Poll
Question:
DST?
Option 1: Keep DST. I don't even notice it because my digital clocks set themselves.
votes: 1
Option 2: Keep DST. I like resetting my clocks twice per year. I have to wind them anyway.
votes: 1
Option 3: Get rid of DST. It ruins my sleep pattern twice per year, and it does nothing to save daylight.
votes: 6
Option 4: Get rid of DST. I just hate everything.
votes: 2
Option 5: V6 Camcord
votes: 2
I seriously have no idea why we have DST, but it pisses me off twice per year. If there is a single industry or religion that would like to throw their daily schedule off by an hour twice per year, then how about they change the numbers on their schedules, rather than changing time, itself?
Keep DST and never switch back
Quote from: CaminoRacer on October 20, 2016, 08:46:51 PM
Keep DST and never switch back
Fine. I don't care, as long as time doesn't changem
DST makes me happy in the summer and sad in the winter, or is it the opposite. Either way, keep that shit.
Quote from: Rupert on October 20, 2016, 09:05:39 PM
DST makes me happy in the summer and sad in the winter, or is it the opposite. Either way, keep that shit.
Sense is not made. You don't even know.
I just don't give a fuck. :huh:
Quote from: Raza on October 20, 2016, 09:35:30 PM
I just don't give a fuck. :huh:
You should. You have to reset all three thousand of your analog watches.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on October 20, 2016, 09:42:34 PM
You should. You have to reset all three thousand of your analog watches.
Really, it's only the digital and analog/digital ones I have to reset, and whatever mechanical watch I'm wearing that day. I don't have a winder anymore, so I let my mechanical watches run down when I'm not wearing them.
Quote from: Raza on October 21, 2016, 05:15:57 AM
Really, it's only the digital and analog/digital ones I have to reset, and whatever mechanical watch I'm wearing that day. I don't have a winder anymore, so I let my mechanical watches run down when I'm not wearing them.
All of my watches are dead. I haven't worn a watch since I was a truck driver.
I let my Westclox Baby Ben run down on the weekends, fo shizzle.
They should leave it DST year round probably. Getting dark early sucks.
They need to get rid of it. Nobody farms anymore. My car has 50W xenon headlights and roads have street lights. It's OK
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on October 21, 2016, 06:06:05 AM
They need to get rid of it. Nobody farms anymore. My car has 50W xenon headlights and roads have street lights. It's OK
DST wasn't created for farmers. Farmers don't work a standard shift. They have always tailored their working hours to the available daylight and the agriculture industry generally opposes DST. It was created to serve those in more industrious trades, working standard "9-5s". The practice is most beneficial to retailers and the tourism sector.
Quote from: Lebowski on October 21, 2016, 05:52:28 AM
They should leave it DST year round probably. Getting dark early sucks.
Getting light at 9 am is unacceptable.
Don't forget to change your fucking clocks.
What about my regular clocks?
/dad joke
Just the fucking clocks.
Cool, that's easy then.
What a load of shit.. :facepalm:
Dammit, it's 2:00 again. Bullshit.
Daylight saving kills people. Be careful on the roads next week as people get used to it.
This is what the time change does to people. I went to Walfart today to get some damn groceries, like an idiot. I hate that place, but anyway. As I'm about to leave the self-checkout, there a guy blocking the only exit with his cart right in the middle. I say "excuse me" like a normal person. He turns around looks me straight in the eye, then turns back around and just stands there without moving an inch. After waiting a few more seconds, I take my cart and slam it through the gap, shoving his to the side. Fuck DST.
I just went out to get a sammich, not a 15 minute drive, and passed THREE cars with no lights.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 06, 2016, 05:06:37 PM
I just went out to get a sammich, not a 15 minute drive, and passed THREE cars with no lights.
Dude I flashed my lights at two people the other day. Neither of them got the hint.
I also saw some lady pull onto the highway with nothing but her parking lights on.
Fuckers like that deserve tickets.
Quote from: giant_mtb on November 07, 2016, 10:40:15 AM
Dude I flashed my lights at two people the other day. Neither of them got the hint.
I also saw some lady pull onto the highway with nothing but her parking lights on.
Fuckers like that deserve tickets.
Assfucks.
However, I was kind of happy that I had a good excuse to lay on my Hella Supertones. WAAANNNNNNK!!!!!!
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 07, 2016, 11:10:53 AM
Assfucks.
However, I was kind of happy that I had a good excuse to lay on my Hella Supertones. WAAANNNNNNK!!!!!!
