day-light savings

ving (David) · #1 28-10-2005, 07:37 PM

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

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] (Paul) · #2 28-10-2005, 07:50 PM

hear hear ving. I agree totally.

Striker (Tony) · #3 28-10-2005, 08:10 PM

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 · #4 28-10-2005, 10:20 PM

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!!!!

Cheers

RB (Andrew) · #5 29-10-2005, 12:19 AM

I don't like it either.

Mick (Michael) · #6 29-10-2005, 01:21 AM

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

slice of heaven · #7 29-10-2005, 06:30 AM

I love it

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

acropolite (Phil) · #8 29-10-2005, 08:22 AM

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 · #9 29-10-2005, 09:05 AM

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

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

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

atalas · #10 29-10-2005, 10:10 AM

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

RB (Andrew) · #11 29-10-2005, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by atalas

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

Not to mention that the extra daylight fades the curtains.

rowena · #12 29-10-2005, 12:58 PM

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 (Chris) · #13 29-10-2005, 01:01 PM

I voted friend by very close margin.

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Originally Posted by ving

i personally think it should be in winter not summer.

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 · #14 29-10-2005, 05:19 PM

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 (Kevin) · #15 29-10-2005, 10:59 PM

Daylight saving is unnatural and will give everyone grey hair.

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 · #16 30-10-2005, 06:52 AM

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

fringe_dweller · #17 30-10-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by slice of heaven

I love it

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

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 (Michael) · #18 30-10-2005, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

Yeh your right just keep it in your state.

sheeny (Al) · #19 04-12-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 33South

I voted friend by very close margin.

I have to agree. OK it means we can't observe in the evenings till later, but if you are into morning sessions then

. I like to be able to get some things done after work and set up while it's still light...

Al.

iceman (Mike) · #20 04-12-2007, 03:11 PM

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