Daylight Saving Time This Weekend

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 28, 2006 10:27 pm

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Apr. 2. Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour. And don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

A Little History:
Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II, the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time. Arizona, Hawaii, parts of Indiana, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » March 28, 2006 10:28 pm

Already??
Thanks for the reminder Penny!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 28, 2006 10:29 pm

a little funny about my Sister and I

My birthday is always near the weekend that Time "falls back"
and my Sisters is always the Weekend that time "springs forward"

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 28, 2006 10:33 pm

I think all of Canada (except Alberta) observes daylight savings time too.
And don't forget us poor yokels who have to get up & go to WORK Sunday morning. I'm on the 6 AM-6 PM shift. I'll have to come straight home from work on Saturday and go right to bed.
NO TV,
NO CORONA,
NO BIG DINNER,
NO NOTHING.

Prthd119 · Post by **Prthd119** » March 28, 2006 10:41 pm

Wooooooooooo Hoooooooooooo!!!!!!!

More daylight!!!!!

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » March 28, 2006 11:01 pm

I forgot to tell my congregations last Sunday

davesnik · Post by **davesnik** » March 28, 2006 11:14 pm

We here in Indy are changing times for the first time in my lifetime. It's going to be interesting. Especially since the Final Four is here this weekend too! I'm glad I'm leaving town!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 28, 2006 11:35 pm

UAHparrothead wrote:I forgot to tell my congregations last Sunday

two words.. Phone chain ..

Mrs Smith Hello this is your Brand new ..

(I forgot your real title)
can you call mrs jones and mrs green and remind them
of the Time Change..

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » March 28, 2006 11:44 pm

ragtopW wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:I forgot to tell my congregations last Sunday
two words.. Phone chain ..

Mrs Smith Hello this is your Brand new .. (I forgot your real title)
can you call mrs jones and mrs green and remind them
of the Time Change..

That's not a bad idea

davesnik · Post by **davesnik** » March 28, 2006 11:46 pm

We all have email addresses in the directory and we get emails about things going on at the church. That's another idea if you have that.

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » March 29, 2006 2:36 pm

More daylight!! I am so excited.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » March 29, 2006 2:41 pm

I guess I'll be getting up at one o'clock instead of noon next week.
I hate DST... always have. Why'd they listen to Ben Franklin anyway?
It's not like he was ever going to be president or anything...

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 29, 2006 2:46 pm

Spring back, Fall forward? Or is it the other way around?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 29, 2006 2:47 pm

Jahfin wrote:Spring back, Fall forward? Or is it the other way around?

Spring forward, fall back.

And uggg. Big party Saturday night and I have to pick up the kids at 9am (which will feel like 8am) from MILs house Sunday morning.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » March 29, 2006 2:50 pm

buffettbride wrote:
Jahfin wrote:Spring back, Fall forward? Or is it the other way around?
Spring forward, fall back.

And uggg. Big party Saturday night and I have to pick up the kids at 9am (which will feel like 8am) from MILs house Sunday morning.

That'll teach ya to breed...

creeky · Post by **creeky** » March 29, 2006 2:54 pm

again Penny tries to confuse me ...

I will turn mine in the other direction

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 29, 2006 2:54 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Jahfin wrote:Spring back, Fall forward? Or is it the other way around?
Spring forward, fall back.

And uggg. Big party Saturday night and I have to pick up the kids at 9am (which will feel like 8am) from MILs house Sunday morning.
That'll teach ya to breed...

Don't you have a hole to tend to???

creeky · Post by **creeky** » March 29, 2006 2:56 pm

ok .. so is this an american thing to change the smoke detector batteries?

I was wondering why all of a sudden we are getting tv ads to remind us to change them ...

not that I need to ... I havent got any

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » March 29, 2006 2:56 pm

buffettbride wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Jahfin wrote:Spring back, Fall forward? Or is it the other way around?
Spring forward, fall back.

And uggg. Big party Saturday night and I have to pick up the kids at 9am (which will feel like 8am) from MILs house Sunday morning.
That'll teach ya to breed...
Don't you have a hole to tend to???

No fighting girls...You're both pretty.

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » March 29, 2006 3:05 pm

Desdamona wrote:I guess I'll be getting up at one o'clock instead of noon next week.
I hate DST... always have. Why'd they listen to Ben Franklin anyway?
It's not like he was ever going to be president or anything...

I don't like it either! I'd rather have it both lighter and darker earlier rather than later. It makes so much more sense to me.