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Utility bills actually rise because of DST. Don't care--I like it and will pay the extra $3.19

And no daylight is really saved...

It's easier to motivate myself to go to the gym when there's some daylight out there. I'll be going in the dark again, next week.

I'm just glad they got it off the first weekend of the month....

Now if we can just get them to keep the night the clocks go back on the first weekend of the month....

lb13

ne1410s wrote:http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/83073

Utility bills actually rise because of DST. Don't care--I like it and will pay the extra $3.19

And no daylight is really saved...

Well, all that the study showed is that utility bills in Indiana rose.

Are Hoosiers really a representative sample of the nation as a whole?

littlebeast13 wrote:I'm just glad they got it off the first weekend of the month....

Now if we can just get them to keep the night the clocks go back on the first weekend of the month....

lb13

I just hope that my daughter does not realize that her birthday is only 23 hours long this year.

Appa23 wrote:
I just hope that my daughter does not realize that her birthday is only 23 hours long this year.

I promise not to tell.

I just hope that my daughter does not realize that her birthday is only 23 hours long this year.

When I was in the Navy, we would gain an hour about every day and a half that we traveled west. The hour was added to our work day. On our return to the US, we would lose an hour about every day and half. The loss was made at night while some slept. It wasn't the captain's first rodeo...

Appa23 wrote: I just hope that my daughter does not realize that her birthday is only 23 hours long this year.

Happy Birthday, in advance, to Princess Peanut!

Appa23 wrote:

ne1410s wrote:http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/83073

Utility bills actually rise because of DST. Don't care--I like it and will pay the extra $3.19

And no daylight is really saved...

Well, all that the study showed is that utility bills in Indiana rose.

Are Hoosiers really a representative sample of the nation as a whole?

Most assuredly not!

I'd like to get my hands on that perfessor, or whatever he was, who said he'd never seen a study with as clear-cut results as this. I don't suppose there were any other contributing factors, such as the fact that 83 or so of the 92 counties in Indiana HAD NEVER BEEN ON DST BEFORE AND DIDN"T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT!!!! If your body's used to one clock, and you suddenly have to switch to another, you might expend a little extra electricity to deal with it.

Add in the fact that the mean temperature in the state was about 6 degrees F warmer than the average annual temperature, and you might some additional energy costs.

I'm ASSuming they at least controlled for inflation, but I wouldn't even put that past 'em. Stupid California coastal know-it-alls.

mrkelley23 wrote: I'm ASSuming they at least controlled for inflation, but I wouldn't even put that past 'em. Stupid California coastal know-it-alls.

I hate DST. One of the best things about living in Arizona is the lack of time changes.

I'm looking forward to next Monday as it won't be bright out at 6 AM and I'll be able to sleep until 7:00.

MarleysGh0st wrote:It's easier to motivate myself to go to the gym when there's some daylight out there. I'll be going in the dark again, next week.

I found an easy motivator-- since my my former employer laid me off (I mean, 'terminated the work cluster and the associated employees'), I found myself with a lot of free time during the day, and I spend some of that time at the gym. One of the benefits of getting laid off (I mean, being a part of a terminated work cluster), I suppose.

Gym is very different in the mid-morning from the evening: mid-morning gym rats are old coots like me (men who are retired or who are members of terminated work clusters) or are Ladies Who Lunch, while at night most of the gym rats are younger people-- male and female-- who are still members of work clusters or students.

Good part of DST, more golf.

Bad part of DST, the kids feel jipted that they have to go to bed when it is still light. They get addled at school.

Bixby17 wrote:Good part of DST, more golf.

That is certainly the best part for me. And living on the western edge of the eastern time zone will now mean daylight past 7 already and that means time for at least 9 after work. More if I slip out early.

Not that I ever would...

If I can just get the weather to cooperate. For a place in a drought it sure has rained a lot lately. Usually on the days I try to plan to play. Not to mention cold and windy this winter. Bring on the global warming already, dammit.

wintergreen48 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:It's easier to motivate myself to go to the gym when there's some daylight out there. I'll be going in the dark again, next week.

I found an easy motivator-- since my my former employer laid me off (I mean, 'terminated the work cluster and the associated employees'), I found myself with a lot of free time during the day, and I spend some of that time at the gym. One of the benefits of getting laid off (I mean, being a part of a terminated work cluster), I suppose.

Gym is very different in the mid-morning from the evening: mid-morning gym rats are old coots like me (men who are retired or who are members of terminated work clusters) or are Ladies Who Lunch, while at night most of the gym rats are younger people-- male and female-- who are still members of work clusters or students.

Ladies Who Lunch!

Cracked me up.