Do you [i]Hate[/i] the time change?

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:24 am

I remember reading somewhere of how a train trip across the US could take you through 11 different timezones in the days before daytimes were standardised.

djm

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:27 am

The letter of Benjamin Franklin

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:12 am

I.D.10-t wrote:The letter of Benjamin Franklin

Thank you. That is an interesting letter! The article in our local newspaper just alluded to it, they didn't print the whole thing. I always like reading the original for myself so I can make up my own mind.

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:40 am

Doug_Tipple wrote:
Where it is really confusing is in towns on the edge of a time zone. In such places on one side of the street it may be an hour earlier than on the opposite side of the street. That was the way it was in the small town where my grandparents lived. It was difficult to plan social events. "What time or you on? Fast time or slow time?", you would hear people ask.

and isn't Ind. special in that respect?
Aren't there some towns within one time zone on the schedule of another?

All of the Peoples' Republic of China is on one time zone http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html though China is big enough to have 5 time zones.

If you're used to arriving at work at 9 AM in Bejing and move a few time zones worth of land west,
the time will still be 9AM but the sun might not have risen yet.

EricWingler · Post by **EricWingler** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:57 am

What about the safety of school aged children? My daughter heads off to school at about 7:10 am. During part of the school year she is walking in the dark. Setting the clocks forward this early in the year puts her back to walking in the dark.

I commute to work by bicycle, so changing the time makes it more dangerous for me to ride even if I do have lights.

I suppose I should reorganize my priorities. Making money (this is what the time change is really about) is more important than human life, right?

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:16 pm

TIME? HA! You're all delusional! No such fuss, in Eternity.

harpmaker · Post by **harpmaker** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:31 pm

I know some people who get all bent out of shape if their clock is more than a minute or two off. My brother sets his by some radio time signal and tends to freak if his clocks loose or gain more than a few seconds a year.

I don't really care much one way or another and pay attention to the time change only if I have to be somewhere the next morning. I may not get around to changing the last of my clocks till later this week.

They are a whole bunch things mnore important than wheteher I loose or gain an hours sleep once a year.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:42 pm

harpmaker wrote:I know some people who get all bent out of shape if their clock is more than a minute or two off. My brother sets his by some radio time signal and tends to freak if his clocks loose or gain more than a few seconds a year.

There was this lady who used to gripe because all the clocks in the shop and office told somewhat different times. I told her that if they all told the same time, we'd only need one clock then, wouldn't we.

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:53 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
harpmaker wrote:I know some people who get all bent out of shape if their clock is more than a minute or two off. My brother sets his by some radio time signal and tends to freak if his clocks loose or gain more than a few seconds a year.
There was this lady who used to gripe because all the clocks in the shop and office told somewhat different times. I told her that if they all told the same time, we'd only need one clock then, wouldn't we.

My mother-in-law collects antique clocks. They all work. Her house is a constant drone of tick tocks.
If they were all set at the same time we'd never get to hear each clock's chime separately. Set at scattered times they all take turns striking the hour.

Art for art's sake.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:56 pm

hyldemoer wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:
harpmaker wrote:I know some people who get all bent out of shape if their clock is more than a minute or two off. My brother sets his by some radio time signal and tends to freak if his clocks loose or gain more than a few seconds a year.
There was this lady who used to gripe because all the clocks in the shop and office told somewhat different times. I told her that if they all told the same time, we'd only need one clock then, wouldn't we.
My mother-in-law collects antique clocks. They all work. Her house is a constant drone of tick tocks.
If they were all set at the same time we'd never get to hear each clock's chime separately. Set at scattered times they all take turns striking the hour.

Art for art's sake.

Absolutely!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:57 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
hyldemoer wrote:
Nanohedron wrote: There was this lady who used to gripe because all the clocks in the shop and office told somewhat different times. I told her that if they all told the same time, we'd only need one clock then, wouldn't we.
My mother-in-law collects antique clocks. They all work. Her house is a constant drone of tick tocks.
If they were all set at the same time we'd never get to hear each clock's chime separately. Set at scattered times they all take turns striking the hour.

Art for art's sake.
Absolutely!

I used to have a friend who was mortally terrified to be in a room with more than one clock. But it was not just any clocks that scared her: she could be in a room with a thousand digital clocks and she was fine. No, it was ticking clocks which scared her. She could handle one at a time. But if you put her in a room with two clocks which ticked, she'd freak out, lose her breath, claim she had chest pains, and would try her damndest to get out of the room. It was strange, and I had pity for her. I haven't spoken to her in a long time. This thread made me realize perhaps I should.