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Title: Time change....
Post by: Flame on March 05, 2008, 11:03:52 AM
Did you know it was this weekend??????


It took me by surprise when I found out!
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 11:07:56 AM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 11:10:40 AM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   

Um, does the grass follow a Timex?
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 11:10:47 AM
I forgot it was this weekend!   :o

Good thing my cellphone changes over automatically (I don't have a real clock of any kind, not even an alarm...my cellphone does double duty with it's obnoxiously loud alarm feature. LOL ) 
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 11:11:53 AM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   

Um, does the grass follow a Timex?

Huh?  I don't get it.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: CactusCarlos on March 05, 2008, 11:28:03 AM
Did you know it was this weekend??????


It took me by surprise when I found out!

Took me by surprise as well - I'm used to it being later in the year, like most people I'm sure.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 11:30:25 AM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   
It's actually a VRWC endeavor...more sunshine keeps the DUmmies in their basements.   :-)
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 12:03:08 PM
We don't change our clocks here in Arizona.
The rest of you all, enjoy that hour of sleep you're going to lose.
I won't lose any sleep over it.   :rimshot:
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 12:15:30 PM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   

Um, does the grass follow a Timex?

Huh?  I don't get it.

Moving the clock to the left or to the right has no bearing on how much daylight there is during the day. Days are getting longer because we're getting closer to the solstice. ..unless I'm reading you wrong.  :-)
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 12:28:14 PM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   

Um, does the grass follow a Timex?

Huh?  I don't get it.

Moving the clock to the left or to the right has no bearing on how much daylight there is during the day. Days are getting longer because we're getting closer to the solstice. ..unless I'm reading you wrong.  :-)

Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: CactusCarlos on March 05, 2008, 12:34:24 PM
Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 

Geezers like yourself worry about solstices?  I thought is was all sundials and hourglasses with you lot. 

( :tongue:)
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 12:52:56 PM
I keep up, so I am not surprised.  I am disappointed.  The mowing season is upon us and that extra sunshine just makes the grass grow that much faster.   

Um, does the grass follow a Timex?

Huh?  I don't get it.

Moving the clock to the left or to the right has no bearing on how much daylight there is during the day. Days are getting longer because we're getting closer to the solstice. ..unless I'm reading you wrong.  :-)

Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 
Winter solstice around here results in a sunset around 4:25pm.   :banghead:  That's just wrong.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 12:58:24 PM
Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 

We're not adding another hour of daylight, Undies. We're just shifting the time spectrum as it would appear to us. The grass isn't fooled.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Miss Mia on March 05, 2008, 01:03:02 PM
I bought this fancy Timex alarm clock a few years ago that automatically changes with day light savings time.  Now, I have to change it on Monday (it's the clock I keep at work) and then in a few weeks it'll automatically change as well since we moved the dates around.   :hammer:
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 01:15:35 PM
Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 

We're not adding another hour of daylight, Undies. We're just shifting the time spectrum as it would appear to us. The grass isn't fooled.

You're just trying to confuse me with crafty language.  I KNOW it will get dark an hour later.  That means there will be an extra hour of daylight.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 01:20:10 PM
Well, days get longer naturally between the Winter solstice and the Summer solstice, that is a given.  And then when we change our clocks and add another hour of daylight, well, that's just fooling with nature.  It seems to me we aren't saving daylight.  We are spending more of it.  We are saving nightlight to spend next winter.  They have it rigged where it is dark by 5:30 pm on Christmas Day.  It's just not right. 

Geezers like yourself worry about solstices?  I thought is was all sundials and hourglasses with you lot. 

( :tongue:)

According to your profile you are eight years younger than I.  Eight years.  Do you really want so quickly to assign yourself to be a member of geezerhood?
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 01:20:21 PM
So, instead of getting up at 4:00 AM to fly I have to get up at 3:00 AM :((

Doesn't the extra hour of sunshine cause more global warming?  We really should put a stop to this!!!!
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 01:30:14 PM
You're just trying to confuse me with crafty language.  I KNOW it will get dark an hour later.  That means there will be an extra hour of daylight.

....and it'll become daylight an hour later. Again, it's just a shifting of the time spectrum.
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 01:37:05 PM
You're just trying to confuse me with crafty language.  I KNOW it will get dark an hour later.  That means there will be an extra hour of daylight.

....and it'll become daylight an hour later. Again, it's just a shifting of the time spectrum.

If that were a fact then we could leave the clock alone and just get up and start everything an hour earlier. 
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 01:39:08 PM
If that were a fact then we could leave the clock alone and just get up and start everything an hour earlier. 

We could. Am I to believe that you think the Sun knows how to tell time?
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: CactusCarlos on March 05, 2008, 01:47:07 PM
Am I to believe that you think the Sun knows how to tell time?

Why the hell not?  The teevee would have us believe that the Sun can cook breakfast for his family! :-)
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 01:48:46 PM
If that were a fact then we could leave the clock alone and just get up and start everything an hour earlier. 

We could. Am I to believe that you think the Sun knows how to tell time?

The sun just hangs out there like a nucleus while earth spins around it like an excited proton, constantly changing the face it shows to the sun.  It would be the earth which tells time.  The sun doesn't care.  We slow down the earth to cause each face to be exposed to the sun longer.  This causes the days to be longer too.  
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: CactusCarlos on March 05, 2008, 01:48:59 PM
According to your profile you are eight years younger than I.  Eight years.  Do you really want so quickly to assign yourself to be a member of geezerhood?

At this point, I couldn't avoid membership if I tried.  :bawl:
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 02:10:52 PM
The sun just hangs out there like a nucleus while earth spins around it like an excited proton, constantly changing the face it shows to the sun.  It would be the earth which tells time.  The sun doesn't care.  We slow down the earth to cause each face to be exposed to the sun longer.  This causes the days to be longer too. 

 :o  Please tell me you don't believe this. When you move 8PM up, 8AM moves up as well. You do realize that, right?
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Lord Undies on March 05, 2008, 02:21:06 PM
The sun just hangs out there like a nucleus while earth spins around it like an excited proton, constantly changing the face it shows to the sun.  It would be the earth which tells time.  The sun doesn't care.  We slow down the earth to cause each face to be exposed to the sun longer.  This causes the days to be longer too. 

 :o  Please tell me you don't believe this. When you move 8PM up, 8AM moves up as well. You do realize that, right?

Thanks for playing!  :innocent:
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Rebel on March 05, 2008, 02:25:42 PM
The sun just hangs out there like a nucleus while earth spins around it like an excited proton, constantly changing the face it shows to the sun.  It would be the earth which tells time.  The sun doesn't care.  We slow down the earth to cause each face to be exposed to the sun longer.  This causes the days to be longer too. 

 :o  Please tell me you don't believe this. When you move 8PM up, 8AM moves up as well. You do realize that, right?

Thanks for playing!  :innocent:

 :thatsright:
Title: Re: Time change....
Post by: Chris_ on March 05, 2008, 02:41:19 PM
The sun just hangs out there like a nucleus while earth spins around it like an excited proton, constantly changing the face it shows to the sun.  It would be the earth which tells time.  The sun doesn't care.  We slow down the earth to cause each face to be exposed to the sun longer.  This causes the days to be longer too. 

 :o  Please tell me you don't believe this. When you move 8PM up, 8AM moves up as well. You do realize that, right?

You're not doing it right.  When you move 8PM up you move 8AM back.  That is where the extra hour of sunlight comes from.  We steal it from the night.