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hunter

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32. Speak for yourself.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #14)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 07:11 PM

22 hrs ago

I find the time changes of long distance air travel equally unpleasant.

My biological clock must be strong. To me setting our clocks forward and back is disorienting. I've enjoyed living in places where it isn't done.

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If you object to daylight time year around, and please read the finding how unhealthy it is [View all] question everything Yesterday OP

Here in AZ, we don't do daylight savings. Coventina Yesterday #1

I am jealous. Perhaps Minnesota can follow though. question everything Yesterday #2

AZ is in the middle of a zone FHRRK1 Yesterday #10

They need to pick one and leave it, end the switching of clocks sarisataka Yesterday #3

No, that doesn't make any sense Blues Heron Yesterday #7

The hours of sunlight on a given day is fixed sarisataka Yesterday #8

THANK YOU Skittles Yesterday #12

I agree. Do people not ever across into a different time zone... 3catwoman3 23 hrs ago #31

honestly Skittles 21 hrs ago #34

People fly all the time and don''t get traumatized by a time change of an hour. pnwmom Yesterday #14

I am on the extreme sarisataka Yesterday #18

What's wrong with changing the clocks a couple times a year? We in Seattle don't need pnwmom Yesterday #19

Speak for yourself. hunter 22 hrs ago #32

In December here the dawn is almost 8 am. We don't need darkness to continue to almost 9 am. nt pnwmom 21 hrs ago #36

I've got some ideas about a more natural time system. hunter 19 hrs ago #37

Mexico and Canada will have fits. LeftInTX Yesterday #4

I read that states could opt out of permanent daylight savings time dweller Yesterday #5

Thanks. Will contact Klobuchar, our next governor question everything Yesterday #6

These people act like we don't have any light but the sun Wifes husband Yesterday #9

Why? Don't you ever fly from east to west or the reverse? What's the big deal pnwmom Yesterday #20

Changing a wrist watch is one thing Wifes husband Yesterday #22

This message was self-deleted by its author pnwmom Yesterday #23

If Mercola says it... dpibel Yesterday #11

Yeah... progressoid Yesterday #15

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine question everything Yesterday #25

I don't mind the time changes, which are no worse than taking an airplane flight pnwmom Yesterday #13

Neither daylight savings time or standard time have any magical properties ToxMarz Yesterday #16

You might want to find another source. Mercola is a quack website. progressoid Yesterday #17

ewwwww Stacey Grove Yesterday #21

How about the American Academy of Sleep Medicine? question everything Yesterday #24

A 'farts field', I'd call it... (nt) GJGCA Yesterday #27

I'm sitting here snorting thru my nose. 3catwoman3 23 hrs ago #30

Daylight Saving Time is an artifical construct that should be abolished LogDog75 Yesterday #26

Thank you. Well said. Please convey these to your member of Congress. (even if a reactionary R) question everything Yesterday #28

I wrote to my maga congress guy Tree Lady Yesterday #29

I could never understand why...? kentuck 21 hrs ago #33

I think we should end the changing of the clocks dsc 21 hrs ago #35