My horn doesn't work. I have an air horn in my door pocket for drastic situations.
Though today I'm driving my mom's car cause I'm cleaning it for her. Some dumbass lady in front of me couldn't drive and talk at the same time. She was all over the place and then decided "I'm gonna stop here to talk on my phone" so I had to stab the brakes. Mom's horn works just fine. I tested it for a solid 5 seconds.
Sunset today? 5:24pm.
IOW, it's darkening by 4:30.
I could even drive half an hour and make it even worse by crossing time zones to 3:30 land.
I've been using my super bright driving lights on my way home from work this week. They're very useful.
You know, I think coming off DST fucks with my sleep all winter. I can go to bed at a pretty reasonable hour all summer, but around this time of year I start staying up way too late and never getting enough sleep. This year I noticed that so far it's corresponding exactly with the DST switch.
Quote from: Rupert on November 10, 2016, 01:26:04 AM
You know, I think coming off DST fucks with my sleep all winter. I can go to bed at a pretty reasonable hour all summer, but around this time of year I start staying up way too late and never getting enough sleep. This year I noticed that so far it's corresponding exactly with the DST switch.
.........same. 3:40am...why am I up.
I guess I did nap for a couple hours earlier, but shit. I'm a night-owl in general, but it's usually worse in the winter. Doesn't help that I don't work much.
Quote from: giant_mtb on November 07, 2016, 10:40:15 AM
Dude I flashed my lights at two people the other day. Neither of them got the hint.
I also saw some lady pull onto the highway with nothing but her parking lights on.
Fuckers like that deserve tickets.
I saw a lady driving an Outback today with no rear lights. At first I thought she just forgot to turn her lights on, but I could clearly see light in front of her car, so I pulled up next to her at the next light to tell her that
both of her rear lights were out.
Of course, she just had DRLs (which is what I saw) and had forgotten to turn on her real lights... :facepalm:
Quote from: BimmerM3 on November 10, 2016, 11:36:35 PM
I saw a lady driving an Outback today with no rear lights. At first I thought she just forgot to turn her lights on, but I could clearly see light in front of her car, so I pulled up next to her at the next light to tell her that both of her rear lights were out.
Of course, she just had DRLs (which is what I saw) and had forgotten to turn on her real lights... :facepalm:
Yeah, those Subaru and Toyota DRLs can be pretty bright.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on November 10, 2016, 11:36:35 PM
I saw a lady driving an Outback today with no rear lights. At first I thought she just forgot to turn her lights on, but I could clearly see light in front of her car, so I pulled up next to her at the next light to tell her that both of her rear lights were out.
Of course, she just had DRLs (which is what I saw) and had forgotten to turn on her real lights... :facepalm:
One reason I don't like DRL headlights. Also, while they look cool, gauges that are always backlit, in conjunction with bright DRL headlamps, make it easier to forget to turn on your lights. My VW's DRLs are the low beams, but the instrument illumination is off when the headlight switch is off. My biggest clue to remember to turn the headlights on is that I can't see the instruments or stereo display.
Quote from: MX793 on November 11, 2016, 04:48:14 AM
One reason I don't like DRL headlights. Also, while they look cool, gauges that are always backlit, in conjunction with bright DRL headlamps, make it easier to forget to turn on your lights. My VW's DRLs are the low beams, but the instrument illumination is off when the headlight switch is off. My biggest clue to remember to turn the headlights on is that I can't see the instruments or stereo display.
Yeah, that combination should be illegal.
Quote from: MX793 on November 11, 2016, 04:48:14 AM
Also, while they look cool, gauges that are always backlit,
That's another pet peeve of mine, even without the DRLs. Many cities are lit well enough that you may not notice your lights are off either way.
The 4Runner gauges actually blind me when the sun sets. That's the biggest indicator for me to turn on my lights. The nav map is a blinding white until you flip the headlights, then it switches to night mode.
Quote from: Raza on November 11, 2016, 07:07:12 AM
Yeah, that combination should be illegal.
People should be illegal. I have never, ever ever, ever started driving at night without turning the lights on, in any vehicle, ever. I have turned them off to avoid being seen, but that was with a pacific porpoise.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 11, 2016, 09:38:30 AM
People should be illegal. I have never, ever ever, ever started driving at night without turning the lights on, in any vehicle, ever. I have turned them off to avoid being seen, but that was with a pacific porpoise.
