Day Light savings - your opinion
Submitted by Neander on Thu, 2008-10-23 07:27
I was just wondering everyones views on DLS.
I for one are happy the are coming in, I cant wait to get out and fish those glass out summer afternoons.
At work for 8 hours a day with an hour travel time each way without it I cant get out for a fish.
Thoughts?
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Love it!
Bring it on!!!
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agree, bring it on, grown up
agree, bring it on, grown up with it all my life living in victoria, gives you time to do things of a night after work
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Deegs
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hated with a passion
nothing better than gettin up at 330am to go to work after the sun has decended at about 2230 "NOT". I don't have any children but up here sending your children to bed when it's broad daylight is no fun for anybody. playing sport in the afternoon is great to for the kids to do after school as they now finish at 130 (real time) so at least they can get a great big dose of cancerous sun. plus playing sport up here normally starts about 630pm so with the real time being 530 it will only be 45'C so dehydration and sun stroke should go well. The labour parties form of democratic (or was that dictatership)style of forcing daylight saving onto us got them one of the term in government (clever ha). referendom two thousand or so might see it come in, till then hope not.
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you got to love it , and yes
you got to love it , and yes im a mexican , jus means you get to have a beer earlier everyday aswell
wadetolley
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good and bad
Love having a beer and wandering around the backyard till 9pm at night. But not so happy when your working at the mines and you have to do a 13hr nightshift!
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roberta
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I'm not for
or against it. Younger people seems to want it. I think DLS is good for is
A....travelling, especially hot weather, leave say 7.00am really 6.00am
B....pulling your craypots, go out at 8.00am really 7.00am
DISLIKES
A......Like to go down to the club on a hot night, sit and have fish & chips, but its a hour later still to hot
B......hate cooking bbq say 6.00pm really 5.00pm and still bloody hot, especially in Leeman, we get hot afternoon sun straight on front of our van/annexe
C......when kids were little in Melbourne, trying to get them to sleep when still daylight, everybody go to bed and there'd be kids playing out in the street 10.00pm, while we tried to get sleep to get up at 4.30am to go to work.
Thats mine.....Bob can't stand it full stop.
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till
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Gaah Perth the last thing
Gaah Perth the last thing anyone needs is an extra hour of daylight. Its horrible stuff, so bright and shiny.
Now, if we were voting for siestas!
Milly
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Yep
Bring it on
Now working in Perth love the thought of daylight after work although im sure the wifes list will get longer to match day light hrs.
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good for my fishing bad for
good for my fishing
bad for my kids,
SPESS
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i dont really give ashit
i dont really give ashit because after two weeks or so you forget about it any way. But maybe i prefer it i think.............
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Simon C
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IF i worked an office job
IF i worked an office job and no kids I would love it, but with kids and working night job it is reasonably shite. Just means longer hours at work for the same $$$ and very hard to pick when too staff up.
feral1975
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Just like wade says , my
Just like wade says , my guys i supervise weren't happy doing the extra hour and wanted to be payed for it , but they are sooks
Neander
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I dont understand this
I dont understand this argument.
When the clocks are turned back would they then want to lose the hours pay?
It is only one day, its not like they have to work an extra hour every night.
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salary coba
Were on a salary coba!
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carnarvonite
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Extra hour worked
There is no guarantee that you will be on the shift at work when the time changes back to normal--some one else will probably get the benefit
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yeah feral tell them to
yeah feral tell them to harden up.lol.
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I'm in two minds about it,
I'm in two minds about it, it has some advantages and some disadvantages. Either way I don't really care.
7739ian
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Another case of
arrogant politicians blowing us poor saps the rasberry. I voted in favour last time but will vote no now as will most people i talk to who work in construction. I leave home at 5.45am to drive 80k's to work and am heartily sick of doing it in the dark. The guys who like to start early on site can't which finishes their day in the hottest part of the afternoon and then home to drink too much because it's light till 9 and too bloody hot for the wife to cook.
Colin Hay
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I am pro Daylight Savings
But it has its good and bad points. I loike to fish around sunup and sundown. So in daylight savings I can sleep in a little longer, but have to stay out a bit later.
