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In reply to the discussion: Should the United States continue to switch between Standard and Daylight Saving Time? [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)17. Let's see...
Laundry room wall-clock; bathroom wall clock; bathroom wall clock; bedroom wall clock + 2 bedside clocks; guest room bedside clock; vcr / DVD clock (yes); living room wall clock; kitchen counter microwave; kitchen hood microwave; kitchen stove; kitchen wall-clock; keurig clock; dining room cuckoo clock; foyer anniversary clock; office wall clock; truck clock; truck clock; garage workroom wall-clock; mantle antique regulator clock. (Plus my every-day wristwatch, my dress-up wristwatch, the Mister's several watches... he's more into watches than I am... and they're too hard for me to figure out how to set the time, so that's his chore.)
There's never enough time, so we spend a lot of our time, measuring it. Weird, huh?
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Should the United States continue to switch between Standard and Daylight Saving Time? [View all]
NurseJackie
Mar 2021
OP
I stay up all night performing initial program loads on multiple logical partitions
Skittles
Mar 2021
#2
I heard that! When I worked nights the real annoyances were leafblowers and chain saws.
TreasonousBastard
Mar 2021
#7
I have a hard time accepting that people's lives are affected so much because of a change
Escurumbele
Mar 2021
#19
Medical depression is one thing, but there are tons of people out there who are looking for
Escurumbele
Mar 2021
#31
I used to care about this and thought we should stay on DST. Now, I really just don't care
hlthe2b
Mar 2021
#9
I never think about how many clocks (and devices with clocks) there are in my world...
NurseJackie
Mar 2021
#12
Interesting. I only have to do the clock on the oven and in my car--The former I rarely even look at
hlthe2b
Mar 2021
#15
That reminds me of those clock repair stores (which I could use). Do they still exist?
hlthe2b
Mar 2021
#22
It would really suck for people on the West Coast to live their lives under Eastern Standard Time.
Midwestern Democrat
Mar 2021
#43
That's a great retirement/covid clock. I never know what day it is. nt
JustABozoOnThisBus
Mar 2021
#46
Just pick one and stick with it...it's confusing to those of us in states that don't change
QED
Mar 2021
#44
Even keeping standard time I suspect some businesses will switch to "summer schedule" hours
NotASurfer
Mar 2021
#53