Spring forward/ Fall back, time change

[Jeepsnguns]

Back home on the Florida shooting forum I frequented, every time the clocks either fell back or sprung forward there was a plethora of postings.
Mostly grumbling on the nay rather than yay side of the issue.
I don't see that happening here on NWF, but if I were in charge of this great nation, I would get rid of the back and forth time change.
How do y'all feel about it?
Is it an obsolete practice or does it have merit?

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[CamoDeafie]

Its obsolete.
.old native American saying.
Only the white man will cut a foot off the top of a blanket, and then sew it to the bottom of the same blanket and call it savings.

There are the same 24 hours in the day. Crops and animals don't care what time it is, only where the sun is.

 

[DemonRat71]

It's Obsolete. Arizona is proof of that. They don't do the time change.

 

[Jeepsnguns]

Its obsolete.
.old native American saying.
Only the white man will cut a foot off the top of a blanket, and then sew it to the bottom of the same blanket and call it savings.

There are the same 24 hours in the day. Crops and animals don't care what time it is, only where the sun is.

Exactly!

 

[TTSX]

It's bull crap. There are the same number of daylight hours regardless of what time the clock says it is. We need to just get rid of the back and forth and stay permanently in whichever "mode" we happen to be in at that given time. Completely unnecessary.

 

[Stomper]

Its obsolete.
.old native American saying.
Only the white man will cut a foot off the top of a blanket, and then sew it to the bottom of the same blanket and call it savings.

There are the same 24 hours in the day. Crops and animals don't care what time it is, only where the sun is.

They should stuff DST where the sun don't shine...

 

[Nutty4Guns]

It's pure gahbage!

 

[Mono1]

Thy should stuff DST where the sun don't shine...

Stomp! This is so rich on so many levels! I am not even gonna start on this. Are you really as smart as people say?

 

[Stomper]

Stomp! This is so rich on so many levels! I am not even gonna start on this. Are you really as smart as people say?

What people?

 

[Mono1]

What people?

Floppy. But I would question his judgement.

 

[Nosferatu]

How do y'all feel about it?

Arrhythmic

Is it an obsolete practice

Yep.

or does it have merit?

No.

 

[lucusloc]

I don't think there was ever a time when DST made sense. Sure I get the argument that "the farmers needed it" but there was nothing stopping farmers from just doing their farming at whatever hours they needed to be done at. And there was nothing stopping business that cater to farmers from being open when the farmers needed them. Really this was a solution that was better solved by people just doing their jobs at whatever time they were best done at, rather than trying to change the clocks so that those jobs were always done at the same time throughout the year.

The fact that this whole Rube-Goldberg time adjustment is provably damaging to the sleep cycles of the entire nation, rather than just the unlucky people who have to do specific tasks when the sun is in specific places, is just the foul icing in this bubblegum cake. And of course now that farmers have light on basically all their equipment, most of them don't have any such constraints anymore either. Even the livestock can have their day scheduled with artificial lighting so everyone gets to keep a consistent sleep schedule.

The fact that this annoying and unhealthy practice is kept just shows how incompetent our politicians are. No one needs this, no one wants this, it is provably damaging to health and economic output, yet the government keeps on mandating that we do it because they cannot work together for the 10 seconds it would take to officially abolish the idiotic system.

 

[Hemlock]

All I remember about DST is when I was younger, it took a week to work milking time around for the cows to get used to it.
Otherwise, I don't care one way or another.

 

[Jeepsnguns]

Really this was a solution that was better solved by people just doing their jobs at whatever time they were best done at, rather than trying to change the clocks so that those jobs were always done at the same time throughout the year.

Sort of like a solution to a non existent problem.
Such as ink pens that work in zero gravity for astronauts, a #2 pencil would work just fine.

 

[lucusloc]

Sort of like a solution to a non existent problem.
Such as ink pens that work in zero gravity for astronauts, a #2 pencil would work just fine.

That was a real problem. Graphite is a huge fire hazard in zero G, as the little flakes that come off while writing can float around until they find their way into some electrical device and cause a short. This is a huge problem with any tool that sheds materials in use while in space, and is a huge engineering challenge in any space endeavors. Even the shape of screw heads is engineered to produce as little debris as possible when they are used, including strictly controlling torque and material properties (no mild steel Phillips head screws that strip out under even moderate loads, for example).

Just because it does not look like an obvious problem in space does not mean it won't kill you.

 

[edzz]

Sort of like a solution to a non existent problem.
Such as ink pens that work in zero gravity for astronauts, a #2 pencil would work just fine.

Loved my Space Pen when I worked govt prodjects that required all documents to be filled out in black ink. You didn't have to remove the clipboard from the wall to sign off on a job.

I also liked ink impregnated rubber stamps.

 

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[Alexx1401]

I never could get what the point was. Even as a kid I could figure out moving our clocks did not change the way the earth rotates so nothing changes. It just shows how there seems to be no bottom to human stupidity that so many get all excited when its suggested we pick a time and keep it.

 

[RVTECH]

Move to 'Spring Forward' - and LEAVE it there!

 

[elsie]

It called Standard Time for a reason!

B-)

elsie