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Offline Neil

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time change
« on: November 01, 2009, 11:55:13 am »
Do they turn their clocks back in China like we did last night?
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RE: time change
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 12:02:34 pm »
NO!

I mentioned this to my girl in the spring. They don't have time zones either.

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RE: time change
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 12:05:31 pm »
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Do they turn their clocks back in China like we did last night?


Nope.  China is one giant time zone.  So those of us in the EDT/EST, it's now 13 hours, not 12...
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RE: time change
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 07:26:09 pm »
I hate DST.

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RE: time change
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2009, 07:49:36 pm »
I've always believed that we should all just go to universal time and when it's time to do your thing then you do it.  Wake up when the sun comes up and sleep when it's dark.  Hours are just a numbers we stick on fractions of revolutions of the earth.

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RE: time change
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2009, 11:23:25 pm »
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I've always believed that we should all just go to universal time and when it's time to do your thing then you do it.  Wake up when the sun comes up and sleep when it's dark.  Hours are just a numbers we stick on fractions of revolutions of the earth.


So how do the norwegians and others get on when it is light almost 24 hours a day for part of the year!!!!

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RE: time change
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2009, 11:32:58 pm »
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So how do the norwegians and others get on when it is light almost 24 hours a day for part of the year!!!!

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How do they do it now.  Just change the "labels" on the times.  They wouldn't really do anything different.  Just the businesses would change the signs on the doors and fliers as to what hours they are open.

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RE: time change
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2009, 02:02:21 am »
Hi !

I think DST is great. Love it in the spring when we adjust the time and suddenly we have light for on more hour in the evening.

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RE: time change
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2009, 03:13:31 am »
We love DST in Melbourne , so we can have more bbq's after work , but in Western Australia they do not have DST as they think their carpets and drapes will fade , haha
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RE: time change
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2009, 08:23:45 am »
I love it in the fall as I get an extra hour of sleep and hate it in the spring because I lose that extra hour of sleep.  Once I adjust to the change all is good and I do enjoy the extra hour of daylight. I do find that I function better on regular time rather than DST.
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RE: time change
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2009, 10:58:35 am »
The time change never ever bothered me really.. I sleep when it's dark and waken up when it's light.:icon_biggrin::icon_biggrin:

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RE: time change
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2009, 12:34:34 pm »
Personally I'd rather the extra hour of light in the evenings than in the morning.
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RE: time change
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2009, 03:13:11 pm »
I hate it , because I'm use to do a little Gardening after work , but now it's totally dark when I come Home . So .. all needs to be pushed to the weekend . Hate it .

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RE: time change
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2009, 04:14:32 pm »
When I was working I hated it. went to work in the dark and came home in the dark.  I still dont like it, now I have to get up an hour earlier to chat with my wife.
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