6more days counting today

[oldandslow]

Then most of us get to turn our clocks back one hour unless you depend on smart clocks that do it for you. I have several of both but it isn't a bother to me. There will be the usual bellyaching but I won't be one of the one's doing it as I kind of like the way it works. Whatever your feelings about it it is almost upon us again. I will just get up at my usual time and get the dumb clocks reset sometime during the morning. Dwelling just 18 west of the central time zone I get the extremes of the change.

[Lloyd Smale]

I hate it. It takes me a long time to adjust. Ive had mine set back for 3 days already trying to get adjusted.

Then most of us get to turn our clocks back one hour unless you depend on smart clocks that do it for you. I have several of both but it isn't a bother to me. There will be the usual bellyaching but I won't be one of the one's doing it as I kind of like the way it works. Whatever your feelings about it it is almost upon us again. I will just get up at my usual time and get the dumb clocks reset sometime during the morning. Dwelling just 18 west of the central time zone I get the extremes of the change.

[oldandslow]

Aren't you retired. I operate on retired time.

I am like the indian comedian that I saw years ago at Geronimo Day's at T or C, NM one time. Calling an indian and indian was still OK when this took place and he poked fun at every race during his routine but mostly at indians which he called indians. The crowd was mixed from white thru black and everyone was laughing at his jokes. He told a story of a group of indians taking on a job and showing up and quitting whenever they wished. When called out the caller was told "We work on indian time. We start when we start and quit when we quit. White man time doesn't count". There is where I got my inspiration for doing things on retired time.   

[Graybeard]

Time is an artificial construct, it doesn't exist in the natural world.

Do you think deer, squirrels ducks or such have clocks? Do you think they count the minutes or hours or know what time a clock says it is or cares if it is daylight savings time or not?

So why be a slave to time?

The day I retired, September 28, 1995 by the way, I took my watch off and hung it on the turn signal stalk on my Bronco. I never took it back off until I sold that truck to Matt. At that point I put it away somewhere, where I dunno. I've not looked at it since.

I do nothing by the clock so really don't care what time the clock says it is. I don't get up by the clock, I don't go to bed by the clock. I operate on a natural rhythm and just do what feels right at the moment.

If I'm sleepy I go to bed, if I'm no longer sleepy I get up. If i'm hungry I eat. About my only concession to time is when I have a doctor's appointment, they kinda insist I follow their time schedule even tho they rarely follow it themselves.

Otherwise I do nothing by the clock.

So I could care less if it's daylight savings time or not. I'll lose nor gain no sleep and have no adjustment to make when it changes from one to the other.

So how can some artificial construct that exists only in your mind mess up your routine if you are retired and don't have a clock to punch at work?

[TrumpWon]

Just read “About Time  A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks” by David Rooney. People hated the first public clocks even though they were a big deal for civic pride.

[Lloyd Smale]

yup im retired but have problems sleeping as it is and am up at 3am most days. Dont like making it 2am.

Aren't you retired. I operate on retired time.

I am like the indian comedian that I saw years ago at Geronimo Day's at T or C, NM one time. Calling an indian and indian was still OK when this took place and he poked fun at every race during his routine but mostly at indians which he called indians. The crowd was mixed from white thru black and everyone was laughing at his jokes. He told a story of a group of indians taking on a job and showing up and quitting whenever they wished. When called out the caller was told "We work on indian time. We start when we start and quit when we quit. White man time doesn't count". There is where I got my inspiration for doing things on retired time.

[phalanx]

I wish they would leave it on standard time and quit changing it. Sleep Experts Recommend Permanent Standard Time, Rather Than DST. March 17, 2022 -- Sleep experts tend to agree with U.S. lawmakers about getting rid of the twice-per-year time shift, with one exception: They typically call for standard time rather than daylight saving time.

[Ranger99]

The daylight saving time was created
to make for an artificially longer work
day for wartime or whatever it was.
If the gubmint were persuaded somehow
to set it aside, there'd be too many
people that would finally think
" if this artificially created thing can be
done away with,  why not the exorbitant
income tax that's crippling the economy?"

Can't have that

[neckisred]

yup im retired but have problems sleeping as it is and am up at 3am most days. Dont like making it 2am.

I'm not retired, but same here Lloyd. Had to be up at 3:30 am for 10+ years. 20 years later and still up at 3:30 most mornings. Hate it.

[oldandslow]

I got up at 4 AM for many years and the habit continued for a long time after retirement. If you live long enough things seem to change. I still wake up at that time but finally, after 24 years of retirement I started being able to just wiggle around and go back to sleep for awhile two years ago. This coming April 1st will make 27 years of me being mostly worthless to society.