Nanker Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 WAKE UP! Get ready to spring out of bed and change those batteries this Sunday morning. Time to pay back that extra hour you were given last fall. Payback's a B word as they say.
Chef Jim Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 WAKE UP! Get ready to spring out of bed and change those batteries this Sunday morning. Time to pay back that extra hour you were given last fall. Payback's a B word as they say. I'm going to a concert Saturday night and will be home late for me. I can't afford to lose an hour.
Nanker Posted March 11, 2011 Author Posted March 11, 2011 I'm going to a concert Saturday night and will be home late for me. I can't afford to lose an hour. At least they short sheeted the bed on a Saturday night and Sunday isn't a work day for most. Always takes a few days to work out the mental gnashing though. At least for me it does.
UConn James Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 For the past several years, I've had a severe eye twitch that lasts the duration of the fall-spring section of DST. When DST was shortened during the Bush administration, the twitch followed suit exactly. 'They' say it's related to sleep problems. I call bullsh--; I sleep fine and ~9 hours a night. So I, for one, welcome losing the hour to get back to normal.
shrader Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 At least they short sheeted the bed on a Saturday night and Sunday isn't a work day for most. Always takes a few days to work out the mental gnashing though. At least for me it does. The one in fall always bugs me more. There's something so depressing about that first day of work where it's pitch black outside when you leave.
The Avenger Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Yeah! I actually like the Spring jump ahead. My kids seem to wake up earlier every day as they rise based more on daylight than clock time, so having them wake up at 6:30 instead of 5:30 is great with me......
Delete This Account Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 i've said it once and i'll say it again. this is the worst day of the year. and it infuriates me that The Man is screwing us little folk because we are generally losing an hour of "OUR" time. though i will be working this weekend, i still consider the weekend "OUR" time, and it's the establishment robbing us of an hour of sleep. there is but one solution, and one that i've campaigned for for quite some time. the best and perhaps only way to make lose-an-hour-of-sleep weekend palatable is to have the hour deducted on say a friday afternoon. for example: at 4 p.m., the clock moves to 5 p.m. time to go home. why must we hard-working folk have to lose the hour on what's essentially a drinking night. (well, in my household, all nights are drinking nights, however i digress). jw
Booster4324 Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 i've said it once and i'll say it again. this is the worst day of the year. and it infuriates me that The Man is screwing us little folk because we are generally losing an hour of "OUR" time. though i will be working this weekend, i still consider the weekend "OUR" time, and it's the establishment robbing us of an hour of sleep. there is but one solution, and one that i've campaigned for for quite some time. the best and perhaps only way to make lose-an-hour-of-sleep weekend palatable is to have the hour deducted on say a friday afternoon. for example: at 4 p.m., the clock moves to 5 p.m. time to go home. why must we hard-working folk have to lose the hour on what's essentially a drinking night. (well, in my household, all nights are drinking nights, however i digress). jw !@#$ yeah!
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 i've said it once and i'll say it again. this is the worst day of the year. and it infuriates me that The Man is screwing us little folk because we are generally losing an hour of "OUR" time. though i will be working this weekend, i still consider the weekend "OUR" time, and it's the establishment robbing us of an hour of sleep. there is but one solution, and one that i've campaigned for for quite some time. the best and perhaps only way to make lose-an-hour-of-sleep weekend palatable is to have the hour deducted on say a friday afternoon. for example: at 4 p.m., the clock moves to 5 p.m. time to go home. why must we hard-working folk have to lose the hour on what's essentially a drinking night. (well, in my household, all nights are drinking nights, however i digress). jw All ths to B word about last call?
Delete This Account Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 All ths to B word about last call? are there bigger priorities? jw
GoodBye Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Boo, I can't stand this time change. Takes me a week to adjust.
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 are there bigger priorities? jw I can't believe with your legendary investigative ability's you can't find a all night club. Failing that, stash a bottle in the room.
Delete This Account Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 I can't believe with your legendary investigative ability's you can't find a all night club. Failing that, stash a bottle in the room. ah, there's the rub, my all-night club is the one without a last call. but i fear for the amateurs out there, who do require the guidance of a last call so i wouldn't have to stumble over them on my way out of my watering hole, eh? jw
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 ah, there's the rub, my all-night club is the one without a last call. but i fear for the amateurs out there, who do require the guidance of a last call so i wouldn't have to stumble over them on my way out of my watering hole, eh? jw Seat near the door[always a good idea in some clubs]. I thought you had this to a science?
Delete This Account Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Seat near the door[always a good idea in some clubs]. I thought you had this to a science? nah, seat at the bar. closer to where the stuff you want is being served. jw
DC Tom Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Seat near the door[always a good idea in some clubs]. I thought you had this to a science? nah, seat at the bar. closer to where the stuff you want is being served. jw You're both idiots. Seat near the strippers.
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 nah, seat at the bar. closer to where the stuff you want is being served. jw IF you would tip OCCASIONALLY you might find they actually BRING THE DRINK TO YOU. You're both idiots. Seat near the strippers. I don't think Moe's has strippers.
Nanker Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 i've said it once and i'll say it again. this is the worst day of the year. and it infuriates me that The Man is screwing us little folk because we are generally losing an hour of "OUR" time. though i will be working this weekend, i still consider the weekend "OUR" time, and it's the establishment robbing us of an hour of sleep. there is but one solution, and one that i've campaigned for for quite some time. the best and perhaps only way to make lose-an-hour-of-sleep weekend palatable is to have the hour deducted on say a friday afternoon. for example: at 4 p.m., the clock moves to 5 p.m. time to go home. why must we hard-working folk have to lose the hour on what's essentially a drinking night. (well, in my household, all nights are drinking nights, however i digress). jw Nice idea. I thought moving it to Friday night would be an improvement, but 4:00 PM on Friday evening is a novel suggestion. By the way, since you're working this weekend. Do you get paid for a full eight hour shift or does the man skive your pay to match the seven actual hours you work from Midnight to 8:00 AM on Sunday?
Delete This Account Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) IF you would tip OCCASIONALLY you might find they actually BRING THE DRINK TO YOU. I don't think Moe's has strippers. neither does the Swannie House, which is my place of choice. by the way, do they have a last call in Anchorage? Nice idea. I thought moving it to Friday night would be an improvement, but 4:00 PM on Friday evening is a novel suggestion. By the way, since you're working this weekend. Do you get paid for a full eight hour shift or does the man skive your pay to match the seven actual hours you work from Midnight to 8:00 AM on Sunday? i'm working the Sabres game, so it's immaterial. don't know how it works for those rare folk who would work a midnight-8 a.m, shift in this modern day and age. and i've been banging this lose the hour on Friday drum for some 20 years now and even brought it up on 'GR once, which got a laugh even out of Rob Ray. though many people like it, i've yet to generate a groundswell support for change. jw Edited March 12, 2011 by john wawrow
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