I don't doubt your driving skill but your prose is starting to flounder.
Quote from: MrH on November 11, 2016, 09:09:47 AM
The 4Runner gauges actually blind me when the sun sets. That's the biggest indicator for me to turn on my lights. The nav map is a blinding white until you flip the headlights, then it switches to night mode.
Yeah, I don't like bright instrument illumination at night, but a lot of people run with their gauges on full brightness at night.
Another factor is that some newer vehicles that have always-on instrument illumination will auto-dim the instruments for low light even if the headlights aren't on. My Mustang does this.
Quote from: MX793 on November 11, 2016, 01:55:01 PM
Yeah, I don't like bright instrument illumination at night, but a lot of people run with their gauges on full brightness at night.
Another factor is that some newer vehicles that have always-on instrument illumination will auto-dim the instruments for low light even if the headlights aren't on. My Mustang does this.
That seems like a formula for trouble.
Quote from: RomanChariot on November 11, 2016, 09:52:34 AM
I don't doubt your driving skill but your prose is starting to flounder.
Them fish are funny looking. I seen one before and it had one eye on his head and one on its butt or mouth or something.
Quote from: RomanChariot on November 11, 2016, 09:52:34 AM
I don't doubt your driving skill but your prose is starting to flounder.
I think he says some of these things just for the halibut.
i like driving to work when its somewhat light outside... makes me feel like less of a bitch to the world
Mornings are miserable no matter what. I like it to be light out for a while when I get home ... bitch to the world ... etc.
Quote from: r0tor on November 13, 2016, 03:44:57 PM
i like driving to work when its somewhat light outside... makes me feel like less of a bitch to the world
But then I have to drive home and it's pitch black, which makes the work day feel like it was that much longer...
It should just be light all the time. When it's time for bed, close the blinds.
Quote from: MX793 on November 13, 2016, 04:01:20 PM
But then I have to drive home and it's pitch black, which makes the work day feel like it was that much longer...
Yeah, leaving work and it's pitch dark is depressing as shit.
Quote from: Lebowski on November 13, 2016, 05:51:35 PM
Yeah, leaving work and it's pitch dark is depressing as shit.
With my hours, and how short the days are this far north, I get into work before sunrise and leave after sunset for about a 5 week stretch. No windows in the office, either.
Gotta start on the Vitamin D pills. I've got my cave man tan starting.
Quote from: giant_mtb on November 14, 2016, 09:10:48 AM
Gotta start on the Vitamin D pills. I've got my cave man tan starting.
No joke. I had some routine blood work done during the winter a few years ago and my Vitamin D levels were ridiculously low. I've been taking supplements from November to April ever since.
Quote from: MX793 on November 14, 2016, 09:13:59 AM
No joke. I had some routine blood work done during the winter a few years ago and my Vitamin D levels were ridiculously low. I've been taking supplements from November to April ever since.
I bought a bottle for the first time ever last winter. I'm SO bad at taking pills daily, though...I think I ate like 3. :lol:
Quote from: MX793 on November 14, 2016, 09:13:59 AM
No joke. I had some routine blood work done during the winter a few years ago and my Vitamin D levels were ridiculously low. I've been taking supplements from November to April ever since.
Did you feel any better?
Quote from: MrH on November 14, 2016, 10:54:36 AM
Did you feel any better?
I didn't feel ill. My doctor just wanted to do some routine blood work to check cholesterol and such since I hadn't had it done in a while and they picked it up. I'd probably had seasonal low vitamin D levels for years.
I'd imagine just about everyone living above the 45th parallel or so experiences low-D every winter. Whether they feel it or not.
I've never had an issue, but I've never not experienced a northern winter, so...just used to it.
Quote from: giant_mtb on November 14, 2016, 11:41:55 AM
I'd imagine just about everyone living above the 45th parallol or so experiences low-D every winter. Whether they feel it or not.
I've never had an issue, but I've never not experienced a northern winter, so...just used to it.
Wtf is a 45th parallol? I take a liquid multivitamin. Very absorbant. It gets too dark to work after 5:30. My shop has crappy lighting, and transmissions are dark inside. My dog basically never sees daylight, since he is stuck in the house while I'm at work. Poor dude probably has no vitamin D.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_parallel_north
Actually a bit south of the 45th here, but the combination of short days, heavy seasonal cloud cover, and working in an office without windows results in my seeing little to no direct sunlight for months.
Yeah I mean the 45th was just kinda my go-to "thereabouts" threshold.
