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Jack_Dawson

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:13 PM
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This Dark at 5:15 shit

sux. Boo-Hoo for me. Now go ahead and tell me that it's dark at 3:30 where you are.

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miss_kitty

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:18 PM
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1. It's dark at an earlier time now

Edited on Tue Nov-01-05 10:19 PM by miss_kitty

it's a bummer

On edit: Also in Seattle Grey dark rainy day, followed by sunset around 4:30 pm. Perfect.

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flamingyouth

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:18 PM
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2. I live in Seattle - it was dark practically all day today.

Whenever I sat for more than 10 minutes at a time, it was a struggle to stay awake today. x(

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uppityperson

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:48 PM
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6. Yeah, 2:30 I thought it was about 6.

yawnnnnnnnnn

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Radio_Lady

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:54 PM
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20. No wonder the ancients lit candles and prayed as the seasons

"ate up the sun earlier and earlier" ---

On the other hand, there are 18 hours of sunlight in most areas of the world on June 21, during the summer solstice.

And in the winter, only about 6 hours.

We vacationed in late May in Edinburgh, Scotland, very close to the Arctic Circle. The sky glowed, even at 2 AM. THAT was weird!

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:28 PM
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3. I love it

I've always loved this time of year. I like knowing that it's earlier than it feels.

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GrumpyGreg

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:41 PM
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16. I love it too,and always have. I love the long,dark evenings and am

Edited on Tue Nov-01-05 11:42 PM by GrumpyGreg

considered a bit of an oddity among most of my family and friends.

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Radio_Lady

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:57 PM
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22. Me, too. I call myself a "low thermal" person. I like it dark and cool.

Edited on Wed Nov-02-05 12:00 AM by Radio_Lady

I get "cabin fever" when it's mid-summer and in the 80s and 90s degrees F. I do have a love-hate thing going, because I grew up in Florida and love the flowers and the sun and swimming.

But in the summer, I have to stay in air conditioning, or in a wet swim suit, or in the pool. Here I am at age 15, at a favorite place of my childhood, the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables, Florida.

I love winter.

(And I'm married to a guy who loves summer -- imagine that! How did we find each other?)

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RumpusCat

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Wed Nov-02-05 09:33 AM
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25. Me too--I love the darkness of winter evenings

I'm also a fall/winter person. Summer and spring are fine and all, but I feel most comfortable in cooler weather. I hate being overheated!

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Radio_Lady

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:38 PM
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39. Wow! We ought to start a club -- Low Thermals United -- we have

Edited on Wed Nov-02-05 11:39 PM by Radio_Lady

nothing to lose but our tan lines.

Yeah, spring and summer are OK -- I just have to up my dosage of antidepressants.

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Blue_In_AK

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:44 PM
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4. Not yet, but it will be soon.

Sunset here is 4:58 today, and we're losing 5-1/2 minutes of daylight with each day.

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Jack_Dawson

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:12 PM
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12. Where in AK?

:shrug:

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Blue_In_AK

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:33 PM
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15. Anchorage

Southcentral AK -- it's a lot darker up north, I'm guessing.

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Catch22Dem

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:47 PM
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5. Yeah, I miss coming home from work with HOURS of daylight left.

Sucks!

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LisaLynne

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:51 PM
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7. Yeah, it gets dark at about 6 here and ...

they're changing our time zone, so I suppose when that's done, it'll be getting dark at 2 PM. :grr:

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Jack_Dawson

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:12 PM
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13. Where? n/t

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LisaLynne

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:26 PM
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14. Northern IN.

Our stupid Repub Govenor read in some Repub play book that you have to push an issue and get action on it or something (a la *'s stupid "We're going to Mars" fiasco) and time zone change was it.

But, hey, I'm not bitter.

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Sequoia

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:43 AM
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30. Hey, I read about that...won't your state have like 4 time zones?

I hate the darkness too. I take the bus and get off in a real dark rural place and if my ride isn't there to pick me up what will I do? Walk along the dark road with a flashlight and hope no one hits me into a ditch. Guess I'll have to buy one of those reflecting vests and glow strips.

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LisaLynne

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Wed Nov-02-05 12:26 PM
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32. Possibly.

For a while, they were toying with the idea of letting each county decide what time zone they would be in. So, you could drive across the state, going "It's 4, now it's 5, now it's 4 again!" That would have been fun. :eyes:

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redsoxliberal

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Tue Nov-01-05 10:57 PM
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8. inside outside leave me alone

inside outside
nowhere is home

inside outside
where have i been?

out of my brain on the 5:15!

(sorry... I just typed my mental response to your title.)

Oh, and it gets dark at like 4:30 here. Helps during Ramadan, sucks bollocks the rest of the winter.

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Elidor

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:46 PM
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18. Great song!

Edited on Tue Nov-01-05 11:49 PM by Hardhead

Time to cue it up...

Why should I care?
Why should I care?

Girls of fifteen, sexually knowing...

Out of my brain on the train!

