Bye Daylight Savings Time!!!

[Lillycat]

i thought dst was to be extended?.....or was that idea postponed till next year?

[Cinder & Smoke]

I thought DST was to be extended?...
or was that idea postponed till next year?

But the NEW "extended" DST period doesn't start until 2007.

DST Extended by Four Weeks in U.S. Starting in 2007

August 8, 2005 Update: President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act, which extends Daylight Saving Time (DST) by four weeks from the second Sunday of March to end on the first Sunday of November. Extended Daylight Saving Time will begin in March 2007. See below for the new "spring forward, fall back" dates for the next few years.

Interesting article at >>>
http://geography.about.com/cs/daylightsavings/a/dst.htm

/s/ Phred

[catnapper]

Oh my! I completely forgot! Where on Earth did October go????

[momoffuzzyfaces]

bumping up

Tonight is THE night!!!

[cloverfdx]

Daylight savings starts for us today yayyyyyy .

[lizbud]

We don't change our clocks here.A law just passed & we will be doing
that next Spring. Right now the Feds & State government are arguing about
which counties to put into which time zones.

[lisalee]

I love this time of year when it starts getting dark early.

[buckner]

Oh my! I completely forgot! Where on Earth did October go????

I'm thinking the very same thing!! While I love all of the holidays, this year is quite overwhelming as I'm hurrying up with my college applications and such.


I'm going to go right now and change my clocks.

[.sarah]

Now it will get dark early. Yay!

I hate it when it gets dark early! I live on the very end of the timezone so during the summer it doesn't get dark until 9:30-10:00 at night! It's great!

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

I love this time of year when it starts getting dark early.

Not me...I prefer the LONG lighter days... But I'm happy I get to sleep in "an hour later" tomorrow!

[Chica]

Yeh!! We have less light every day. Since it will get dark early, my chica will go to sleep sooner. Sometimes she doesn't go to sleep untill 9:00 pm . I get tired before her because I work all day, and when I get home I fall asleep before her. She pushes me and nudges me to play with her. She won't let me sleep.But I know she is such a sweet heart that I don't mind!

[Flatcoatluver]

one extra hour of sleep!

[Chica]

i Started Changing The Clocks Now. 1 More Hour Of Sleep. Great!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Or did you show up for Church an Hour Early?

And how about those SMOKE DETECTORS?? >>>

While you're Changing Things ...

*CHANGE* the *BATTERY* in ALL
your SMOKE DETECTORS!!

And remember to *TEST* them with the Test Button, too!


Now how many of those Hidden Clocks & Timers did you forget?
A lot of "newer" appliances & timers will automatically adjust
for Daylight Saving Time ... but the older stuff needs your personal attention.

I've made THREE sweeps around the house - and I've prolly *missed* one or two!

Remember: All Those "Hidden Clocks" >>>

* the clock in the CAR
* clock in the Digital Camera
* in the Microwave
* on the Stove
* on the Water Softener
* in the TV
* in the VCR
* on the Outside Lights timer
* in the Answering Machine (3rd sweep found that one!)
* on your Pager (I'm doing it now)
* on your Cell Phone (it might auto-correct itself)
* on the Caller ID box (I'm holding out to see if it auto-corrects itself)
* the 'puter ought to be smart enough to change by itself
* Annnnnd - your Wrist Watch! (now ... WHERE are the Instructions!?)

OK ... I give up for now.
I *ALWAYS* miss at least one ... usually find it when Daylight Saving STARTS
in the spring!

And HAPPY Daylight Saving Time to all you Folks on the "Bottom Half"
of the ole Dirt Ball!

[Jessika]

Cinder & Smoke that's a good list, thanks for the reminders!!

I was going to bump this thread for everyone but you've seemed to have beaten me to it!