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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Annual bitch and moan thread about Daylight Savings time

FNW · Guru

I hate DST. The days are longer without having to change clocks. Just leave them be.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I do not understand why we still do this. There is no good reason for it. And by that, I mean "I like an extra hour of daylight at night" is not a good enough reason to offset all the negative affects.

Yeah, it was great having daylight until almost 8:00 o'clock last night, but then, we had longer darkness this morning when everyone has to get up and get to work and school.

It needs to be abolished. LIVES are not worth it. And economically, it's not worth it.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Well I had a great commute today. No idea if its because of DST, but I'll take it.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

I would like it much better if we made the change around the second weekend in April. Going from sunrise at 6am. to sunrise at 7am. wouldn't seem so bad. (At least, to me.) wink

Without DST, Summer would be awful. I couldn't imagine sunrise at 5:20am. and sunset at 7:40pm. in June.

That would suck. cry JMHO.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
I would like it much better if we made the change around the second weekend in April. Going from sunrise at 6am. to sunrise at 7am. wouldn't seem so bad. (At least, to me.)
Without DST, Summer would be awful. I couldn't imagine sunrise at 5:20am. and sunset at 7:40pm. in June.
That would suck. JMHO.

Why? Why is that different than any other time of the year? Heck - I don't care, leave it ahead. Just stop changing it. Pick a time!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

LOL! LL, you crack me up! wink

FNW · Guru

I would like it, especially on the 4th of July. I hate having to wait until 9 or 10 to shoot off fireworks.

JPT · Senior Member

Old Indian proverb
"Only a white man would cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket, sew it to the top, and then tell you that it's a longer blanket."

A side funny...I had a customer relate a conversation she overheard at a local beach.

Woman A: We change time this weekend.
Woman B: Yes, I can never remember if I change the clocks forward or back.
Woman A: All I know is that the sun rises in the west starting then.

cadiver · Senior Member

JPT wrote:
Old Indian proverb
"Only a white man would cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket, sew it to the top, and then tell you that it's a longer blanket."

A side funny...I had a customer relate a conversation she overheard at a local beach.

Woman A: We change time this weekend.
Woman B: Yes, I can never remember if I change the clocks forward or back.
Woman A: All I know is that the sun rises in the west starting then.

I cannot find the cartoon, but it was back in the 70's, of Nixon cutting a blanket and sewing back. What I found is it was done by Pat Oliphant.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I don't under stand the logistics of it. We may have an extra hour of sun, but we have bed time an hour earlier.

cadiver · Senior Member

lilyofcourse wrote:
I don't under stand the logistics of it. We may have an extra hour of sun, but we have bed time an hour earlier.

The energy savings idea is:

In the summer with Daylight Savings people will come home and use lights less. With DST you get home and turn on your lights an hour later.

In the morning you will be asleep anyway. With DST sunrise could still be at 5:30am, without DST at 4:30am. Most people will sleep during the light hours in the morning.

tlc · Regular

I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I understand the energy saving side of it.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

It is the governments freakin' nature to mess with everything!

Good grief, even the dog is out of sorts.. evileye

FNW · Guru

Before kids I would walk when I got home and DST was good for that. I don't care if they keep it all year long. I just don't see why they have to switch it up twice a year.

Blankie · Guru

just Czech wrote:
It is the governments freakin' nature to mess with everything!

Good grief, even the dog is out of sorts..

It was Bush (Dubya) who changed it from late April to early March.

I thought late April worked better.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Me either. Not anymore.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Blankie wrote:
just Czech wrote:
It is the governments freakin' nature to mess with everything!

Good grief, even the dog is out of sorts..
It was Bush (Dubya) who changed it from late April to early March.
I thought late April worked better.

I agree, the second or third weekend in April would be just right. This is too soon.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Blankie wrote:
just Czech wrote:
It is the governments freakin' nature to mess with everything!

Good grief, even the dog is out of sorts..
It was Bush (Dubya) who changed it from late April to early March.
I thought late April worked better.
I agree, the second or third weekend in April would be just right. This is too soon.

I agree! Gosh, the kids are going to school in the dark!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
I understand the energy saving side of it.

The evergy savings side of it makes no sense in today's world. We are just shifting evening energy to the morning.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.

When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.

FNW · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.

True dat.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I have to say, though. This time change is a billion times easier for me than the fall one. Let's just keep it here now . . .

cadiver · Senior Member

Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.

But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

cadiver · Senior Member

Should this not be a semi annual? or come fall it is the gripe about ending DST, two different topics.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

cadiver wrote:
Should this not be a semi annual? or come fall it is the gripe about ending DST, two different topics.

