Texans To Vote On Daylight Saving Time

[El Diablo 4,232]

It's 5 O'clock somewhere.

[atomheartbevo 89,362]

10 hours ago, slorch said:

I'm trying to give a fuck, but don't.

Let"s vote on substantial things, like open liquor/ beer trade/ commerce instead of protecting the big boys.

Let's have freedom in Texas and allow casinos.  No fucking bingo halls or tricked up rules to satiate the Baptists either.  Full blown, vegas style casinos.

Allow open execution of child molestors, thieves, and drivers camping out in the left hand lane.

 

Wanna make a difference?  or do we wanna chase the sunshine in what is now a 24 hour world anyhoo...?

Let Tesla sell cars directly.   

[atomheartbevo 89,362]

9 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Just make a day 25 hours.  Problem solved.  Sheesh!

Move to Mars?

[MissingInAction 24,765]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Let Tesla sell cars directly.   

No kidding.  If your mom can sell to me directly, anyone can.

Edited April 26, 2019 by MissingInAction

[MAUFRAIS 6,571]

Best part of the year was the first football practice after the time change, when it started getting dark just a little bit after stretching.

[phdhorn 6,224]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Move to Mars?

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell, and there'd be no one there to raise them if you did.

[High Plains Drifter 10,970]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Move to Mars?

No silly. Have Vic move all his Cholas to the equator. The resulting increase in rotational inertia will cause the Earth's rotation to slow by at least an hour.

[WBT 20,397]

51 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Best part of the year was the first football practice after the time change, when it started getting dark just a little bit after stretching.

Yeah, we got to practice in the stadium under the lights instead of on the dusty-ass practice field

[honolulu horn 6,156]

10 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

I lived in Hawaii, which doesn't have it, and you're right -- it was kind of a pain in the ass. 

I lived in Hawaii, and you're wrong -- it wasn't.

[Nivek 16,808]

Get rid of it. It is a silly.

[formermav43 4,599]

5 hours ago, Lobo said:

The number of state reps in our Capitol that have this week stated that we live half the year in daylight saving time and half the year in standard time has been absolutely stunning.  I knew we had some dipshits up there, but basic arithmetic takes the cake.  If we "spring" forward in early March and "fall" back in early November.  That's the 3rd month to the 11th month...that's gonna go ahead and be 8 months...not 6.  We don't spend half the year in daylight saving time...we spend 75% of it, 3/4ths, three-quarters, all acceptable answers.  That's an important consideration because it's half-again of a change, not half the change.  So are we really talking about that drastic of a change time-wise?  No.  Will be annoying as shit in dealing with 47 other states?  Yes.  

And it’s been bothering me for years since that changed that “standard time” is only 4 months of the year. That’s definitionally non-standard. At the very least, they need to change the terminology. 

[CooterBrown 17,875]

I think so far 17 states are either getting rid of it legislatively or putting it on the ballot this year. It won’t exist at all 5 years from now.

[RMac5 1,549]

I like the Mockingbird, he’s a badass.

[Beau Vine 53,964]

1 hour ago, honolulu horn said:

I lived in Hawaii, and you're wrong -- it wasn't.

It was a pain in the ass for me when I'd have to contact someone on the east coast who was only open 9-5.

[Beau Vine 53,964]

1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

And it’s been bothering me for years since that changed that “standard time” is only 4 months of the year. That’s definitionally non-standard. At the very least, they need to change the terminology. 

I sincerely salute your pedanticalness.

[Texas_Rocks 346]

There’s a certain buzz that happens for me when I’m on the water or sitting at a nice outdoor bar watching the sunset between 8 and 9 during late spring/summer.

Losing that would be tragic. Late sunsets for life!!!

[bolverk 29,360]

The Maps That Prove the Daylight Saving Cycle Is Ruining Our Lives

^Overly dramatic but that's the headline. The maps are really interesting to consider before choosing which way to go.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,391]

I don’t buy that changing time causes people to die or that hundreds of millions of revenue is somehow lost with a time change.  Someone economist discovers a small localized number and then applies it to the entire country.  

does any large change have impacts? Yes. Some good, some bad.  Most likely everything evens out.

[atomheartbevo 89,362]

As the parent of a 6 year-old, I fucking loathe the time changes.   

And yeah, a lot of other states are moving to dump it, and we will eventually.  

[Wally Fairway 5,517]

25 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don’t buy that changing time causes people to die or that hundreds of millions of revenue is somehow lost with a time change.  Someone economist discovers a small localized number and then applies it to the entire country.  

does any large change have impacts? Yes. Some good, some bad.  Most likely everything evens out.

Those maps suck - who rises at 7am? You know who my 88 year old dad, most of the people I know are up between 5-6. And calling 5 pm a reasonable sunset time is idiotic, I fucking hate it anytime sunset is before 7pm - and I start to get happy when it is near 9pm, and where I am it is almost at 9:30 around the solstice so I throw a big party....right on the 17th green!

[Guest Lobo]

Most of the people you know wake up between 5-6am?  So you keep the company of basic training enlistees, infants, and retirees?  

I like the first couple months of the switch to CDT simply because it's still dark out at 6:30/7:00a so my daughters stay asleep until then, as do we.  I don't get up until 7:00a unless there's a very good reason, and a few birds chirping does not qualify.  

That said, it would take the Speaker all of 30 seconds to come out and clearly state if we're talking about staying on standard time or CDT the whole year.  Why won't they clarify?  

[El Diablo 4,232]

7 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Most of the people you know wake up between 5-6am?  So you keep the company of basic training enlistees, infants, and retirees?  

I like the first couple months of the switch to CDT simply because it's still dark out at 6:30/7:00a so my daughters stay asleep until then, as do we.  I don't get up until 7:00a unless there's a very good reason, and a few birds chirping does not qualify.  

That said, it would take the Speaker all of 30 seconds to come out and clearly state if we're talking about staying on standard time or CDT the whole year.  Why won't they clarify?  

You and the kids wake up at sunrise? I have a plan for you but I'll let @ztejasfill you in on the details.

[ztejas 43,244]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

You and the kids wake up at sunrise? I have a plan for you but I'll let @ztejasfill you in on the details.

Depends. I'd ask he's at least somewhat familiar with the basic principles of the theory of relativity before proceeding any further. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Depends. I'd ask he's at least somewhat familiar with the basic principles of the theory of relativity before proceeding any further. 

I think there's possibly a market for a watch/timepiece that tells a person "their"  time. Why be held hostage by the constructs of others? Live life on YOUR TIME!

[ztejas 43,244]

2 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I think there's possibly a market for a watch/timepiece that tells a person "their"  time. Why be held hostage by the constructs of others? Live life on YOUR TIME!

Did you just assume my time?

[El Diablo 4,232]

25 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Did you just assume my time?

Would you be interested in a timeshare?

[smuggs 9,340]

I've been thinking about this - if I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make this our time? Certainly there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time.

 

[Js1 85,056]

2 minutes ago, smuggs said:

I've been thinking about this - if I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make this our time? Certainly there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time.

 

[Steamboat1874 4,031]

Fuck daylight savings time.

It should never be light outside at 8 fucking PM.

[ztejas 43,244]

58 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Would you be interested in a timeshare?

Only after you've signed the prenup 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,780]

The Texas voters will find a way to fuck this up so it's worse than it is now.

[Austinvines 309]

This reminds of when the soviets tried to implement sickle and hammer time.

“Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?”

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[Nice Guy Eddie 13,391]

1 hour ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Fuck daylight savings time.

It should never be light outside at 8 fucking PM.

It's my God given right to mow my backyard at 8:45pm to piss off my neighbors.  then start it again at 7am.

[B00M 6,278]

I hope we don't get to vote on this if for no other reason than we clearly can't agree which time to switch to permanently. Half of us prefer late sun, half prefer early. The current setup, while not what any of us want, is apparently the compromise we need as a society. 

[Texas Jeff 1,932]

A buddy of mine created the Sundial app for the iPhone and Apple Watch.  It shows you how far off your local time is from solar time.  You can set notifications for sunup, sundown, solar noon, etc.  Today's solar noon in Austin is at 1:28 pm local time, so we are off about 88 minutes from noon actually being mid-day.

So, if you want to just say screw it, I want my own time, you can do it.  Wake up 6 hrs before solar noon every day, whatever.

I think everyone will vote to go on DST permanently and that first winter people will be bitching about taking their kids to elementary school in the dark.

Edited April 26, 2019 by Texas Jeff

[ztejas 43,244]

9 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

So, if you want to just say screw it, I want my own time, you can do it.  Wake up 6 hrs before solar noon every day, whatever.

This seems like a great idea. Almost.... timeless. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This seems like a great idea. Almost.... timeless. 

I am so pissed right now.

[Wally Fairway 5,517]

4 hours ago, Lobo said:

Most of the people you know wake up between 5-6am?  So you keep the company of basic training enlistees, infants, and retirees?  

