day-light savings

[ving]

friend or foe.... you decide.
daylight savings starts this week end in most eastern states.... an i dont like it!:mad2:

i personally think it should be in winter not summer. that way its not dark when i go home in the colder months and during summer we dont have to wait till 9pm till it get dark enought to see stars. I am not worried about the sun getting up early :)

[[1ponders]]

hear hear ving. I agree totally.

[Striker]

Thats why we dont have it up here David.

I dont see the point on having at all in any state.

7:00pm it gets dark and thats late enough.

[Robby]

To buck the trend I like it!..... Yes, it can be a pain for astronomy, but for everything elst it's great. Personally I use it to go mountain biking or kayaking after work. Even better, I can still do this stuff when it's cloudy & still light, and not feel like I'm missing out on astronomy time!!!! :D
Cheers

[RB]

I don't like it either.

[Mick]

I'm glad we don't have it up North.

[slice of heaven]

I love it :cool:

I love it :party:

I love it :jump2:

It could have been started 5 or 6 weeks ago for me :)

[acropolite]

Best thing since sliced bread; here in tassie we started daylight saving a month ago and december january our daylight extends till 9:30Pm, but I do agree it's of little use in Queensland. For me that means 4 hours of daylight after work. The first reinstatement of daylight saving since WW2 was in Tassie and was implemented to save power. (1960's I remember)

[SpaceGeek]

foe foe foe foe foe foe foe foe foe foe foe foe

in case i didn't tell u: i h8 daylite savin's!!!!:mad2: :mad2: :mad2:


i do not like getting up early. catching da bus at 7am is bad enough. now ill have to catch it at 6!!!

[atalas]

Its the stupidest thing that man has ever come up with ! why would people vote for It I just can't understand . :tasdevil:

[RB]

Not to mention that the extra daylight fades the curtains.

:doh:

[rowena]

And the cows will get confused!!!!

When i was living/working in sydney i thought it was great... only because if i got home at 6-7pm... it was still daylight... and it felt like i could still do things in the afternoon. Now that Im in Rocky i don't want it, cause it only takes me 5 mins to get home :)
plus simon has been waking up at 6:30am all this week.. if we had DLS then he'd be waking up at 5:30am.. and thats just INSANE!

[33South]

I voted friend by very close margin.



Yeah if it is such a benefit why dont we have have it all year round.

I suppose its better to have all the people happy half the time instead of one half happy all the time and the others can get st****ed.

[Jonathan]

I reckon it's good for the southern states. The sun gets up far too early without it, not that it worries me since I work arvo shift anyway.
Back when I used to play cricket the extra hour of daylight made a big difference at training.

[cometcatcher]

Daylight saving is unnatural and will give everyone grey hair. :P

I mean what next, you want to tilt the Earth for warmer summers at the poles? Got to get used to the Planet's natural orbital eccentricities!

[slice of heaven]

Why doesn't the time on the site show DST?

[fringe_dweller]

I agree with Robby and Slice - I LOVE IT! theres more to life than astronomy and DS makes perfect sense at our lattitudes - I can understand the bananabenders getting plenty of sunshine all year, and not wanting anymore - but hey qld is just one state/territory out of 7.

[Mick]

Yeh your right just keep it in your state.

[sheeny]

I have to agree. OK it means we can't observe in the evenings till later, but if you are into morning sessions then :thumbsup:;). I like to be able to get some things done after work and set up while it's still light...

Al.

[iceman]

Nice of someone to bump a 2-year old thread :)

I like daylight savings as well, because it gives me time to get the kids in bed and still setup in the daylight. It is a pain when it's not dark until 9:30pm and gets light at 4am though :)

[Omaroo]

Lots of people bring back 2 year old "Ving" threads. :thumbsup:

[Glenhuon]

I'm a fence sitter nowadays, it was good while I was working and life was ruled by the clock. Now that I've retired it doesn't bother me either way, just get up when I'm ready and go to bed ditto :) Ain't retirement wonderful.

Bill

[Terry B]

I didn't notice it was 2 years old until after I read this. Cute:P

[IanL]

It is nice to get a bit of sun light by the time you get home from work. Have a meal outside, Go running while its light, Do a big of the garden. So i am for it. I don't think it would disturb my astronomy to much.

Ian

[rogerg]

I'm a fence sitter. I did hate it, and might yet this summer, but so far I haven't minded it.

Yes it means I get less astronomy time out in the observatory, but it means I can easily go for a 1-2 hour bike ride after work, then have dinner, then go out to the observatory.

It helps that I run my gear automated, so leave it going while I sleep. Without that, I think my astronomy would be dramatically cut.

In principal I don't agree with it - if there's any time I'd like daylight saving it's during winter when I don't see the sun for work. And why bother messing with timezones, just live with how it is.

I guess as it turns out, I don't care either way - I take advantage of both alternatives.

In the referendum we will be having in another year or so, I still expect to be voting against it.

Roger.

[Outbackmanyep]

Whats an extra hour?? It doesnt really change much, just means i can get home after work and mow the lawn in daylight through summer......i can also have dinner and go walking afterwards......
Its not a real big deal....

[sailormoon]

i hate it when it takes and hr away and for the first day i love it when it gives me one more hour of sleep!!!...but the weird thing is it doesnt really make the day longer for me or wats ever??:S

[ving]

so during winter you get home before work and do the lawn? :confuse3:

:P


... aahhh! this threads like seeing an old friend again :)

[Lyra]

I've never liked it and now they've extended it in the US, so we're on savings time more than standard time. :mad2:

It's amusing that we humans think so highly of ourselves, that we try to control time, though. :lol: