Just a reminder for you in the United States and other places that observe Daylight Savings - today is the time that we proverbially spring ahead. I am a big fan of DST. I love having an extra hour of daylight in the evening.
The idea of daylight saving time was first joked about by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. It was first proposed in 1895 by entomologist George Vernon Hudson to leaders in New Zealand. Yet DST was first implemented by Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1916. The US began implementing it in the 1940s.
How about you? Are you a fan of this practice or will you lose sleep over losing an hour of sleep tonight? Let me know what you think.
I like DST and I wish it would be this way all year long!
ReplyDeleteI do too Debby.
DeleteDon't share your enthusiasm, though being retired I've no particular reason I cannot set my own hours, for the most part. I dislike the fact that DST extends the number of days the kiddies have to stand at the bus stop in the dark. Truth, I live in a geographic area the time zone for which is established incorrectly and thus when we go on DST we are really on double-daylight time.
ReplyDeleteSunrise was 7:30 in KC this morning. 6:51 in Las Vegas. 7:03 in Los Angeles. 7:06 in New York. 7:56 in Indianapolis. Did not realize there is such a difference vanilla. Even so, I do like the extra daylight in the evening.
DeleteI'm with you Bob... I love that extral light time in the evening. I didn't feel the loss of the hour....and by tomorrow who will care. HaHa.
ReplyDeleteFor me Wanda, it is the unofficial start of Spring. And that makes me happy.
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