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Quiet Em

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4. Yeah, it definitely disrupts my sleeping and eating patterns.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 12:54 AM

Dec 2024

Here in the northeast I could adapt and live with either one, but I just wish they would pick one and stick with it. Our children in the northeast are going to walk to school in the dark in either scenario, it will just change the months that it occurs in.

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"States can opt into standard time permanently -- which Hawaii and Arizona have done -- the reverse is prohibited [View all] Quiet Em Dec 2024 OP

I'm fine with our current situation. Living at the 44th parallel Hassler Dec 2024 #1

Yeah, the parallel's play a huge role. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #2

I find the clock-shift unsettling -- it feels stupid to go gradually into shorter days & then boom! suddenly dark Hekate Dec 2024 #3

Yeah, it definitely disrupts my sleeping and eating patterns. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #4

How's that work? dpibel Dec 2024 #5

Well, school starts at 8:00 a.m. As for businessmen from the Mainland, my recollection is... Hekate Dec 2024 #6

I thought they had finally voted to get rid of switching a couple of years ago Meowmee Dec 2024 #7