll on Sunday 10th of March 2013 12:28:21 PM
Cy Valley said
3:20 PM, 03/10/13
Uke wrote:
But they have less time to drink. In 1997, Ohio University students rioted after clocks were shifted ahead and bars were forced to close an hour early.
Go, Bobcats. You can always count on the drunken students on N. Court Street.
Oh, and this, just because I like it:
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 10th of March 2013 03:21:33 PM
Uke said
3:40 PM, 03/10/13
Yeah. I peeled it off the stove, and the microwave thing. Now the two "clocks" left are in the Ranger (a pain in the ass!), and the ol' Toyota Supra! That's it! One, two, three, four, five... Maybe eight time keeping things in all.
Most amazing? The cell phone updated its own time ta reflect "Daylight Savings Time" automatically! Hah!
Cy Valley said
4:15 PM, 03/10/13
Will wonders ever cease? Uke, do you have caller ID on your home phone? It's probably got a time on it, tu. Whenever someone calls you, it should update. You won't have to do a thing. Isn't it GREAT?
Calvin said
5:34 PM, 03/10/13
New truck resets itself. Cool!
Uke said
6:08 PM, 03/10/13
Home phone's been shut down. Used for local calls only... Answer thing disabled! Only get calls on my cell fone thingy now. This one... Not text activated, but will record messages. Basic little telephone so ta speak...
This one, in silver: Just like the pic. But don't call that number! It ain't mine!
This crap of changin' clocks twice a year is still a big pain in the ass! Just 'cause yer retired doesn't mean you're free from it! Nope! Everybody else is stuck with it tu!
Appointments are made accordingly. When the dentist office calls, or e-mails ya ta remind ya, you best be in that chair at noon, that exact day...not an hour later! Or show up an hour earlier. (Unles ya like ta read two year old "Ladies Home Journal," or "Parents Magazine")!
2013 Daylight Saving Time: Why some don't want to 'Spring Forward' and change the clocks
2:19 PM, Mar 8, 2013 |
Most of us will be moving our clocks ahead one hour this weekend, with daylight saving time going into effect
For some, it's a minor annoyance. Others want to get rid of it altogether, even petitioning the White House.
There is no spring-forward in tropical Hawaii, nor in arid Arizona where the thought of scorching summer days ending at 9 p.m. got people hot and bothered. They also don't set clocks ahead in the Hopi Nation, in northeast Arizona, but they do in the Navajo Nation, which completely surrounds it. Call it a "daylight saving donut."
Michael Downing, a Tufts University lecturer, said daylight saving was originally meant to save electricity with lighting at homes.
"Here's the problem: in Detroit on Sunday, people are going to wake up, and the sunrise won't occur until 8 o'clock, and they're going to have to turn on lights," he said.
Downing, the author of "Spring Forward," says daylight saving time is a boon for retailers. Downing said, "If you give Americans daylight at the end of the work day, they're more apt to shop on the way home."
But they have less time to drink. In 1997, Ohio University students rioted after clocks were shifted ahead and bars were forced to close an hour early.
In Russia, daylight saving time pits President Vladimir Putin against his protege, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who abolished it in 2011.
At stake are lucrative primetime broadcasts of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russia was first put on daylight saving time by Joseph Stalin in 1928. But, Downing explained, "When October came, the Russians forgot to fall back. It wasn't until 1985 that an AP reporter stumbled onto the fact that the clocks were all wrong in Russia."
Only time will tell when all of this confusion will end.
Uke said
11:13 PM, 03/10/13
That's it! Why the hell are we still doin' this? Because somebody said we hafta! Personally, I believe it's a govermint conspirasy!
They want more cantroll of life!
Uke said
11:16 PM, 03/10/13
Crime, energy use top reasons for daylight-saving time
By BakersfieldNow.com staffPublished: Mar 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM PDTLast Updated: Mar 8, 2013 at 5:17 PM PDT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Daylight-saving time is this weekend. Clocks officially jump ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, although most people will reset their timepieces before or after sleeping that night.
So what's the point of the annual "spring forward" and "fall back" routine in March and November, respectively?
It saves energy. During daylight-saving time, the sun sets one hour later in the evenings, so the need to use electricity for household lighting and appliances is reduced. People tend to spend more time outside in the evenings during daylight-saving time, which reduces the need to use electricity in the home. Also, because the sunrise is very early in the morning during the summer months, most people will awake after the sun has already risen, which means they turn on fewer lights in their homes.
It saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. During daylight-saving time, more people travel to and from school and work and complete errands during the daylight.
It reduces crime. During daylight-saving time, more people are out conducting their affairs during the daylight rather than at night, when more crime occurs.
The only places in the United States where daylight-saving time is not observed: the eastern time zone portion of Indiana, most of Arizona, all of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Under the Uniform Time Act, states can exempt themselves from daylight-saving time by state law.
Cy Valley said
11:40 PM, 03/10/13
Uke wrote:
Crime, energy use top reasons for daylight-saving time
By BakersfieldNow.com staffPublished: Mar 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM PDTLast Updated: Mar 8, 2013 at 5:17 PM PDT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Daylight-saving time is this weekend. Clocks officially jump ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, although most people will reset their timepieces before or after sleeping that night.
So what's the point of the annual "spring forward" and "fall back" routine in March and November, respectively?
It saves energy. During daylight-saving time, the sun sets one hour later in the evenings, so the need to use electricity for household lighting and appliances is reduced. People tend to spend more time outside in the evenings during daylight-saving time, which reduces the need to use electricity in the home. Also, because the sunrise is very early in the morning during the summer months, most people will awake after the sun has already risen, which means they turn on fewer lights in their homes.
It saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. During daylight-saving time, more people travel to and from school and work and complete errands during the daylight.
It reduces crime. During daylight-saving time, more people are out conducting their affairs during the daylight rather than at night, when more crime occurs.
The only places in the United States where daylight-saving time is not observed: the eastern time zone portion of Indiana, most of Arizona, all of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Under the Uniform Time Act, states can exempt themselves from daylight-saving time by state law.
That hasn't been true since 2005, the Burning Journal Research Department should have caught that error and corrected it before it got posted. Uke, they're slipping.
Set 'em back folks! One hour. Yep! ALL your clocks, watches, the digital thingy on your stove, your computer(s), and every other "time" keeping thing ya own, including the dashboard clock in the car, or in Cal's case, his new pick 'em up truck!
Hurry, times a wastin' girls! Troll? Ya with me...this might be the perfect set up for a lay off. yep tell the caller ya overslept 'cause you forgot ta reset all your clocks!
Sorry, set all your time things AHEAD, not back. Yeah! Got that Troll? Set your watch ONE hour ahead of where it is now!
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 10th of March 2013 12:30:03 AM
That pope shi...stuff will be all over soon anyway. At least we at BurningJournaldotcom hope.
But ya never really know. Sometimes them Catholics drag things out because the food is a whole lot better than back in Podunk. Plus the accomodations, and the Italian babes are hotter than the altar boys...
This is what confused me right from the get go:http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/246966/14/8-ways-that-daylight-saving-time-affects-us
Uke....is spring when you remove the black electrical tape from your digital clocks?
But Uke....today isn't February 6th at 10:10 pm.
-- Edited by Troll on Sunday 10th of March 2013 12:28:21 PM
Go, Bobcats. You can always count on the drunken students on N. Court Street.
Oh, and this, just because I like it:
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 10th of March 2013 03:21:33 PM
Most amazing? The cell phone updated its own time ta reflect "Daylight Savings Time" automatically! Hah!
New truck resets itself. Cool!
Home phone's been shut down. Used for local calls only... Answer thing disabled! Only get calls on my cell fone thingy now. This one... Not text activated, but will record messages. Basic little telephone so ta speak...
Just like the pic. But don't call that number! It ain't mine!
This one, in silver:
This crap of changin' clocks twice a year is still a big pain in the ass! Just 'cause yer retired doesn't mean you're free from it! Nope! Everybody else is stuck with it tu!
Appointments are made accordingly. When the dentist office calls, or e-mails ya ta remind ya, you best be in that chair at noon, that exact day...not an hour later! Or show up an hour earlier. (Unles ya like ta read two year old "Ladies Home Journal," or "Parents Magazine")!
2013 Daylight Saving Time: Why some don't want to 'Spring Forward' and change the clocks
2:19 PM, Mar 8, 2013 |
Most of us will be moving our clocks ahead one hour this weekend, with daylight saving time going into effect
For some, it's a minor annoyance. Others want to get rid of it altogether, even petitioning the White House.
There is no spring-forward in tropical Hawaii, nor in arid Arizona where the thought of scorching summer days ending at 9 p.m. got people hot and bothered. They also don't set clocks ahead in the Hopi Nation, in northeast Arizona, but they do in the Navajo Nation, which completely surrounds it. Call it a "daylight saving donut."
Michael Downing, a Tufts University lecturer, said daylight saving was originally meant to save electricity with lighting at homes.
"Here's the problem: in Detroit on Sunday, people are going to wake up, and the sunrise won't occur until 8 o'clock, and they're going to have to turn on lights," he said.
Downing, the author of "Spring Forward," says daylight saving time is a boon for retailers. Downing said, "If you give Americans daylight at the end of the work day, they're more apt to shop on the way home."
But they have less time to drink. In 1997, Ohio University students rioted after clocks were shifted ahead and bars were forced to close an hour early.
In Russia, daylight saving time pits President Vladimir Putin against his protege, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who abolished it in 2011.
At stake are lucrative primetime broadcasts of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russia was first put on daylight saving time by Joseph Stalin in 1928. But, Downing explained, "When October came, the Russians forgot to fall back. It wasn't until 1985 that an AP reporter stumbled onto the fact that the clocks were all wrong in Russia."
Only time will tell when all of this confusion will end.
They want more cantroll of life!
Crime, energy use top reasons for daylight-saving time
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Daylight-saving time is this weekend. Clocks officially jump ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, although most people will reset their timepieces before or after sleeping that night.
So what's the point of the annual "spring forward" and "fall back" routine in March and November, respectively?
Daylight-saving time "has the effect of creating more sunlit hours in the evening during the months when the weather is the warmest," according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The system, along with the nation's time zones, are administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The DOT offers these reasons for observing daylight-saving time:
It saves energy. During daylight-saving time, the sun sets one hour later in the evenings, so the need to use electricity for household lighting and appliances is reduced. People tend to spend more time outside in the evenings during daylight-saving time, which reduces the need to use electricity in the home. Also, because the sunrise is very early in the morning during the summer months, most people will awake after the sun has already risen, which means they turn on fewer lights in their homes.
It saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. During daylight-saving time, more people travel to and from school and work and complete errands during the daylight.
It reduces crime. During daylight-saving time, more people are out conducting their affairs during the daylight rather than at night, when more crime occurs.
The only places in the United States where daylight-saving time is not observed: the eastern time zone portion of Indiana, most of Arizona, all of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Under the Uniform Time Act, states can exempt themselves from daylight-saving time by state law.
That hasn't been true since 2005, the Burning Journal Research Department should have caught that error and corrected it before it got posted. Uke, they're slipping.