I believe we should stay in DST all year round. The time change is stupid. But it is nice to drive to work in the dawn instead of dark.
2 days, 8 hours ago.
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I do think DST is a little weird. Especially for the fact that some countries don't do it, so one minute I'm 6 hours behind my mate in Cambodia, the next it's 7 hours. Very odd.
@alexleonard: hehe^^, timezones are funny too. never understood why my family in england is in a different timezone than my family in the east... the distance from here is about the same, just a different direction. but alas, timezones (incl. DST) are probably the last borders in globalization :)
@mjohnson: for a week i could drive to work in dawn, but returned in the black. now it is pitchblack in both directions (an my commute is like 3 minutes!).
I think it is funny that those of us in the USA spend more time in daylight savings time than in standard time. I just don't experience any evidence that anything is saved by the time change anymore. I'll be driving home in the dark tonight...
my dog needed a few days to get used to the changed time, he's been early an hour in everything. he probably did not get the memo of this scheduled timewarp. ;-) now i wonder how the animals out in the open cope with the changed schedule (apparently not so well, there are many animal vs car/bike accidents according to local new reports)
perfect weather will be 10-20C, sunshine, slight breeze, not too humid. we have that in Finland for a couple of months in summer. The rest of the year we freeze and dream of that 2-3 months of summer :P
anyway I will be re-experiencing the hot and humid Singapore soon! can't wait!! :P
as for DST and timezones, brightness/darkness doesn't affect me too much; and i use the clock function on my phone to keep track of what's the time for the different countries/regions my family/friends are in
13 comments so far
I do think DST is a little weird. Especially for the fact that some countries don't do it, so one minute I'm 6 hours behind my mate in Cambodia, the next it's 7 hours. Very odd.
2 days, 8 hours ago by alexleonard
@alexleonard: hehe^^, timezones are funny too. never understood why my family in england is in a different timezone than my family in the east... the distance from here is about the same, just a different direction. but alas, timezones (incl. DST) are probably the last borders in globalization :)
2 days, 7 hours ago by denise
@mjohnson: for a week i could drive to work in dawn, but returned in the black. now it is pitchblack in both directions (an my commute is like 3 minutes!).
2 days, 7 hours ago by denise
I think it is funny that those of us in the USA spend more time in daylight savings time than in standard time. I just don't experience any evidence that anything is saved by the time change anymore. I'll be driving home in the dark tonight...
2 days, 7 hours ago by mjohnson
my dog needed a few days to get used to the changed time, he's been early an hour in everything. he probably did not get the memo of this scheduled timewarp. ;-) now i wonder how the animals out in the open cope with the changed schedule (apparently not so well, there are many animal vs car/bike accidents according to local new reports)
2 days, 2 hours ago by denise
And I have to adjust my head for the time zone changing again. Have to remember my pals are sleeping extra hour when I'm online...
It's so hard to keep up when u live another side of the world with no DST.
2 days, 1 hour ago by chelx
but then you've got the weather i crave..... lol
2 days, 1 hour ago by denise
ahhhh Denise, here I am envy those countries that have snow.... :'(
But these past few days, we have rains, rains rains :p
2 days, 1 hour ago by chelx
haha, i like the snow too, but i prefer warmth over everything else. i could send you a nice well rounded snow ball? ;-)
2 days, 1 hour ago by denise
perfect weather will be 10-20C, sunshine, slight breeze, not too humid. we have that in Finland for a couple of months in summer. The rest of the year we freeze and dream of that 2-3 months of summer :P
anyway I will be re-experiencing the hot and humid Singapore soon! can't wait!! :P
1 day, 23 hours ago by cybette
as for DST and timezones, brightness/darkness doesn't affect me too much; and i use the clock function on my phone to keep track of what's the time for the different countries/regions my family/friends are in
1 day, 23 hours ago by cybette
@denise: YES, send me the nice well rounded snow ball! And I'll send you the hot hot sun rays there (if I could find the exact magic formula :p)
1 day, 16 hours ago by chelx
@cybette: ahhhh when are u coming to Singapore, if u are coming soon, it's the monsoon period, so not really hot and humid...
And u are really the high tech lady with your multi-function phone hehe :p
1 day, 16 hours ago by chelx