Re: Michigan considering dropping daylight savings time?

by **Floyd Robertson** Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:50 am

Motown Spartan wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

We have 4 months of EST and 8 months of DST. It's time to end this farce. Join CST and don't look back.

But what about the farmers?!? No one is thinking about the farmers!!

Their programmable, automated equipment plowing and planting the fields is guided by GPS, not visual cues.

by **Motown Spartan** Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:55 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

But what about the farmers?!? No one is thinking about the farmers!!

Their programmable, automated equipment plowing and planting the fields is guided by GPS, not visual cues.

But the pigs and the chickens and the cows? How will they know what time it is?

by **Floyd Robertson** Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:32 am

Motown Spartan wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

Their programmable, automated equipment plowing and planting the fields is guided by GPS, not visual cues.

But the pigs and the chickens and the cows? How will they know what time it is?

They'll know what time it is when the farmer feeds them Michigan considering dropping daylight savings time? - Page 9 55953254

by **DWags** Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:06 am

Motown Spartan wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

We have 4 months of EST and 8 months of DST. It's time to end this farce. Join CST and don't look back.

But what about the farmers?!? No one is thinking about the farmers!!

Have they invented lights on tractors and barns yet?

by CaptainSlow33 Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:01 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

But what about the farmers?!? No one is thinking about the farmers!!

Their programmable, automated equipment plowing and planting the fields is guided by GPS, not visual cues.

My grandpa was a farmer. His tractor was smarter than me, and that was back in the early 2000s - the tech has only advanced since then. Farmers are going to be fine.

by **duffy munn** Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:21 pm

Motown Spartan wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

Their programmable, automated equipment plowing and planting the fields is guided by GPS, not visual cues.

But the pigs and the chickens and the cows? How will they know what time it is?

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?

by **Trapper Gus** Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:43 pm

duffy munn wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

But the pigs and the chickens and the cows? How will they know what time it is?

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?

About time?

by **Motown Spartan** Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:48 pm

duffy munn wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:

But the pigs and the chickens and the cows? How will they know what time it is?

Does anybody really know what time it is?

It's Tool Time!!

Sincerely,

The Pantry

by **Nordic** Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:41 pm

Time is a flat circle bruh

by **The Pantry** Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:58 pm

Motown Spartan wrote:
duffy munn wrote:

Does anybody really know what time it is?

It's Tool Time!!

Sincerely,

The Pantry

Liked LMS better than HI. The LMS episodes that included cast members from HI were good. The ones with Patricia Richardson were pretty damn funny.

by **DWags** Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:39 pm

Car accidents go up by 6% tomorrow. My PSA. Be careful.

Michigan auto law. Car accidents rise by 6% after daylight savings time.

by **The Pantry** Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:45 pm

Wonder if there is a corresponding decrease in accidents for the fall back?

by AvgMSUJoe Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:08 pm

Thanks Dad.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:28 pm

If we’re going to change the clocks still then we should start doing it at
4pm on a Monday. Everybody gets to finish work at 359 then suddenly it’s 5. Nbd everyone would enjoy the hour they didn’t have to work. Instead we have everyone all tired and cranky. Stupid

by **The Pantry** Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:37 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:If we’re going to change the clocks still then we should start doing it at
4pm on a Monday. Everybody gets to finish work at 359 then suddenly it’s 5. Nbd everyone would enjoy the hour they didn’t have to work. Instead we have everyone all tired and cranky. Stupid

That makes some sense. Better yet do it on Friday at 3:59pm, giving all an entire weekend to adjust.

by **DWags** Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:50 pm

The Pantry wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:If we’re going to change the clocks still then we should start doing it at
4pm on a Monday. Everybody gets to finish work at 359 then suddenly it’s 5. Nbd everyone would enjoy the hour they didn’t have to work. Instead we have everyone all tired and cranky. Stupid
That makes some sense. Better yet do it on Friday at 3:59pm, giving all an entire weekend to adjust.

This is what I love about this board. Take a good idea and make it better.

by **The Pantry** Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:36 pm

DWags wrote:
The Pantry wrote:That makes some sense. Better yet do it on Friday at 3:59pm, giving all an entire weekend to adjust.

This is what I love about this board. Take a good idea and make it better.

Given the two clearly shitty options we have for the next election, I'm writing-in tSwill for POTUS.

by **duffy munn** Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:59 pm

There are 525,600 minutes in a year. (525,624 this year). We're talking about 120 minutes being fucked with in time changes. It's not that big a deal

PS....don't make me break it down into seconds

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:17 pm

Duff you can take care of my very young kids for the 4,320 minutes immediately after a time change and get back to me. You have 535,600 minutes a year how bad can it be

by MSU addict Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:23 pm

Personally, I think we should ban all overnight travel between time zones because most people clearly cannot handle such time changes.

by **Motown Spartan** Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:36 pm

duffy munn wrote:There are 525,600 minutes in a year. (525,624 this year). We're talking about 120 minutes being fucked with in time changes. It's not that big a deal

PS....don't make me break it down into seconds

Math is hard.

by **Floyd Robertson** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:08 am

Michigan bill seeks end to Daylight Savings Time via ballot initiative

For those grumbling about losing an hour of sleep on Sunday, new legislation could put Michigan on a path to do away with the practice of moving clocks ahead an hour in the spring and then back an hour in the fall.

Sen. Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) last week introduced Senate Bill 770, which seeks to place on the November ballot the question of whether or not to continue observing daylight saving time.