My multivitamin contains 125% RDA of Vitamin D.
I also drink plenty of coffee.
... human cultivation of coffee began after goats in Ethiopia were seen mounting each other after eating the leaves and fruits of the coffee tree.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 15, 2016, 05:17:11 AM
... human cultivation of coffee began after goats in Ethiopia were seen mounting each other after eating the leaves and fruits of the coffee tree.
I drink like four cups a day, and I've never once even wanted to mount a goat.
Yeah but imagine how purdy you look to a goat... :wub:
:wub:
Quote from: 93JC on November 15, 2016, 08:48:24 AM
Yeah but imagine how purdy you look to a goat... :wub:
Is this before or after you feed coffee to the goat?
Probably after goat roofies
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 14, 2016, 08:08:02 PM
My multivitamin contains 125% RDA of Vitamin D.
I also drink plenty of coffee.
Ha! Mine has 175%!
Quote from: 93JC on November 15, 2016, 08:48:24 AM
Yeah but imagine how purdy you look to a goat... :wub:
It's not been That long since I shaved.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 15, 2016, 12:41:28 PM
It's not been That long since I shaved.
It should have been at least fifteen days now. It is "No-Shave November".
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on November 15, 2016, 04:47:49 PM
It should have been at least fifteen days now. It is "No-Shave November".
Oh, I thought that was just for facial hair.
As well as getting rid of daylight saving time, I'd ditch the 12 hour time-of-day notation & go with 24.
Quote from: Morris Minor on November 15, 2016, 09:02:00 PM
As well as getting rid of daylight saving time, I'd ditch the 12 hour time-of-day notation & go with 24.
Personally, I did that long ago. Too many times working nights did I wake up at 6 am and think it was 6 pm.
Quote from: giant_mtb on November 14, 2016, 06:16:25 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_parallol_north
:clap:
I can't stop laughing.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 15, 2016, 09:16:00 PM
Personally, I did that long ago. Too many times working nights did I wake up at 6 am and think it was 6 pm.
I have all my devices set to 24-hr time. Let's go metric too while we're at it. :lol:
lel (typed "l e l")
lol ("l o l")
parallel ("p a r a l l e l")
Quote from: Morris Minor on November 16, 2016, 05:36:17 AM
I have all my devices set to 24-hr time. Let's go metric too while we're at it. :lol:
That doesn't matter to me much. Anything I build, I just use whatever system the stock material is sold in. If it's 40/80 rail, it's all metric; If I start with a piece of 3/4 inch plywood, I just keep with that. If I have to bolt one to another, I sacrifice a chicken and use whatever system the blood runs towards. Easy Peasy.
Quote from: Laconian on November 15, 2016, 09:22:35 PM
:clap:
I can't stop laughing.
I didn't even notice it modified the link text. :lol:
Quote from: BimmerM3 on November 10, 2016, 11:36:35 PM
I saw a lady driving an Outback today with no rear lights. At first I thought she just forgot to turn her lights on, but I could clearly see light in front of her car, so I pulled up next to her at the next light to tell her that both of her rear lights were out.
Of course, she just had DRLs (which is what I saw) and had forgotten to turn on her real lights... :facepalm:
I was hauling ass on an unlit street yesterday (riding like a douche), and a Focus with its DRLs on and rear lights completely off popped up out of no where going quite a bit slower than me. Scared the shit out of me so at the light I told him his headlights were off. Of course, he was also playing with his phone while I was trying to get his attention. :facepalm:
Quote from: Cookie Monster on November 22, 2016, 03:11:10 PM
I was hauling ass on an unlit street yesterday (riding like a douche), and a Focus with its DRLs on and rear lights completely off popped up out of no where going quite a bit slower than me. Scared the shit out of me so at the light I told him his headlights were off. Of course, he was also playing with his phone while I was trying to get his attention. :facepalm:
Ha - I failed to mention that the lady I was following was talking on her phone. :facepalm:
I think I have seasonal depression, and this time change isn't helping anything.
Get a happy lamp, I hear they're good.
Quote from: Rupert on November 28, 2016, 09:29:01 PM
Get a happy lamp, I hear they're good.
Maybe that's what I'll ask for for christmas. :lol:
Great, now I want a happy light.
What about some Prozac wall paper?
Quote from: 2o6 on November 28, 2016, 01:09:29 PM
I think I have seasonal depression, and this time change isn't helping anything.
Are you working out? Getting outdoors?