Updated Mar 21, 2011 - 10:39 pm

Why you should fight Daylight Saving Time

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Today is National Napping Day. That's because we're dragging, after losing an hour of sleep this weekend to Daylight Saving Time. Yet another reason to resent DST. The only time I wish my life would jump ahead an hour is when I'm watching the Oscars.

DST seems stuck in the last century. We don't all work 9 to 5 anymore. We're global. We're flexible. We're round-the-clock. Yet twice a year, a whistle blows and we run around re-setting our VCR's and microwaves so we can follow the government sundial?

You do realize that no Daylight was Saved this weekend, right? We just picked up our lives and moved them an inch so we can move them back in October. And why? Energy conservation. So we can turn on fewer light bulbs at dinner time.

I've got a better idea: What if we invented a low-energy light bulb? Oh wait, we did that. It's called a CFL. You know who invented it? Somebody who was thinking creatively. Because that's how you solve problems.

Or ... I guess we could just call 2 am: "3 am." Then, come July, it will stay light in Seattle until 9. And people like me who don't work a traditional schedule will be trying to fall asleep. While the sun shines.

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  Nickatnyt wrote...

  DST rules.

  Having light in the sky an hour later than it normally would be is great for anybody who likes the outdoors. Apparently B.R. is an inside person who is enjoys his CFLs more than the real thing.

  March 14, 2011 10:52 am

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  anotherfencewalker wrote...

  uh huh....

  Bill...Maybe right now is not the best time for funny bits..

  March 14, 2011 5:45 pm

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  It's me! Ha ha! wrote...

  Elininate this time change!

  This stupid time change just knocks the tar out of me.

  I don't even know why we still do it? Wasn't this started during WW2 for the farmers?

  All I know is that we don't need it today.

  If I thought that it would do any good and I knew where to send it, I would fire off a letter to someone asking that this thing would be ended!

  March 14, 2011 5:50 pm

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  DickeyDoo wrote...

  Naw, I disagree. Here is why.

  Traffic.

  March 14, 2011 9:07 pm

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  Ed Altizer wrote...

  Eliminate DST

  The original reasons for DST no longer exist. I would like to see us select one, I really don't care which one, and then stick to it. We don't need DST and it should be eliminated.

  March 29, 2011 8:38 am

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  MissPosh wrote...

  DST

  DST is needs to stay because many, many citizens look forward to more daylight. Vitamin "D" is needed by all us and 'does' make it's through the clouds. Try leaving your clock(s) on DST, (year round)it makes a difference and for 7 months, you'll won't be late for a date. (yes, time changes automatically on electronics) However you learn to compensate and believe me, you will NOT even notice that "lost" hour. I don't notice. My clocks haven't been changed in years. Frankly it does a bit to remember but consider that a "mind" exercise. It's always lighter longer at my home...well, for 7 months..lololol DST should be year-round in my opinion.

  March 29, 2011 9:03 am

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  leitchwd wrote...

  DL Savings Time

  I hate it. Always have. I lived in Arizona for 8 years where they don't have it and reall liked skipping the disruption it caused me.

  March 29, 2011 9:13 am

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  Steve Dallas wrote...

  Is it just me?

  Or does anyone else wish that Bill Radke wasn't the morning replacement? I -really- hate his style of doing news...and long for the old days when we had a good morning person like Bill Yeend & Greg Hersholt. I find myself wanting to change the station any time I hear Radke speak...

  March 29, 2011 9:28 am

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  sjedmunds wrote...

  DST

  Bill, Try some light blocking drapes where you sleep. Most of us still work the 9-5. And with grocery prices quickly rising a backyard garden can really help. Having that extra hour of daylight really helps me get those gardening chores and lawn mowing duty done while I can see. I suppose I could do those chores in the morning before work if it were light, but the neighbors might not like the noise.

  March 29, 2011 9:42 am

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  slaggg wrote...

  Get rid of Standard Time

  Keep us on daylight saving time all year long. doesn't it feel terrible in the fall to set the clocks back and it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon? Doesn't it feel great in the spring to have that extra hour of light at night? Keep us on DST all year long; standard time is the problem. Fight the real enemy.

  March 29, 2011 10:27 am

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