Sunday, March 13, 2011

Because I need less time ...

So, the dreaded "spring forward" of Daylight Saving (no "s") Time occurs tonight.
Yay! Now we can all get that extra hour of sunlight that will make a world of difference in everyone's lives.  Because, you know, we're all farmers.  [Please note, the aforementioned comments in no way reflect the author's animosity toward our husbandry brethren - except maybe the corporate conglomerates that use too many pollutants/injectables - Ed.]
Seriously though, we are not all running on an agrarian calendar anymore [you may see a related comment come Election Day - Ed. (again)].  In my household, the six members keep at least four different daily schedules on average.  We leave home, work, school, lunch, play and come home on a variety of different timetables, none of which are truly daylight driven.  God bless the compact fluorescent lightbulb!
So why do we (except a few states and pockets of Indiana, which is REALLY confusing if you drive I-65) dial our clocks ahead one hour in March - thank heavens it's not on Easter this year; that much sunrise I don't need in my service - only to reclaim it in October/November?  By the time my body adjusts, the savings (yes, "s" this time) are just not worth the hassle of readjusting six months later.
I'm convinced there's some "Superman III" -like scheme going on where someone is profiting by shaving the "saved" minutes, banking them and earning interest, and then re-selling them at a profit around Christmas when everyone needs "just another day to finish my shopping."
I'd just like my hour back tomorrow, and we can all call it even come Halloween.
I end up losing all the time savings resetting all the clocks in my house anyway - which I've got to go do now ...

1 comment:

  1. This s probably the only issue that I can agree with Arizona on. (Crappy grammar. Alas.)

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