Spring Forward!

DrummerDeanna · #1 03-09-2007, 06:12 PM

So the time change. It's been all over the media because of it's earlyness this year and some of the possible consequences.

What are your thoughts? Happy about it? Pissed? Indifferent?

Me? I'm thrilled - I LOVE Spring Forward and I love the extra daylight, so I'm completely excited that it's early this year, I'm not too worried about the computer situation etc....

carrie721 · #2 03-09-2007, 06:14 PM

i'm extremely excited about the extra light, although i do hate losing the hour.

yay more light!

DrummerDeanna · #3 03-09-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i'm extremely excited about the extra light, although i do hate losing the hour.

yay more light!

Oh I don't mind losing the hour - but I love that it will no longer be dark when I leave work. I look forward to this every year - it's definitely a welcomed sign of spring.

carrie721 · #4 03-09-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Oh I don't mind losing the hour - but I love that it will no longer be dark when I leave work. I look forward to this every year - it's definitely a welcomed sign of spring.

my sleeping patterns are so neurotic that it really does mess me up. but i do love the extra light and am so looking forward to spring and summer. yay!

it was almost 50 here today. i almost threw a party.

DrummerDeanna · #5 03-09-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

my sleeping patterns are so neurotic that it really does mess me up. but i do love the extra light and am so looking forward to spring and summer. yay!

it was almost 50 here today. i almost threw a party.

Ah. This is where I brag again that I don't really have to get up early, and I don't use alarm clock etc

In the past though my love of extra light has far surpassed my bitterness at losing an hour.

Don't you love when the temps finally start going back up? It's supposed to hit the low 60s here this weekend....and if it does I will be doing this:

or this:

ELIUD · #6 03-09-2007, 06:34 PM

I like the extra light but because it's earlier this year will we have those longer days right away or three weeks from now? I mean doesn't the sun go down at it's own set time and not when we decide it should come down. See I'm looking forward to it but really I'm a little confused.

carrie721 · #7 03-09-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ELIUD

I like the extra light but because it's earlier this year will we have those longer days right away or three weeks from now? I mean doesn't the sun go down at it's own set time and not when we decide it should come down. See I'm looking forward to it but really I'm a little confused.

the amt of daylight we get won't change, but because we're springing forward we'll be getting daylight until later in the day, which i like.

jannieC · #8 03-09-2007, 08:57 PM

I'm usually pretty bitter about losing the hour but...what can I do? I do look forward to spring- here in NC we have had some truly spring like days- they definitely raise one's spirits!

Lisa1769 · #9 03-09-2007, 09:06 PM

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they definitely raise one's spirits!

It sure does.

It excites me when I start seeing my flowers peeking thru the ground. I'm glad we get the extra hour a few weeks earlier.

GardenStateGirlie · #10 03-09-2007, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

although i do hate losing the hour.

word.

frankly, i still think it's ridiculous that we even do this. its initial purpose hundreds of years ago was so that farmers would have more daylight to work planting their crops. seems sort of pointless to me now

HomerMcvie · #11 03-09-2007, 10:35 PM

I LOVE DST! Everyone I know hates it though. I mow 6 acres, and I love having that extra hour of mowing time. (not that I like mowing. I don't. But it helps me squeeze it all into one day).

foxyluva · #12 03-09-2007, 10:38 PM

WTF is 'spring forward' - is it like daylight savings

carrie721 · #13 03-09-2007, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

word.

frankly, i still think it's ridiculous that we even do this. its initial purpose hundreds of years ago was that so that farmers would have more daylight to work planting their crops. seems sort of pointless to me now

seriously.

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

WTF is 'spring forward' - is it like daylight savings

yeah. "spring forward" is a mnemonic to remember which way to change your clock: spring forward/fall back.