Sundials in most areas will not be correct on Sunday...

[scotchandcigar]

it takes my poor lil' body several weeks to adjust, especially when we go from daylight saving time back to standard time.

These time changes mess up my sleep and appetite rhythms and takes more than a week to get used to the new time.

They say (whoever "THEY" are) that it takes the average person a week to adjust their bodies to the time change. They also say that the likelihood of people getting heart-attacks increases measurably during the time changes.

I call bullshit on these claims. People travel all the time. They get on a plane, fly to another time zone that's typically anywhere from 1 to 7 hours different, and then enjoy their vacation, or conduct their business. Nobody is taking a week to adjust; that would defeat the purpose of the vacation.

On Sunday morning, I got up at 8, but now it's 9. Big whoop. Why would that cause heart-attacks?

 

[Wolf]

The downside is you have to live in AZ.

Don't be hating, AZ is a great state.

 

[Aaron]

I call bullshit on these claims. People travel all the time. They get on a plane, fly to another time zone that's typically anywhere from 1 to 7 hours different, and then enjoy their vacation, or conduct their business. Nobody is taking a week to adjust; that would defeat the purpose of the vacation.

On Sunday morning, I got up at 8, but now it's 9. Big whoop. Why would that cause heart-attacks?

You calling us all liars, think we’re making this up, just a bunch of people that like drama lol

 

[Jon]

Don't be hating, AZ is a great state.

If you like living on the surface of the sun.

 

[Jon]

DST is becoming less of a nuisance since most of our devices to the changing automatically, the only ones I had to change manually are the kitchen clocks (microwave, toaster and oven) and the car. All fairly easy. Apple watch, phone, tablet and computers do it automatically. Having said that I would still prefer savings time all year.

 

[Wolf]

If you like living on the surface of the sun.

Only in the desert areas. Most people don't realize not all of Arizona isn't a desert state. AZ has pine trees and snow in the northern parts as well near Tucson.

 

[Jon]

Only in the desert areas. Most people don't realize not all of Arizona isn't a desert state. AZ has pine trees and snow in the northern parts as well near Tucson.

I know all about Arizona, they're the same climate we are. Dry on the plains with more moisture in the hills. Denver doesn't get too hot, but it can still reach 90+. My biggest complaint with here is the wind (like today with a Red Flag Warning), but at least we don't get dust storms.

 

[HecticArt]

I call bullshit on these claims. People travel all the time. They get on a plane, fly to another time zone that's typically anywhere from 1 to 7 hours different, and then enjoy their vacation, or conduct their business. Nobody is taking a week to adjust; that would defeat the purpose of the vacation.

On Sunday morning, I got up at 8, but now it's 9. Big whoop. Why would that cause heart-attacks?

There was a cardiologist on the news last week talking about it.
He had a lab coat and everything. He must know what he's talking about.

 

[HecticArt]

Yes, DST is sponsored by the big automatic clock companies.

Exactly!

Follow the money my friend.
Follow the money.

 

[Jon]

There was a cardiologist on the news last week talking about it.
He had a lab coat and everything. He must know what he's talking about.

Although to be fair, Dr. Oz is a cardiologist and he has no idea what he's talking about half the time. I have heard the argument, something about interrupting sleep patterns. I know when I worked graveyard shift that meant we gained an hour of work, which sucked HARD!

 

[Channel98]

A report on the effects of time changes aired today on NPR's Morning Edition. Time changes disturb the body's circadian rhythm. Indira Gurubhagavatula, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, says people are more tired and irritable in the days following a time change: "Because our circadian rhythm is synched with the sun, having less light in the morning and more in the evening makes it harder to be alert during the day and sleep at night." In the week following a time change, people have more migraine headaches and there is an increase in strokes, heart attacks, drug overdoses, suicides and traffic accidents. Tell me again why we need to continue these idiotic time changes.

 

[scotchandcigar]

There was a cardiologist on the news last week talking about it.
He had a lab coat and everything. He must know what he's talking about.

And a stethoscope around his neck?

A report on the effects of time changes aired today on NPR's Morning Edition. Time changes disturb the body's circadian rhythm. Indira Gurubhagavatula, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, says people are more tired and irritable in the days following a time change: "Because our circadian rhythm is synched with the sun, having less light in the morning and more in the evening makes it harder to be alert during the day and sleep at night." In the week following a time change, people have more migraine headaches and there is an increase in strokes, heart attacks, drug overdoses, suicides and traffic accidents.

Oh boo hoo! People spend all day staring at bright screens, scrolling through TikTok, and shoving processed food down their gullets. You ain't that fragile. Your circadian rhythm will survive.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

A report on the effects of time changes aired today on NPR's Morning Edition. Time changes disturb the body's circadian rhythm. Indira Gurubhagavatula, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, says people are more tired and irritable in the days following a time change: "Because our circadian rhythm is synched with the sun, having less light in the morning and more in the evening makes it harder to be alert during the day and sleep at night." In the week following a time change, people have more migraine headaches and there is an increase in strokes, heart attacks, drug overdoses, suicides and traffic accidents. Tell me again why we need to continue these idiotic time changes.

How else would the medicine specialist at the University of Pennsylvania have anything to study?

 

[scotchandcigar]

How else would the medicine specialist at the University of Pennsylvania have anything to study?

I'm sure the funding has been shut-off anyway.

 

[Aaron]

It’s not like the time change destroys my week, it’s just a …. nuisance.
Comparing it to vacation is something different. On vacation, you are somewhere new, you’re excited to be there. At home, yes it does take me a week to get over the impact.

 

[scotchandcigar]

It’s not like the time change destroys my week, it’s just a …. nuisance.
Comparing it to vacation is something different. On vacation, you are somewhere new, you’re excited to be there. At home, yes it does take me a week to get over the impact.

The trick is to imagine that when you spring ahead, you're traveling an hour into the future of your own home. So it's like an adventure.

 

[HecticArt]

And a stethoscope around his neck?

It might not have been his neck......
And it might not have been TV.

Oh boo hoo! People spend all day staring at bright screens, scrolling through TikTok, and shoving processed food down their gullets. You ain't that fragile. Your circadian rhythm will survive.

People adjust......well....most people adjust.

It’s not like the time change destroys my week, it’s just a …. nuisance.

This.

It never really bothered me, but I've noticed being tired for a few days after the changes for the last several years.
It's not bad, just a noticeable nuisance.

 

[Channel98]

Banjoist/singer Grandpa Jones (Louis Marshall Jones), best known for his country hits Mountain Dew, Old Rattler, T For Texas and Night Train To Memphis and his 21 years as a regular on Hee Haw, expressed his disgust with the man "who ruined us all with daylight saving time" in Daylight Saving Time, released in May 1958

 

[JHDK]

We all know what a sundial looks like, but if you were to randomly find one in your backyard, would any of you be able to figure out the correct time from it without doing any Google research?

I know you use the shadows cast on it to tell the time. But that's about it for my sundial knowledge.

I think 12:00 p.m. Is a big deal when the sun is in the middle of the sky but I'm not sure about that.

I'm guessing I could figure it out but it would take a while.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I learned how to do tell the time as a boy scout based on sun position. All you need to know which direction is south. Similar principle with a sundial. The derived time with this method is standard time. You have to do DST adjustments manually.