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elijah23

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Don't forget to get up at 2:00 this morning and set your clock ahead an hour (if you live in the USA). No, you can't do it before you go to bed. You have to wait till 2:00.
 
*sigh* I wish they would leave the clocks alone! Springing forward.... falling back ... it makes some people dizzy!

Not only that...but the talking heads yesterday said that more heart attacks the day following the time change because the human body hasn't had time to adjust to the new time. Anyone else hear this? Is there any truth to it?
 
AirDancer said:
*sigh* I wish they would leave the clocks alone! Springing forward.... falling back ... it makes some people dizzy!

Not only that...but the talking heads yesterday said that more heart attacks the day following the time change because the human body hasn't had time to adjust to the new time. Anyone else hear this? Is there any truth to it?
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I don't know about the heart attacks part, but there is constant suggestion and talk that one day we may stay on DST all the time. However, being a "gnomonist" I would then assert that "noon" would then be one o'clock, and afternoon thus starting at one. It sort of distorts the definition of time by living on another's time zone one hour different, doesn't it?
 
tim-from-pa said:
I don't know about the heart attacks part, but there is constant suggestion and talk that one day we may stay on DST all the time. However, being a "gnomonist" I would then assert that "noon" would then be one o'clock, and afternoon thus starting at one. It sort of distorts the definition of time by living on another's time zone one hour different, doesn't it?
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It does seem sort of silly.
 
Yes, indeed, it would be nice if the sun didn't set until 9 all year.


tim-from-pa: "but there is constant suggestion and talk that one day we may stay on DST all the time."
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The problem with the US going to DST all year is the entire world would have to agree to it. Europe didn't want to go along with it the last time there was major discussion in the US about the possibility. I guess this is one of those: "Time will tell" situations.

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reba said:
Time is set by God not our clocks :lol

I wish sundown was always about 9:00 pm
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Actually, that is correct. At least with the calendar part they looked up to the sky and used the sun for days, the moon for months and the stars (as well as the agriculture) for years.

Clocks and calendars are man's emulation of what he sees in the heavens, i.e. a clock goes around in 24 hours to simulate a day. But unlike clocks (and calendars), the heavens do not move at an even rate the way they do, so these things are just approximate.

In the olden days, Israel waited for the sighting of the new moon to declare their month. Then the rest of the month can be planned for the feast days since they were nearer to the middle of the month.

There was only one feast day, that of the Trumpets on the first day of the seventh month where they had to watch. They did not know if they'd celebrate it or not. When examined witnesses came forth, the trumpet was sounded, thus giving to Jesus' expression alluding to this feast where "no man knows the day or hour" (but he's required to watch lest it overtake him like a thief). It all has to do with dates and time, and being the person I am is why I bring it up a lot.
 
AirDancer said:
Yes, indeed, it would be nice if the sun didn't set until 9 all year.




The problem with the US going to DST all year is the entire world would have to agree to it. Europe didn't want to go along with it the last time there was major discussion in the US about the possibility. I guess this is one of those: "Time will tell" situations.

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I agree. Actually, being into sundials myself, I am of the persuasion that DST corrupts the meaning of clocks and mean solar time. The whole idea of 12 o'clock is to be the average time that the sun is southing on your local meridian. If we move it ahead an hour, then we are going by numbers to divide our day, and not the sun that the numbers are supposed to represent.

I hate it when people come along in the summer and say my sundial is "off by an hour". No, it's because it's really one o'clock but you want to call it two o'clock so that the sun goes down "later". In the olden days, people just started earlier for the longer days instead of sleeping in when the sun was already high. (Another corruption of clocks, usually not as severe, is the concept of using time zones instead of your local mean time, but I can understand that when considering travel, otherwise each town would have their own time! Back then people were not as mobile.)
 
Tim-from-pa

Sundials are cool. And about as accurate a time piece as one will ever find. And they can be aesthetic. In the movie "The Time Machine", the 1960 version with Rod Taylor, he had in the garden what I always thought was a beautiful sun dial.

And I agree that if one wants more time in the evening, it's easier to just get up an hour earlier, rather than changing the time for all, whether they want it or not. Why do people always choose to do things the hard way? Or is this just a government bureaucracy thing, known for doing things in the hardest or most expensive way possible?

I've heard one argument that it has to do with protecting children on the streets going to school. So they won't have to go to school in the dark. Parents must be pretty busy to not be bothered by a simple thing like helping to get their kids to school.

If the heart attack thing is true, that means that time changes are as traumatic as earthquakes. Whee doggies.

FC
 
elijah23 said:
Don't forget to get up at 2:00 this morning and set your clock ahead an hour (if you live in the USA). No, you can't do it before you go to bed. You have to wait till 2:00.
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There was no 2:30 am last night? How could that be?

For those who are on the way to work, take your time. Your employer won't count if today if you're late. It's like a "get outta jail free" card, right?
 
I like DST, because it gives me more sunlight after work. I wish we'd stay on it all year, but then, I realize there are a LOT of things we do "for the children". :bigfrown

The only thing that irritates me about it, is ignorance (no, I want a stronger word: STUPIDITY!) Tim mentioned it, that thing about his sundial being "an hour off".
TIM: Next time someone says that, respond as if they are joking - if they are NOT joking, it is within reason to take a board and HIT them with it. John Wayne said, "Life is tough, even tougher when you are stupid". Getting hit with a board is tough love. :D
 
I think the whole world should use United States Pacific Coast Time.
 
Pizzaguy

TIM: Next time someone says that, respond as if they are joking - if they are NOT joking, it is within reason to take a board and HIT them with it. John Wayne said, "Life is tough, even tougher when you are stupid". Getting hit with a board is tough love.
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Is that like "the Chair"?

Like just about everybody in America, I think John Wayne was cool. And he wasn't even a believer.


FC
 
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