I am a fan of Daylight Savings Time (although it's probably ineffective at saving energy...)
- as a weekday resident on the western edge of the Eastern time zone, DLST gives us daylight until nearly 10PM! I can do a 60 mile ride after work!
- as a weekend resident of the eastern edge of the Central time zone, I still get the benefit of much more morning time to get in a ride before Silver and the kids wake up!
How can I say that DLST is ineffective at saving energy? We live in Indiana which straddles the eastern and central time zones. Until a couple years ago, the eastern time zone sectionsdidn't recognize DLST!
. Many other variables could affect it, but I believe it was an 8% increase!
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02-07-2009, 03:42 AM #1
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02-07-2009, 06:28 AM #2
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I, too, am a fan of DST.
Didn't Pres Nixon make it year around during the oil crisis in the 70s? I think I was in 3rd or 4th grade that year -- I remember waiting for the school bus in the dark and cold that winter.
Oakleaf, you're fine! It's actually only on the threads where folks are lamenting the cold/snow, then someone chimes in with it being 50 degrees and dry. And complaining about it.
Believe me, I would LOVE to have 40 degree weather to ride in or even above 32 degrees. Since I ride before work, I'm out in the coldest part of the day (it's dark, too).
I enjoy reading about people who are riding---the southern California gals, in particular. But they keep those threads separate from the winter weather threads. That way, if you don't want to read about someone being out while you're stuck inside on the trainer, you can skip those them.
But there's hope. Looks like things are going to warm up here, at least temporarily, for the next week.
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03-02-2009, 08:02 AM #3
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Shoulda stayed in the mid-south.
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Oh yeah! when I started this thread yesterday, it was dark and -3 degrees! FARENHEIT Thanks to those who rubbed in how warm it was elsewhere
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03-02-2009, 08:36 AM #4
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OH YEAH! I'll bet my atomic clock doesn't know DST changes on a new date now!
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03-02-2009, 08:41 AM #5
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It'll be interesting to see what our clocks do this year.
Hey Tuck, how much snow did you get?
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03-02-2009, 08:59 AM #6
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Yes, last year, with the new advent of earlier DST, our Atomic clock didn't change by itself. It was a real hassle to get it to change manually.
And I only bought this clock because it had a second hand big enough for me to read while doing intervals on the trainer.
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03-02-2009, 09:49 AM #7
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OK, so daylight savings time is coming soon- but it was 6 degrees this morning. I want WARM! It's March for crying out loud. Is it unreasonable of me to think it should be warmer than 6 degrees? OK, so it is Michigan but so what?
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