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[sidsmom]

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@Junebug54wrote:

@cherry Wow where do you live Cherry that it doesn't get light until almost noon?

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@Junebug54

On December 21, Winter Solstice, the sun rises in

Michigan - 9:14am

Even far, far north in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Dec 21,

the sun rises at 10:50am.

Noon? Don’t see it....unless ‘almost’ means some time after 6am.

[cherry]

My state is one of the cloudiest in the nation. We get  far less sunlight than the other states because of this

That is why we don't get full light until so late in the morning  in the dark of winter under DST...We will never do that again in my state. People were furious

[Bird mama]

It was getting lighter already (SE Michigan) before we flipped the DST switch.  I think natural time keeping (if I can even call it that) should be left alone.  Let things progress the way they did for centuries before some man got the idea of messing with the time for a part of the year.  Ancestors didn't die and neither will we.

As far as DST goes, I never have a problem with it because I approach it this way.  I don't change the clocks until Sunday morning after I wake up.  This way, I feel like I got all of the hours of sleep that I normally get and I'm voluntarily giving up an hour of the morning.  

[SeaMaiden]

It has never affected me one way or the other.  It is just an hour. Resetting the clocks is a pain....but no big deal really.  I just went about my normal Sunday....set the clocks late in the afternoon. I pretty much do not watch the clock on a Sunday. 

[sheilababe]

We moved from California to Arizona in October.  I'm not going to miss DST.  I agree that we should do away with it across the U.S.

[GingerPeach]

I've never seen the point of having more daylight at the end of the day.  Morning daylight would seem to me to be more useful and conducive to good health.  Wake up naturally, do what's needed or what you want in the morning, etc.   By the time you get to the end of the day, you're already awake and moving around and have done most of what you're going to do.  

But then again, I don't play sports in the evenings or anything like that.

[jackthebear]

Doesn’t bother me 

I do like the longer days and being able to play golf longer now that I do, in the height of summer is a plus

[Carmie]

I like the change to DST and back again.  Keep it the way it is. It’s only an hour and a i like the extra hour of light in the evening during the warmer months.

In 1973/1974  we stayed on DST all winter long to save on fuel. I don’t know if it did save anything, but it happened anyway.My daughter was born in January, 1974 and her birth certificate says DST beside the time of her birth.

[sassenach1]

I hate DST more than just about anything except summer itself. The time change affects my body clock and I don’t feel right for a long time. Over the years, Congress has snuck in additional time on DST, making it worse. Let Florida do what it wants. In summer it gets light here before 4 AM! Give me Standard time year round.

[cherry]

I don't know if this is still the case ,but  at one time,  I know Indiana, did not go on DST. They are a big farming state ,and this might be the reason. I'm not sure if this still  the way the state chooses it's time