Daylight saving from October to March

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[Dissident]

What are we voting on?

Having daylight savings in general - or having it permanently ?

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I am the third option. Would have to think about it. Both ways have positives and negatives.

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i have changed the title so it specifies oct 2 mar

[Wedgie]

My ideal situation would be to have a year round half hour daylight saving, it would mean we'd addopt EST and would be a good compromise.
Im not a big fan of Daylight saving but think it should start earlier and end earlier so its more in line with the longest and shortest day of the year.

[Dissident]

I love Daylight Savings.
I can play golf for longer after work

Not in favour of it permanently, only because of the fact it affects the western parts of the state by making them go to and from work in the dark!

It's ok if you're in Adelaide though.

Damn half hour time zones - only country in the world with them.

[rod_rooster]

Definitely for daylight savings. If i had it my way it would be extended.

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My ideal situation would be to have a year round half hour daylight saving, it would mean we'd addopt EST and would be a good compromise.
Im not a big fan of Daylight saving but think it should start earlier and end earlier so its more in line with the longest and shortest day of the year.

not a bad point re alignment with december 21

[Leaping Lindner]

No daylight saving for me thanks.

[Footy Chick]

No daylight saving for me thanks.

Someone doesnt want his curtains to fade/cows to wake up too early...

I'd have daylight savings go for about 7 months instead of 6,ie; start a month earlier and finish at the same time... i hate waking up at sparrows fart every morning...which i have been doing for the past month or so, and it means one can do more in the evening

[Wedgie]

No daylight saving for me thanks.

Someone doesnt want his curtains to fade/cows to wake up too early...

I'd have daylight savings go for about 7 months instead of 6,ie; start a month earlier and finish at the same time... i hate waking up at sparrows fart every morning...which i have been doing for the past month or so, and it means one can do more in the evening

This confuses me, you hate waking up at a sparrows fart, you do realise you'd have to wake up an hour earlier when daylight savings starts?

[Footy Chick]

No daylight saving for me thanks.

Someone doesnt want his curtains to fade/cows to wake up too early...

I'd have daylight savings go for about 7 months instead of 6,ie; start a month earlier and finish at the same time... i hate waking up at sparrows fart every morning...which i have been doing for the past month or so, and it means one can do more in the evening

This confuses me, you hate waking up at a sparrows fart, you do realise you'd have to wake up an hour earlier when daylight savings starts?

well in theory you dont, hence why we push our clocks forward

what i meant to say though is that i hate waking up with the freakin sun beaming through my window... and anyone who suggests i should pull my blind down (which i already do AND have those heavy blockout curtains) can go forth and multiply.....

[Booney]

I dont recall you pulling the blinds down at night?

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ur right wedgie the shitiest part of anytime change of the year is going to be getting up on monday the 30th of october. Say you are a 6am riser it will feel like 5am for a week or so. damn terrible. whats more you try to make sure you get an early night but you dont even feel tired because when the clock says 1030 it fels like 930.

[Footy Chick]

I dont recall you pulling the blinds down at night?

thought i heard something in the roof last night...dirty **mumble mumble mumble***

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lehmann wouldnt be able to complain about early morning starts in onedayers without daylight saving as the sun would be on the pich an hour longer before play begins.

also i play grass court tennis on saturday mornings and this weekend and for the finals it is great as the sun has taken the due off the courts but when daylight saving comes in the old 845 start is a dewy start which wrecks the aggots and makes em slower.

beer drinking and outdoor activities are enhanced by daylight saving. however if you like to have a quiet driving beer during the week to watch the sunse u cant start drinking till 8 830.

[Wedgie]

ur right wedgie the shitiest part of anytime change of the year is going to be getting up on monday the 30th of october. Say you are a 6am riser it will feel like 5am for a week or so. damn terrible. whats more you try to make sure you get an early night but you dont even feel tired because when the clock says 1030 it fels like 930.

Agreed, except it doesn't take me a week, it takes me 6 months. For the entirity of daylight savings I feel stuffed having to get up an hour earlier, of course most will say well why don't you just go to bed an hour earlier?
Simple, because Im not tired an hour earlier.
I basically get one hours less sleep for the entirity of daylight savings and I hate it.
Plus Ive always been a bit of a party animal (slowing down these days) and ahve always preferred the night.
At the moment I can get up at 6.30am feeling not to bad, its pretty easy getting the kids up and ready for school or pre school care and Im tired about 9pm and usually asleep by 10pm.
Come the next 6 months I'll feel like crap getting up an hour earlier, virtually need a forklift to get the kids ready which is always harder still feeling tired and wanting to sleep myself.
Don't get tired till 10pm and asleep by 11pm.
Basically comes down to one hour less sleep, feeling like crap and putting up with cranky half asleep kids for 6 months of the year.
Give me partying at night and sleeping in any day. Morning sucks.

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falcon chick,

are u straddling booney?

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yep it stuffs you around wedgie. it takes me longer than a week too. itwould be fine if u could sleep earlier but realistically you cant sleep b4 11pm new time. sometimes 1130 new time.

thats it im voting no daylight saving

[Wedgie]

All the old people I know (and I know plenty playing lawn bowls) love daylight savings as they're all in bed at 7.30pm every night anyway.
Whilst the community is predominately old people things will never change unfortunately.

Also another downer which doesn't affect me now is when I used to play cricket, daylight savings meant another hour of training every Tuesday and Thursday night. It sucked. Think of the hours I would save and could do other things in all those hours I missed when training instead.