Whining about daylight saving time about to start

[bob vernon]

The annual complaining about daylight saving time is about to begin. If we stay with standard time, we'll have the summer sun rising at 4:30 in the morning and setting too early in the evening for the softball and soccer players. If we stay year-round with daylight saving time, the kids will be waiting in winter for the school bus in the dark. So what's so wrong with moving our clocks ahead one hour in the spring and turning them back one hour in the fall?

Is it that much of an inconvenience? Really?

[Lady tehMa]

It is hard on our body clocks.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-daylight-saving-time-could-kill-you-2016-03-11

https://fee.org/articles/daylight-savings-time-literally-kills-people/

https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/11/daylight-saving-time-deadly/

I spend at least a week getting used to it. A week of feeling "off" and becoming crabby. Then because my sleep is linked to my fibromyalgia, I spend that week in a lot more pain than normal. I'm also finding as I get older, it is harder on me rather than easier.

So, it can adversely affect the health of the population at large, and causes physical pain and increased disability in a smaller group. That is why I "whine" about it.

[Omnitheo]

I never stop whining about daylight savings

[Jlabute]

How do you know? Has anyone been outdoors lately? :-)

[RustyCrayon]

Spring it forward and leave it there. I love the extra daylight in the afternoon/evening.