Fall back on Sunday
Standing Still by RSchley
Don’t forget, Daylight Savings Time begins (ends? see comments.) this Sunday at 2:00 a.m.! Which means you’ll need to set your clocks back by an hour. Don’t forget your watches, stoves, microwaves, computers and other various timed devices.
Also, the safety experts at the University of Oklahoma urge you to take the opportunity to do things like throw away expired OTC and prescription meds, check the batteries in your fire and carbon monoxide alarms, and more.
If you’re not an overacheiver, just be happy the bars will close one hour later on Saturday night. Stay safe.
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8 Responses to “Fall back on Sunday”
October 31st, 2008 at 10:53 am
We have a Chumby, which understands the time change on its own. Love that little guy.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
It was funny to hear in college about the riots in Athens OH every year when they shuttered the bars at 2am, instead of the “new” 2am. Good times.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
That page is from the University of Oklahoma, not Ohio State.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
oh wow…. good catch. wonder where my mind went?
October 31st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
no no no… you mean Daylight Savings Time ENDS this Sunday. We are living a lie, and on Sunday we get to return to Truth.
Noon will actually be the middle once again!
October 31st, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Okay, Brock, teach me please. I thought daylight savings was to give us more light in the winter, no? so you save the day light? right? but it’s the opposite? you’re saving daylight in the summer?
someone science-y please stand up and explain to the class.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
It’s the end of DST, Katie. According to Wikipedia, it’s a controversial ploy to increase daylight for retail, sports, et. al. and somehow reduce traffic fatalities and increase your health.
I find it a nuisance, personally, and would rather Congress abolish the practice, rather than continually extend it. Of course, if they keep extending it, won’t it then be Daylight Savings Time…all the time?
November 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pm
It’s “Daylight Saving Time” – not “Daylight Savings Time”.