“It has been more than 100 years since our nation first experimented with daylight saving time, and we find ourselves still asking the same question: Why do we do this?” asked Albert. “I, for one, cannot find a valid reason. It seems to me that changing our clocks twice a year is a poor and unnecessary policy. But I know opinions differ, and daylight saving time affects every Michigander in some way. That is why I propose putting this to a vote of the people.”

He's not wrong.

Again, I'll say, when you have 8 months of one thing and switch to 4 months of something else, you should just stick with the 8 and make it 12.

by **NigelUno** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:36 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:Michigan bill seeks end to Daylight Savings Time via ballot initiative

For those grumbling about losing an hour of sleep on Sunday, new legislation could put Michigan on a path to do away with the practice of moving clocks ahead an hour in the spring and then back an hour in the fall.

Sen. Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) last week introduced Senate Bill 770, which seeks to place on the November ballot the question of whether or not to continue observing daylight saving time.

“It has been more than 100 years since our nation first experimented with daylight saving time, and we find ourselves still asking the same question: Why do we do this?” asked Albert. “I, for one, cannot find a valid reason. It seems to me that changing our clocks twice a year is a poor and unnecessary policy. But I know opinions differ, and daylight saving time affects every Michigander in some way. That is why I propose putting this to a vote of the people.”

He's not wrong.

Again, I'll say, when you have 8 months of one thing and switch to 4 months of something else, you should just stick with the 8 and make it 12.

Isn't one valid reason that they don't want kids standing in the dark waiting for school buses?

by **Floyd Robertson** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:38 am

NigelUno wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:Michigan bill seeks end to Daylight Savings Time via ballot initiative

He's not wrong.

Again, I'll say, when you have 8 months of one thing and switch to 4 months of something else, you should just stick with the 8 and make it 12.

Isn't one valid reason that they don't want kids standing in the dark waiting for school buses?

Yes, but I never see kids standing at bus stops without about 8 parents' vehicles parked right there, but that's a whole 'nother thing.

by **Trapper Gus** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:39 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:Michigan bill seeks end to Daylight Savings Time via ballot initiative

For those grumbling about losing an hour of sleep on Sunday, new legislation could put Michigan on a path to do away with the practice of moving clocks ahead an hour in the spring and then back an hour in the fall.

Sen. Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) last week introduced Senate Bill 770, which seeks to place on the November ballot the question of whether or not to continue observing daylight saving time.

“It has been more than 100 years since our nation first experimented with daylight saving time, and we find ourselves still asking the same question: Why do we do this?” asked Albert. “I, for one, cannot find a valid reason. It seems to me that changing our clocks twice a year is a poor and unnecessary policy. But I know opinions differ, and daylight saving time affects every Michigander in some way. That is why I propose putting this to a vote of the people.”

He's not wrong.

Again, I'll say, when you have 8 months of one thing and switch to 4 months of something else, you should just stick with the 8 and make it 12.

I heard that "Standard TIme" was created by the railroads so they could schedule trains without having crashes. With all the sophistication we have now maybe we could have one "global time" based of course on Greenwich time and then local "sun time". The US time zones are too big east to west so states like Michigan are practically an hour later in sun time compared to say Boston.

by **Floyd Robertson** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:40 am

Trapper Gus wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:Michigan bill seeks end to Daylight Savings Time via ballot initiative

He's not wrong.

Again, I'll say, when you have 8 months of one thing and switch to 4 months of something else, you should just stick with the 8 and make it 12.

I heard that "Standard TIme" was created by the railroads so they could schedule trains without having crashes. With all the sophistication we have now maybe we could have one "global time" based of course on Greenwich time and then local "sun time". The US time zones are too big east to west so states like Michigan are practically an hour later in sun time compared to say Boston.

Time zones were created by railroads, not sure about "standard time".

by **NigelUno** Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:40 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:
NigelUno wrote:

Isn't one valid reason that they don't want kids standing in the dark waiting for school buses?

Yes, but I never see kids standing at bus stops without about 8 parents' vehicles parked right there, but that's a whole 'nother thing.

Those lazy parents should just drive their kids to school.

by **duffy munn** Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:12 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:
NigelUno wrote:

Isn't one valid reason that they don't want kids standing in the dark waiting for school buses?

Yes, but I never see kids standing at bus stops without about 8 parents' vehicles parked right there, but that's a whole 'nother thing.

TBF, they don't park their helicopters

by **Floyd Robertson** Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:22 pm

In 12 days the sun will be setting at 5:35pm and that's BS.

by **Nordic** Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:34 pm

Floyd Robertson wrote:In 12 days the sun will be setting at 5:35pm and that's BS.

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by **Trapper Gus** Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:36 pm

The sun will be rising during early rush hour once again. So glad I'm retired and don't drive east every morning anymore.

by **Turtleneck** Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:07 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:In 12 days the sun will be setting at 5:35pm and that's BS.

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by **tGreenWay** Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:23 am

As long as Travis can get in his 18, we’ll all be safe.

by **Floyd Robertson** Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:47 pm

You know what time it is? Dark O'Fucking Clock time.

by **DWags** Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:09 pm

Hate this shit.

by **tGreenWay** Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:01 pm

So hard to care anymore.

by **Motown Spartan** Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:04 pm

It’s even worse up here. Days are so short for the next four months.

by **tGreenWay** Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:06 pm

Motown Spartan wrote:It’s even worse up here. Days are so short for the next four months.

Maybe short days will slow down the rapid growth that’s getting Marquette attention these days.

by **tGreenWay** Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:07 pm

Don’t Traverse City Marquette!

by **DWags** Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:21 pm

Motown Spartan wrote:It’s even worse up here. Days are so short for the next four months.

Are they less than 24 hours? Jesus you guys are weird up there.

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