Time Change Do You Ever Get Used To It?

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  1. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
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    Pa... la ..Var ! emphasis on the ''La ''...

    A word in very common usage in the UK, which I didn't realise until now isn't in the USA... :D
     
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    Good point..
     
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    No, we watch out for each other since we both live alone. To understand you need to read my post about the roof story. I will see I can find it for you. We always let each other know if we are going to be gone. The story is in family and relationships and titled
    Guys, This Is Why Nagging Is For Your Own Good!
     
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  4. Al Amoling

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    Geez where were you? I heard that word growing up.
     
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    They say that I'll "lose an hour of sleep" when I go on Daylight Savings Time.

    Not Me!

    I always Gain an hour of sleep when I go on Daylight Savings Time and also when I go back to Standard Time!

    Hal
     
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    PALAVER? Why, that's nothing more than REVALAP spelled backward!

    laH
     
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    Lah
    Si revalap a drow?
    Eyaf
     
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  8. Al Amoling

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    FROM MERRIAM dictionary
    palaver
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    pa·lav·er | \ pə-ˈla-vər , -ˈlä- \
    Definition of palaver
    (Entry 1 of 2)

    1a: a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication a palaver between foreign ministers
    b: CONFERENCE, DISCUSSIONa palaver between union leaders
    2a: idle talk Cut the palaver and get down to business.
    b: misleading or beguiling speech Don't get taken in by the candidate's palaver.
     
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    I am far from being a left wing communist or anything left wing, but I'd like Daylight saving time year round. Downright UnAmerican to get dark at 4 pm unless you live in Alaska.
     
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    Move out west my dear! It is approved in Washington and Oregon and only waiting on the corrupt state of California to go into law. It never made sense to have the later hour in the summer. Crazy thing is Arizona will stay on year around old standard time. Don't know why Wa. and Or. have to wait for Ca.'s approval other than our governors are a bunch of spineless cowards.
     
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    It makes less sense to get dark so early in the afternoon.
     
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    That's right! If they are going to have the extra evening daylight hour in the summer, only makes sense to continue it in the winter. Dark at 16:00 in the winter is crazy. Maybe we will get it started next fall here in the NW. I am hoping.
     
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    We officially start Daylight Savings Time next weekend, and it ends in November.
    I thought that it used to be about 6 months that we had the time change, like from October through April for standard time and then April-October for DST. Now we have 8 months of DST, and only 4 months of ST.
    I wish that we could just have DST year around, and I was reading that some states want to do that, and some states want to never have DST.
    I really look forward to Spring arriving and longer daylight in the evening hours, even if it is only an illusion.
     
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    @Yvonne Smith

    We live 2 miles east of that big, old Colorado River, which separates Nevada from Arizona along their west boundaries. Since Time Zones are really necessary, the line separating Pacific Time from Mountain Time runs smack dab along that stateline. So crossing the river westward bound into NV entails "losing" an hour. BUT ONLY during winter, when their clocks are "normal". We have to be aware that restaurants we frequent in Laughlin, NV may not yet be open for breakfast when we arrive, or the buffet is not yet serving. ONLY during winter.

    Now, we have NO DST in AZ. So when that magic day coming up arrives, NV clocks go an hour ahead, matching ours, and both states have the same time all summer long! Don't think this fact does not bamboozle tourist and resident alike! Cellphones change their time indicators automatically upon crossing the river! "Ole Man River" does not seem to care about any of this nonsense!
    Frank
     
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    Yvonne, DST starts on the 8th of March, which is two weeks from yesterday (Sunday).
     
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