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dls
Im also not happy that my curtains and boat will fade quicker now..ha ha
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Lol Wade
I hope my chickens don't stop laying.
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Not all bad
more time for a fish after work got the kids some dark blinds they will never know ..........
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Love It!
Nothing wrong with it I say! Nothing better than finishing a long day at work and knowing you can still get in a few hours fishing.
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Yep It's Great
Fishing after work or crab diiving in the swan at 10:00pm either way a midnight BBQ is on the menu! Yeah I love it - the mrs puts the kids to bed and we are gonna have new born in a couple of weeks so no will be getting any sleep anyway!
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Good luck with the next one MattT
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Good and Bad
Good if you want to do something ouside in the evenings, bad if you want light early in the morning - VERY bad for my chicken job because I have to start 1 hour later!
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Like it
Means I go fishing at 3.30 and be back at 9.30 and not have to worry about being cooked in my wok during the mid day sun!
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uncle
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nothing changes
still the same amount of daylight hours, we should have 1 time zone in auz.the fish don't know!
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also good for guys my age
also good for guys my age cos after school 3.30 we still have lots of daylight to go have a fish
im not that bothered though...but im more for it than against
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I'm all for it.
Get real dudes, it makes a difference for one day, then you kinda get used to it. The sun doesn't stay out any longer!!! It can't tell the time!!
It's great for them that work all day, you've still got time to do stuff when you get home. For those that work nights, it doesn't meen you work an extra hour, cause you start an hour later, der!!
It seems strange for kids to go to bed while it's light but, if they're tired, they'll sleep. If they're not tired then buy a black out blind!! It's not rocket science.
I'm sure I'll catch a biggy oneday.
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Mick.C
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its crap
If you work a twelve hour day the last thing you think is hey I wiil go fishing for a couple of hours then go to work again. it gets hot up here and starting work that hour earlier means we get out of bed an hour earlier, which means an hour more of sun and heat for the day. Roeborne was 45 deg by 900am last year. Daylight savings sucks if you work twelve hour days outside.
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Thats why i work underground
Thats why i work underground , no sun
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Yeh i used to be
Yeh i used to be underground. There is lot more to worry about than the sun down there (mainly mad drillers who have been left alone for to long).
Ollie
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mixed feelings
i hate it, i have u to get up at 4:45 4 mornings a week
dont mind it in the hol's thow hehehehe
sid
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grew up with it,so doesnt
grew up with it,so doesnt bother me
it is nice to have that extra hour of daylight,means i dont have to rush around after work to get to the water before its to dark to see
so i,m all for it
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boofhead
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all the extra sun causes
all the extra sun causes more skin cancer...... but even worse my lawn dies faster with the extra hour sun each day.... unless i use more water and then i get in trouble for using that extra water..... cant win...... and then there is the poor farmers that lose sleep cause of milking times being changed around.....
cheers Jes
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Are you serious?
Please tell me you are joking Boof!!
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yeah he's pissed off big
yeah he's pissed off big time with all the extra sun and how much more it will make his lawn grow, and how much extra mowing he'll have to do.....PMSL.
boofhead
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besides all the above the
besides all the above the roses dont like the extra sun either.... means i have to spend more money on rose feed than i normally do.....
water is expensive when you have to buy 10000 litres at a time......
and how do they think we are suppose to tell what time it is???? a clock works on 24 hours in a day so throw in another hour and the time gets all thrown out of whack.....
oh bugger it, i might just have to spend more time fishing..... damn... actually the extra hour will bugger around the fish feeding times as well wont it???? far out, this dls just throws the whole world out of whack.....
cheers Jes
Bloke
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Should be able to get
Should be able to get another four pack of bourbons in each day too, so it's not all bad with an extra hour.
25 hours in a day, wel at least it makes the maths easier....lol
boofhead
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so now i even have to spend
so now i even have to spend more on liquor???? another 4 pack a day..... far out.... when will this end????
cheers Jes
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at least your mull plants
at least your mull plants will grow better, therefore off setting the cost of your grog with all the extra heads to sell......FMDIF
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Love it! Should be all year
Love it! Should be all year round!!!
