Fall Daylight Savings Nov. 1 (US)

[hmaria1609]

A wee note: Sunday, Nov. 1st is Fall Daylight Savings here in the US.  For our friends in the UK, it's your weekend to change the clocks!

[dismalist]

Oh, thank God!

Daylight Savings time was introduced as a wartime measure in WWI, and reinstated in WWII. I believe both wars have meanwhile ended.

[writingprof]

Oh, thank God!

Daylight Savings time was introduced as a wartime measure in WWI, and reinstated in WWII. I believe both wars have meanwhile ended.

I'm pretty sure Americans are still paying a tax that was introduced to pay for the Spanish-American War.  Others can correct me if I'm wrong.

[Anselm]

Oh, thank God!

Daylight Savings time was introduced as a wartime measure in WWI, and reinstated in WWII. I believe both wars have meanwhile ended.

I'm pretty sure Americans are still paying a tax that was introduced to pay for the Spanish-American War.  Others can correct me if I'm wrong.

https://taxfoundation.org/spanish-american-war-tax-1898-2006/

[Puget]

I'm dreading it-- it will make sunset before 5. There is something uniquely depressing about the sun definitively going down before the end of the work day.
Oh well, I shall get my light therapy lamp back out.

[aside]

It's the change that bothers me.  Pick a time and stick with it. I prefer Daylight Saving Time.

BTW, it's "saving" and not "savings" (should anybody care).

[dismalist]

Oh, thank God!

Daylight Savings time was introduced as a wartime measure in WWI, and reinstated in WWII. I believe both wars have meanwhile ended.

I'm pretty sure Americans are still paying a tax that was introduced to pay for the Spanish-American War.  Others can correct me if I'm wrong.

https://taxfoundation.org/spanish-american-war-tax-1898-2006/

Cool!

I don't wish to get too arcane except to say that such taxes are a [poor] substitute for a general sales tax, or better, a value added tax.

A tax is different from Daylight Savings Time for DST collects no revenue! It just makes life easier for those who insist on having their kids bug the rest of us in broad daylight instead of when it's dark, and makes life tougher for the rest of us.

[dismalist]

It's the change that bothers me.  Pick a time and stick with it. I prefer Daylight Saving Time.

Precisely! Make High Noon = 3 AM, and I'd be happy as a clam. :-)

[apl68]

I'm dreading it-- it will make sunset before 5. There is something uniquely depressing about the sun definitively going down before the end of the work day.
Oh well, I shall get my light therapy lamp back out.

Conversely, for early risers it's welcome because it means that those early morning walks no longer have to start with the stars still out.

[dismalist]

Our national nightmare is over, well for a coupl'a months.