I did.
I woke up at "6am". When I got on my computer it said it was "7am" and it took about 5 minutes to set in that today we spring ahead. No one told me this year like years past.
I did.
I woke up at "6am". When I got on my computer it said it was "7am" and it took about 5 minutes to set in that today we spring ahead. No one told me this year like years past.
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I forgot, but I still woke up at the time I wanted to because I use my phone as an alarm clock. I thought I felt a little bit more tired than I should, and then I realized that I lost an hour of sleep.
Is this the last change or are we going to fall back 1 hour in fall, to standard? I thought I heard that the US was going to stay at Standard Time beginning in 2009.
I actually read that it is costing citizens a total of over a half a billion dollars this year to have the time change. Instead of saving energy, it's costing like $3 more per house-hold.
I forgot or I would have responded to this thread an hour ago.
wondering... wrote:
I actually read that it is costing citizens a total of over a half a billion dollars this year to have the time change. Instead of saving energy, it's costing like $3 more per house-hold.
I read the article on that too, but it was based on people coming home from work for more daylight hours so they used more of their air conditioner. However the reporter failed to realize that the office they are leaving wouldn't be air conditioned for that same amount of time. So he talked about how it cost the average person more per year without calculating how much was saved by businesses.
Troll 45 wrote:
[quote]wondering... wrote:
I read the article on that too, but it was based on people coming home from work for more daylight hours so they used more of their air conditioner. However the reporter failed to realize that the office they are leaving wouldn't be air conditioned for that same amount of time. So he talked about how it cost the average person more per year without calculating how much was saved by businesses.
Do you guys have a link to this article? I wonder if this reporter included not having to turn the lights on as early.
I would guess a significant number of businesses in tis globally connected world remain A/Ced into te evening because of overtime work or second sifts and would overlap workers running teir macines at ome.
Troll 45 wrote:
I read the article on that too, but it was based on people coming home from work for more daylight hours so they used more of their air conditioner. However the reporter failed to realize that the office they are leaving wouldn't be air conditioned for that same amount of time. So he talked about how it cost the average person more per year without calculating how much was saved by businesses.
DEFG--Gone Missing-IJKL wrote:
I would guess a significant number of businesses in tis globally connected world remain A/Ced into te evening because of overtime work or second sifts and would overlap workers running teir macines at ome.
I don't have the article, but I think it was on Yahoo!.
Those people would be counted because either way they're at the office or at home during that time span. So either way the a/c and computer electric bill is covered. See what I'm saying?
The guy basically looked at the average utility bill difference for people. That was what his whole article was about. But he doesn't count business in the equation or other users of electricity such as government buildings.
It seems the people who most often remember to change the clocks are those who go to church on Sunday (as the time always changes at 2 a.m. Sunday morning). Apparently Jesus cares.
[quote]Troll 45 wrote:
Apparently, I've been away from this site too long. I didn't realize that we're already up to 45 trolls.
Flagpole wrote:
It seems the people who most often remember to change the clocks are those who go to church on Sunday (as the time always changes at 2 a.m. Sunday morning). Apparently Jesus cares.
I almost forgot - I forgot, and it cost me $12,732.19 in investments. My brother cares, my brother.
FIagpoIe wrote:
I almost forgot - I forgot, and it cost me $12,732.19 in investments. My brother cares, my brother.
Dude, impersonating another user is a bannable offense. Come up with your own Schtick.
Flagpole wrote:
FIagpoIe wrote:I almost forgot - I forgot, and it cost me $12,732.19 in investments. My brother cares, my brother.
Dude, impersonating another user is a bannable offense. Come up with your own Schtick.
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