I don't live by clocks so I don't get disoriented at all. One thing they talked about this morning is because of cellphones fewer people have watches. My Android phone changed automatically. The tablet will too. The clock radio in the kitchen has a DST button on it you just press when DST starts and the time is adjusted. I heard a couple years ago the Obama administration wanted to raise the issue of ending DST but then other things took up their attention.
On 03/13/2011 01:07 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > I read an explanation attributing the "daylight savings" craze in the USA as > one to extend evening light, and give people more of an opportunity to go > shopping and spending. So jet lag twice a year for the country apparently > brings in more $$. I always set my clocks around Saturday afternoon, so it > doesn't disorient me as much on Sunday. :-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote: >> Except for Arizona and Hawaii residents. Arizona because they voted >> against it and Hawaii because in the tropics the sun rise and set at >> widely varying times throughout the year so it is rather superfluous >> (India for the same reason doesn't observe it). I live pretty much by >> light time or standard time. It flummoxes people who want to go to >> lunch at noon during the summer because I feel more like going to lunch >> at 1 PM. Anyhoo, the local Bay Area comic who has the morning show on >> KGO radio on Sundays raised the question if we still want DST or not. >> Actually in the Internet age we need to move to one time zone: GMT (or >> UTC) and keep it year round. But try to explain THAT to the >> sleepwalkers around you. BTW, that was one thing Scientology (or L Ron) >> got right: most of the public is sleepwalking (or ign'ant as we used to >> say in TM). >> > >