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redsoxliberal

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:49 PM
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19. change of pace...

I woke up in a Soho doorway
a policeman knew my name
you can sleep at home tonight
if you can get up and walk away
i staggered back to the underground and the breeze blew back my hair
i remember throwing punches around and

(take it from here... :D)

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Elidor

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:54 PM
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21. I'm still on the train, man

Edited on Tue Nov-01-05 11:58 PM by Hardhead

He man in drag
In the glittering ballroom
Gravely outrageous
In my high heel shoes
Tightly undone
Know what they're showing
Sadly ecstatic
That the heroes are used

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sendero

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:02 PM
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9. I love Daylight Savings Time..

.... I think we should have it year-round. :)

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Radio_Lady

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Wed Nov-02-05 12:06 AM
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23. Do you know the background story of DST? Here are two great books:

Edited on Wed Nov-02-05 12:16 AM by Radio_Lady

Check out:

Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time (Hardcover)
by Michael Downing

and

Seize the Daylight : The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time (Hardcover)
by David Prerau

Great information -- and ability to read without buying -- at amazon.com on these two books. (But they won't let me copy text to insert it here!) I was supposed to interview the first author, but he got a commercial job which wiped part of his book tour to Portland, Oregon earlier this year!

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VaYallaDawg

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Wed Nov-02-05 12:30 PM
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33. I had a great aunt who was a total religious nut. During WWII when

they first started DST she claimed she knew the "End" was coming soon because somewhere in the book of Revelations it mentions that the "times will change."

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Radio_Lady

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Wed Nov-02-05 09:51 PM
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35. You've GOT to be kidding. Tell me you're pulling my leg...

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VaYallaDawg

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Thu Nov-03-05 08:26 AM
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40. Absolutely not! Don't forget, I live in the South.

As Florence King once said, "Build a fence around the South and you'd have one big madhouse." She was my grandmother's sister, nuttier than a fruitcake. My lasting memory of her is sitting on the sofa in Grandmother's living room eating Vick's salve out of the jar with a spoon. Yuk.

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yellowcanine

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:33 AM
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26. You aren't alone. Lots of people agree. Carter went to yr around

DST during the oil crisis in the late 70s. Makes a lot of sense.

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DrGonzoLives

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Thu Nov-03-05 10:00 AM
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41. You're insane

n/t

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saged52

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:06 PM
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10. I have always loved the fall time change

I light the candles and get a warm & cozy feeling - must be something left over from my childhood.

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Left Is Write

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:08 PM
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11. I'm with you. I like the return to standard time in the fall.

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PassingFair

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Tue Nov-01-05 11:44 PM
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17. Hate it.

No time for canvassing. No one wants to open their doors after dark, and you can't meet folks who aren't home from work yet!

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underpants

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:35 AM
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27. I hate this time of year

Fortuneately for me I have a little baby to look forward to going home and seeing.

I do tend to really get down this time of year (until New Years) but I am fighting it with a work out routine that will keep me a bouncy ball of energy.

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Missy Vixen

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:38 AM
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28. It blows

I'm across the lake from the lovely and talented flamingyouth :hi:, and it was dark all damn day yesterday. This does NOT do good things for my mood. The thought that this is going to go on for another four months is not encouraging.

:mad:

Whose idea was this, anyway?

Julie

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Jack_Dawson

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Wed Nov-02-05 09:25 PM
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34. So why live in Alaska?

Move to San Diego.

Oh I know why, cuz it's 10-1 men to women there, am I right?

:toast:

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Missy Vixen

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Wed Nov-02-05 10:23 PM
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37. Actually, we live just outside of Seattle

DH is strongly opposed to moving to San Diego. "I didn't leave anything there," he says.

In the meantime, it's a dark and stormy night in Western Washington. Keep warm, y'all. :loveya:

Julie

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Sequoia

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Wed Nov-02-05 11:40 AM
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29. Can you say Alaska?

Anchorage

16° low: 11 ° high: 24°

5 day forecast | aurora

sunrise: 8:32 a.m. - sunset: 4:52 p.m.

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Coventina

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Wed Nov-02-05 12:13 PM
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31. As a desert dweller, I consider darkness a blessing

Escape from the heat, the piercing, burning sun.

Life has just now become bearable.

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nashbridges

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Wed Nov-02-05 10:17 PM
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36. If you had to drive out of Washington, DC

from work in the dark, you'd understand how truthful your statement is.

There are three forces at work ruining rush hour in DC:

1) People
2) Construction. Who is ruining 23rd street and the Memorial Circle/Bridge, and Why? Really, WHY?
3) Pennsylvania drivers. No idea why, but they all showed up this year, and they neglected to get training on the contact sport that is DC driving.

Having it already nighttime when these forces are active just exacerbates an already crappy situation.

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the_spectator

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Wed Nov-02-05 10:40 PM
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38. I want daylight savings all year round-

getting up in the dark is no problem for me. But I REALLY appreciate the sunlight in the late afternoon/ early evening.

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