Daylight Savings Time

[unskunk]

Are we changing the clocks again (forward) ?

Got a notification to remember to do it in sometime in March.....

I thought this DUMB idea of continually doing this annually was abolished........

( In Mass only?)

 

[rst3]

Daylight savings begins March 12th.

 

This was supposed to be the last year of changing clocks back and forth, but I think that bill died in the House:

 

"While the U.S. Senate approved legislation last year that would have made daylight saving time permanent, the bill stalled in a House committee and was not voted on prior to the end of the previous Congress."

[Ditch Jigger]

9 hours ago, rst3 said:

Daylight savings begins March 12th.

 

This was supposed to be the last year of changing clocks back and forth, but I think that bill died in the House:

 

"While the U.S. Senate approved legislation last year that would have made daylight saving time permanent, the bill stalled in a House committee and was not voted on prior to the end of the previous Congress."

They tried that once, in the late 1970s, during the second OPEC oil embargo. It went over like a lead balloon. Parents didn't want their kids walking to school, or waiting for the bus, when it was still dark at 7:30 AM.

[gray gables]

2 hours ago, Ditch Jigger said:

They tried that once, in the late 1970s, during the second OPEC oil embargo. It went over like a lead balloon. Parents didn't want their kids walking to school, or waiting for the bus, when it was still dark at 7:30 AM.

Parents are soft these days. The buses stop every 50ft to pick up kids in front of the houses. Go forbid the kids have to walk a little to go to a school bus stop. 

[mikez2]

4 mins ago, gray gables said:

Parents are soft these days. The buses stop every 50ft to pick up kids in front of the houses. Go forbid the kids have to walk a little to go to a school bus stop. 

I don't generally go in for the "people are softer now" thing, but you are so right about the busses. 

 

In grammar school (60s), we walked all the way. I don't know the distance but it sure seemed wicked far to a kid.

Later, in junior high and high school, we had one bus stop for the whole neighborhood. Like 20 kids got on at my stop.

Now that would be 20 individual bus stops.

 

[gray gables]

11 mins ago, mikez2 said:

I don't generally go in for the "people are softer now" thing, but you are so right about the busses. 

 

In grammar school (60s), we walked all the way. I don't know the distance but it sure seemed wicked far to a kid.

Later, in junior high and high school, we had one bus stop for the whole neighborhood. Like 20 kids got on at my stop.

Now that would be 20 individual bus stops.

 

It’s brutal in my town. Certain routes they stop every 50 to drop off a kid. Parents raising soft kids. I was at bus stops in the late 80s. 

[mikez2]

34 mins ago, gray gables said:

It’s brutal in my town. Certain routes they stop every 50 to drop off a kid. Parents raising soft kids. I was at bus stops in the late 80s. 

I misspoke when I said 60s. I was in first grade in '69 so grammar school was early 70s.

[gray gables]

20 mins ago, mikez2 said:

I misspoke when I said 60s. I was in first grade in '69 so grammar school was early 70s.

I was born in 74

[Fergal]

2 hours ago, gray gables said:

Parents are soft these days. The buses stop every 50ft to pick up kids in front of the houses. Go forbid the kids have to walk a little to go to a school bus stop. 

The world could use fewer snowflakes. 

[z-man]

3 hours ago, gray gables said:

It’s brutal in my town. Certain routes they stop every 50 to drop off a kid. Parents raising soft kids. I was at bus stops in the late 80s. 

Did you have tons of people texting while driving, hit and runs, illegals driving with no licenses and people driving high on all types of drugs back when you used to walk to school uphill both ways in the snow with no shoes?

[bob_G]

2 hours ago, gray gables said:

I was born in 74

'74, you're a yungun. I was almost out of college.

GG, did you know Charlie Perkins? I believe he was your grandmother's neighbor.

Edited February 7 by bob_G

[gray gables]

11 mins ago, bob_G said:

'74, you're a yungun. I was almost out of college.

GG, did you know Charlie Perkins? I believe he was your grandmother's neighbor.

Yes, they were very good friends with my grandparents.  He passed away a few weeks ago. 

[bob_G]

11 mins ago, gray gables said:

Yes, they were very good friends with my grandparents.  He passed away a few weeks ago. 

Ok, I thought you might not have known.

Edited February 7 by bob_G

[gray gables]

2 mins ago, bob_G said:

Ok, I thought you might not have know.

My mom is friends with his daughter. His son has a house in the gables up the street from him. His house will go into a trust. It needs a total remodel though. 

[bob_G]

9 mins ago, gray gables said:

My mom is friends with his daughter. His son has a house in the gables up the street from him. His house will go into a trust. It needs a total remodel though. 

That's Charlie fishing with us on Bell Rd 1970.