Daylight savings time STINKS!!!

[Birch Run Farm]

I work for a living so I LOVE DST and wish it was all year. I'd rather have some daylight time in the evening, after work, in the winter months to deal with my livestock and also plow the many feet of snow which accumulates here each winter (12 feet on average). Now, with the time change, it is dusk at 1630 hrs (4:30 pm) and my birds are on the roost except for the ducks. Come December, it will be dark by 1600 here, now that is freaking depressing! I get in to work at 0530 and out of work at 1600 hrs! So it is always dark! I am taking 2000 IU of Vitamin-D every day now to try and beat winter blues.

BTW- are any of you digging the full moon tonight? <--- the only good thing about long nights, big bright moons!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

Well, I hate winter. Period. Due to the lack of sunlight... and even though we aren't there yet, the past few days have been so cloudy here that it has felt like winter. DST and Standard time.... eh, it'll take a few days to adjust to it, but we will, we always do.

LOL at Katy for trying her best to get the point across! Keep trying, maybe it'll sink in.

 

[Katy]

Robin'sBrood :

Well, I hate winter. Period. Due to the lack of sunlight... and even though we aren't there yet, the past few days have been so cloudy here that it has felt like winter. DST and Standard time.... eh, it'll take a few days to adjust to it, but we will, we always do.

LOL at Katy for trying her best to get the point across! Keep trying, maybe it'll sink in.

I think I'm gonna give up

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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What I should have said was... I hate the actual change from DST to standard time when I am working... As a 12 hour shift turns into a 13 hour shift.

 

[Camelot Farms]

What I should have said is I hate changing back and forth.

I also hate short days with no sunshine.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Sounds like a plan to me

Personally, I hate switching back in the fall, and having it dark at 4:30-5:30 in the afternoon. That's just too darn early for dark.

 

[Crittercrzy]

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The moon is GORGEOUS!!!!

I worked like a dog trying to get all my "stuff" done before it got dark tonight..I usually get home around 4pm..its all I can do to get my outside chores finished.

 

[Katy]

We farm and ranch for a living so we go by daylight.....doesn't matter what the clock says.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The moon is GORGEOUS!!!!

I worked like a dog trying to get all my "stuff" done before it got dark tonight..I usually get home around 4pm..its all I can do to get my outside chores finished.

I barely get my son off the bus before it's getting dark

I really hate the shorter days. I don't care how much sun there is in the morning, I don't feed anyone (animal-wise) until at least 9 am, it's just too cold!! I'd much rather have my light at the end of the day

ETA: But if we didn't change the clocks constantly, we would get used to it. It wouldn't be such a shock to have darkness an hour earlier.

 

[DuckLady]

I still like it.

Katy...

You tried.