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debm55

(60,725 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:18 AM Mar 9

Is anyone here find it hard for themselves and your pets to adjust to the time change?

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Is anyone here find it hard for themselves and your pets to adjust to the time change? (Original Post) debm55 Mar 9 OP

Yeah.. My old pup & I are early early morning risers to walk together a few miles before sunrise... hlthe2b Mar 9 #1

Thank you very much for sharing that with us. I hope I can get used to it. Dolly dog does too. debm55 Mar 9 #2

It is one of the best times of the year. I went on doc03 Mar 9 #3

Thank you very much for sharing with us, doc03 debm55 Mar 9 #5

Don't get me goin'... GiqueCee Mar 9 #4

Thank you very much, GiqueCee, I agree with you. debm55 Mar 9 #6

Sorry but I feel the same way about standard doc03 Mar 9 #7

Yes , changing all the clocks in the house, on the microwave, the coffee pot, and the cars!!! surfered Mar 9 #8

Agree with you surfered. debm55 Mar 9 #10

I am totally discombobulated Keepthesoulalive Mar 9 #9

I guess we will get used to it. Sometime in June. debm55 Mar 9 #11

By the time I get used to it Keepthesoulalive Mar 9 #12

Me too. Gives me nostalgia for time past. Polly Hennessey Mar 9 #13

Unlike Doc03, I truly hate DST. Polly Hennessey Mar 9 #14

hlthe2b

(114,008 posts)

1. Yeah.. My old pup & I are early early morning risers to walk together a few miles before sunrise...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:22 AM

Mar 9

Oh, I am still feeling that loss of an hour and having difficulty going to bed (seemingly) earlier than normal.
I will adjust but it is hard. I am one STRONGLY influenced by biorhythms.

debm55

(60,725 posts)

2. Thank you very much for sharing that with us. I hope I can get used to it. Dolly dog does too.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:25 AM

Mar 9

doc03

(39,090 posts)

3. It is one of the best times of the year. I went on

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:35 AM

Mar 9

a 20 mile bike ride. Sping has spung, the forcythia are getting green. The Canada geese are starting to nest and I have been seeing some buzzards heading north. The buzzards show up in Hinkley Ohio every year on or about March 15th. I was able get some work done outside. I look forward for DST every year.

debm55

(60,725 posts)

5. Thank you very much for sharing with us, doc03

Reply to doc03 (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:44 AM

Mar 9

GiqueCee

(4,296 posts)

4. Don't get me goin'...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:39 AM

Mar 9

... this time change nonsense is one of the stupidest ideas ever perpetrated. Accident rates climb, and productivity plummets until people adjust. Animals don't care, other than their feeding schedule gets bumped an hour in either direction, depending on whether it's spring of fall. They adjust better than we do. Clocks mean nothing to their circadian rhythms. They adapt to changes in the length of the day.
I've heard every ridiculous excuse there is to try to justify it. Sorry, but no; there's not the remotest possibility that I'll ever believe there's a valid reason for it.

debm55

(60,725 posts)

6. Thank you very much, GiqueCee, I agree with you.

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:49 AM

Mar 9

doc03

(39,090 posts)

7. Sorry but I feel the same way about standard

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:52 AM

Mar 9

time. I just feel better when I can get another hour of daylight. Winter is just depressing everything is drab and grey and it gets dark at 4:30. I would be happy is DST was year around.