I like "gripe about" so we'll do two different threads.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I think we should have the ability to be time fluid.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.

I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I hate this change (spring forward), but love the fall change (fall back).

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
I think we should have the ability to be time fluid.

LOL!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.

In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.

It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

In the heat of Summer you can't be outside until after dark any way.

After about 1 it's just too hot. You have to find a big shade tree and something cold to drink. If your lucky there is a stream you can wade in.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

And I agree - can we get an envoy to the sun to give it instructions? Lol

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Seriously - who wants more sun in 110 degree heat?

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!

confuse You lost me on this, MM.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Seriously - who wants more sun in 110 degree heat?

Lol. Those of us who won't see temps near that hot will take your hours of sunlight! Please and thank you!

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.

The further west you are, the later the sun sets.

cadiver · Senior Member

Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.

I can go out year round and I want a late sunset as well. Yesterday was a great day, the ice cream trucks are now out playing Christmas songs.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.

I actually think north and south is affected, too. I'm straight south of Michigan now, and we are not light as late as they are. I think northern cities stay light longer.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Mellow Momma wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.
The further west you are, the later the sun sets.

Oh, okay. I forgot about the difference between one end of a time zone and the other. LOL on me!

Thanks.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lawyerlady wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.
I actually think north and south is affected, too. I'm straight south of Michigan now, and we are not light as late as they are. I think northern cities stay light longer.

Yes. Because if you remember your science, the earth isn't straight up and down. It's tilted on its axis and the north is closer to the sun than the south. The south is in the shade, even though it's warmer.

cadiver · Senior Member

Lawyerlady wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.
I actually think north and south is affected, too. I'm straight south of Michigan now, and we are not light as late as they are. I think northern cities stay light longer.

Yep, days are longer in the summer, shorter in winter, in the north.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

OK - so the solution is to leave the clock alone and everybody move to the place that suits your sunshine preferences better!

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

LOL, back to MM's point, we live just over a hundred miles from Mountain Time Zone, so yeah, Central Time Zone has a huge difference for sunset time compared to the eastern edge of the same time zone. Same amount of actual sun time, just different setting and rising times.

Blankie · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.
I actually think north and south is affected, too. I'm straight south of Michigan now, and we are not light as late as they are. I think northern cities stay light longer.
Yes. Because if you remember your science, the earth isn't straight up and down. It's tilted on its axis and the north is closer to the sun than the south. The south is in the shade, even though it's warmer.

Exactly. How much daylight and when you get it depends a whole lot on where you are geographically. North, south, east, west. The sun hits different places at different times.

Because of this, I don't think you'll ever please everyone. No matter what you do, someone's not going to like it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
OK - so the solution is to leave the clock alone and everybody move to the place that suits your sunshine preferences better!

Now there's an idea!

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
tlc wrote:
I like DST and wish they would just leave it this way all year round. As it is we are only on standard time for 4 months anyway. I love having it light later in the evening so I can go out after work and not feel like it's bedtime at 7:00pm.
When the kids still have to go to bed so they can get enough sleep for school, it's difficult to get them to go to sleep when it is still light outside at 8:30 and hard to get them up when it's still black as pitch in the morning.
But I don't want sunrise at 4:00am.

And I don't want sun set at 6-7pm in the summer! When it's nice out, I want to be outside. That's hard to do if it's dark. Especially if it's dark as soon as you get home from work. I like it getting dark later in the evening.
I think those of us who live in climates where you can only go outside a few months of the year need it more than those who can enjoy outside activites any time of year.
In Michigan, it is daylight until 10:00 pm in the summer - that's way too long!

Someone just tell the sun to rise at 6:00 am every day and set at 8:30 pm everyday, everywhere around the world.
It depends on how far west you are. Here in MN it's daylight until about 10pm and I love it! So do the farmers who need to see to tend to their crops. In Ohio, in summer, it's never daylight past 8:30-8:45 where I grew up. It was always dark by 9. So moving further west had its advantages!
You lost me on this, MM.
I actually think north and south is affected, too. I'm straight south of Michigan now, and we are not light as late as they are. I think northern cities stay light longer.
Yes. Because if you remember your science, the earth isn't straight up and down. It's tilted on its axis and the north is closer to the sun than the south. The south is in the shade, even though it's warmer.

The position of the earth, in it's orbit, is also closer to the sun during winter, but the earth is tilted away from the sun. During our summer, when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the earth is farther away from the sun. A bit of an oval orbit, since it's not perfectly circular.

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Look at us, being geeky about the earth's rotation and stuff. I am so impressed!