Falling back for the last time?
So, as we all know, this weekend was Daylight Saving Time. You can read some interesting stuff about it here. I like this link because the second page actually has a section on spelling and grammar, which was greatly appreciated by this editor. I also like that on the page titled "Rationale & Original Idea," there's a section on "Opposition to Daylight Saving." It struck me as funny that of all the issues and concerns in the world, some people have decided to take their stand against turning the clocks back and forward. Hey, everyone needs a cause, right?
The thing is, the other day on the radio, they were talking about how this is the last time we're going to switch the clock at all, that Daylight Saving is being abolished. However, a 10-minute Google search (which should, at this point in time, effectively reveal the answer to any question posable by humankind) turned up nothing to support this idea. The most I could come up with is that the dates that we turn the clocks will change in 2007, due to a bill signed by the Shrub. (Do the People United to Oppose Daylight Saving Time support Bush on this, I wonder? What is their platform, exactly? My curiosity is piqued!) Granted, the morning show I was listening to did not exactly feature rocket-scientist caliber DJs, so it's quite possible they were wrong or making the whole thing up. If anyone hears anything about this, please clue me in.
Personally, I kind of like Daylight Saving Time--it shakes things up a little. It says, "Hey, don't get too comfortable with your puny mortal sense of the concept of time, people--things could change at any moment!" Also, I like how it's set up so that we Spring Forward and Fall Back. Besides providing us with easy and convenient phrases to remember what we're supposed to do, the arrangement is nice in that we lose an hour in spring and gain one in fall. Fall, of course, is immediately followed by winter, which sucks, but as a consolation prize, we get an extra hour in a weekend! (This hour is especially appreciated today by Jackspatula and myself after the Halloween party we attended last night, which was a bit too much fun.) And in spring, you lose an hour, but who cares? Summer is on the way! The whole thing just works out very well, in my opinion.
Another thing that struck me as I was making coffee this morning is that they probably make coffee pots now that automatically adjust to Daylight Saving Time, while I don't even bother to set the regular time on the coffee pot and probably couldn't figure out how to do it now if I tried. Another example, along with iPods and digital cameras, of the technological gulf that is quickly widening between myself and most of the rest of the developed world. Sigh.
So, in sum:
1. Let's all enjoy our extra hour today.
2. People Opposed to Daylight Saving Time need to get a life.
3. I need a new coffee pot.
(P.S.--Be sure to check out the "Incidents & Anecdotes section of the link provided above.)
The thing is, the other day on the radio, they were talking about how this is the last time we're going to switch the clock at all, that Daylight Saving is being abolished. However, a 10-minute Google search (which should, at this point in time, effectively reveal the answer to any question posable by humankind) turned up nothing to support this idea. The most I could come up with is that the dates that we turn the clocks will change in 2007, due to a bill signed by the Shrub. (Do the People United to Oppose Daylight Saving Time support Bush on this, I wonder? What is their platform, exactly? My curiosity is piqued!) Granted, the morning show I was listening to did not exactly feature rocket-scientist caliber DJs, so it's quite possible they were wrong or making the whole thing up. If anyone hears anything about this, please clue me in.
Personally, I kind of like Daylight Saving Time--it shakes things up a little. It says, "Hey, don't get too comfortable with your puny mortal sense of the concept of time, people--things could change at any moment!" Also, I like how it's set up so that we Spring Forward and Fall Back. Besides providing us with easy and convenient phrases to remember what we're supposed to do, the arrangement is nice in that we lose an hour in spring and gain one in fall. Fall, of course, is immediately followed by winter, which sucks, but as a consolation prize, we get an extra hour in a weekend! (This hour is especially appreciated today by Jackspatula and myself after the Halloween party we attended last night, which was a bit too much fun.) And in spring, you lose an hour, but who cares? Summer is on the way! The whole thing just works out very well, in my opinion.
Another thing that struck me as I was making coffee this morning is that they probably make coffee pots now that automatically adjust to Daylight Saving Time, while I don't even bother to set the regular time on the coffee pot and probably couldn't figure out how to do it now if I tried. Another example, along with iPods and digital cameras, of the technological gulf that is quickly widening between myself and most of the rest of the developed world. Sigh.
So, in sum:
1. Let's all enjoy our extra hour today.
2. People Opposed to Daylight Saving Time need to get a life.
3. I need a new coffee pot.
(P.S.--Be sure to check out the "Incidents & Anecdotes section of the link provided above.)
posted by flipper @ 10:14 AM
1 Comments:
At 10:15 AM,
David said…
While no expert of such current events, I think your DJs were incorrect.
The timing of DST is adjusting in 2007, as you noted, but the concept is not being abolished--something that I, like you, am happy about. I like the time changing.
As to iPods, they DO NOT adjust automatically, as I discovered this morning (Monday). I hope they used that bit of memory to stuff even more digital songs onto my machine.
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