I like the first couple months of the switch to CDT simply because it's still dark out at 6:30/7:00a so my daughters stay asleep until then, as do we.  I don't get up until 7:00a unless there's a very good reason, and a few birds chirping does not qualify.  

That said, it would take the Speaker all of 30 seconds to come out and clearly state if we're talking about staying on standard time or CDT the whole year.  Why won't they clarify?  

A) Most of the people I know are at work by 7:00 - 7:30, get kids on busses around 7:00, and have to drive to work to be there by that time. And that is for a desk jockey job, most places that are shift work has first shift start at 7, which means being there clocked in before 7 and allowing for whatever traffic/weather/etc you might run into.

I'm guessing your kids aren't in school, yet, if you aren't even getting up until 7; that sounds more like a retiree schedule to me.

B) The Speaker won't clarify because they don't know which time is the "right" answer - like any politician they want to propose what the majority wants, sadly for you IMO it will be CST (if it goes to a vote)

[High Plains Drifter 10,970]

When is the election?

When you answer, please indicate if you are using DST, or ST, Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific Coast time, Greenwich Mean Time, Solar time, or your Own Time.

[El Diablo 4,232]

You watch and see, they'll fuck it all up, move the clocks forward an hour and leave them like that and we'll never get that hour back. Clocksuckers.

Edited April 30, 2019 by El Diablo
clocksuckers

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,780]

Just move out of Texas and  you will magically get it back

[SimonBolivar 10,898]

2 hours ago, B00M said:

I hope we don't get to vote on this if for no other reason than we clearly can't agree which time to switch to permanently. Half of us prefer late sun, half prefer early. The current setup, while not what any of us want, is apparently the compromise we need as a society. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,780]

We'll probably end up with something like daylight wasting time which is the exact opposite of DST.  Spring back andFall forward.

[honolulu horn 6,156]

23 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

It was a pain in the ass for me when I'd have to contact someone on the east coast who was only open 9-5.

Sure, the time zone difference is a pain in the ass, but the one-hour shift for DST didn't really change anything significantly. 

I don't really care which one the US eventually picks. Just pick one and stop fucking around with changing all the clocks for no decent reason.

[elfenix 34,168]

Not having read the whole thread, is the proposal that Texas be in daylight/summer/eastern standard time year round?

 

(For those who don't know, CDT = EST)

 

 

Edit: oh, no proposal, just voting for a change or no change. It'll probably go as well as brexit.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,391]

17 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Not having read the whole thread, is the proposal that Texas be in daylight/summer/eastern standard time year round?

 

(For those who don't know, CDT = EST)

 

 

Edit: oh, no proposal, just voting for a change or no change. It'll probably go as well as brexit.

I see it passing and Texas businesses realize how much it will cost them in system upgrades or development.  Then they will scream about it.

[BB65 476]

I like splitting the difference idea

[Planet Houston 4,922]

On 4/25/2019 at 3:53 PM, Lobo said:

The number of state reps in our Capitol that have this week stated that we live half the year in daylight saving time and half the year in standard time has been absolutely stunning.  I knew we had some dipshits up there, but basic arithmetic takes the cake.  If we "spring" forward in early March and "fall" back in early November.  That's the 3rd month to the 11th month...that's gonna go ahead and be 8 months...not 6.  We don't spend half the year in daylight saving time...we spend 75% of it, 3/4ths, three-quarters, all acceptable answers.  That's an important consideration because it's half-again of a change, not half the change.  So are we really talking about that drastic of a change time-wise?  No.  Will be annoying as shit in dealing with 47 other states?  Yes.  

I haven't read much of this thread or really thought about the issue, so I don't have an opinion on the matter yet.

That being said, if you're going to call people dipshits and rag on their intellect, you should probably get it right yourself.  Absolutely stunning.

8 months out of 12...that's gonna go ahead and be 67%, 2/3, two-thirds, all acceptable answers.  

[Guest Lobo]

It was my understanding there would be no math.  But yes, 67%, not 75% and certainly not 50%.  But hey, I was closer than the folks touting 50% right?  

That you consider that "absolutely stunning" gives me some concern as to what truly stimulates you.  Here's the really disturbing thing.  I am no sleep, newborn baby, and shitty-to-begin-with math skills.  And they let me teach upper division finance this morning at one of the best business schools in the nation.  But yeah, I shoulda double-checked my work.  And you are a goddamn saint.  

[Planet Houston 4,922]

I’m being sarcastic and using your exact words. I wouldn’t have even mentioned it if you weren’t so vitriolic in your word choices...🤷‍♂️

Now get some sleep, and congrats on your success in the world of finance. And on the newborn.