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Its not for everyone
But good for most people, world wide the majority wins
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THERE IS NO EXTRA
THERE IS NO EXTRA SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure I'll catch a biggy oneday.
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dpost80
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What???
Of course there is mate... the Gov't save it all up in winter and give it back to you now...
That's why it's called Daylight Saving...
Don't you get it???
fishRamma
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this solved it
Rodrat
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Harden up
One extra hour of daylight is a fishermans best friend!
Nothin like sitting in the tub or on the beach at night in calm warm conditions. Should be all bloody year rond! JMO
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Good call mate. I'm sure
Good call mate.
I'm sure I'll catch a biggy oneday.
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No way
Definitely against it
One of the reasons business put up for it was the time delay if you had to business with the eastern states--WHOOPEE--now they say WA is the power house of the Australian economy--well let the change their times to suit ours,after all we're making all the money.
Hated it the very first time we tried it with kids wingeing all the time from lack of sleep and shiftwork[8 hour shifts then ,not 12] made it near impossible to get sleep.
Everyone I've spoken to bar one has been against it BIG TIME
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Yep, definately knocks my
Yep, definately knocks my sleep routine around on shift.
I...am against it.
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No way
Best thing since sliced bread. Get home after work. Some light. Go fishing and still able to to rig up without torches etc. Start work at 6.30am. Dark anyway. It is the fun at the end of the day that counts.
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My Missus Hates It!!!
Excuse for not walking the dog is that its too dark.. starts walking (said mongrel) and then it's off again because some dipstick deceides to delay tha start of the day. Someone please explain that to our pooch.
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Yeah but at least as a
Yeah but at least as a deckie you get the privaledge of pulling the sea anchor for an extra hour IF you ever get another spot
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nah Al..... you have to
nah Al..... you have to "pay" for that privilrge
cheers Jes
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Yer bring it on, some arvo
Yer bring it on, some arvo fishing trips sound good to me
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daylight
not bothered really; apart from ignorant stiffs in parliment wasting tax payers money talking sh#t, could spend the money more wisely on fish research.....
but got to admit when i hear local business call for it cause it makes doing business with the East coast easier then kinda illogical when most WA peolpe wanna split from the Ecoast mob anyways. if you are so insistent on being self sufficent then why worry about what the Ecoasters.....
if ya gonna bring it in then align all the dates to switching on the same day.......
time better spent fishing i reckon
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yeah agree partly
but what happens when your boat needs a part late arvo and they dont have any stock here ,you need to get it from east but they are closed then you need to wait another day to get it fixed,that would be a real bumber
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damo6230
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late
agreed, would be a bummer but if you live north then you still have to wait a day or three to get parts mailed. nothing perfect.....
just life unforntunatley seeing we live so wide and small population.
one extra hour is such a small percentage in the grand scheme of things and patience is the VERY virtue fishers subscribe to......
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daylight
I'm old and i cant remeber when the last referendum was held in Oz for such nonsence.
got far more important social and now financial issues to worry about then wasting Taxpayers $$.
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The_Wanderer
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Yep its a good thing. More
Yep its a good thing. More time to fish, drink and socialise!
But agree If we are going to do it, we should wind our clocks back on the same time as the eastcoast.
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Brave call Ben - It's fine china
The 'federation' of states actually reaching consenus - I won't hold my breath
I remember when I was working at Telstra - I was trying to line up a(n) (MS) Net Meeting between stakeholders in Tazzy, NT, QLD, SA, Vic and NSW and me in WA. What a bloody nightmare LOL!
We had product clients throughout Oz - so we dealt with ES first and WA in the afternoon.
If there was any issues that had to go to ES management or the 'supa techs', we'd organize that the day before - to be handled before C.O.B ES.
Maybe we should adopt China's approach and have the same time
- would make life interesting. Of course we would use WA as the standard ! 
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Yeah being 3 hours behind
Yeah being 3 hours behind Melbounre and Sydney is a joke! Another positve for Day light saving!
LoL can you imagine the up roar from the other states if they had to go by WA time!
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Is WA still in australia or
Is WA still in australia or has it been moved ofshore
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Yeah!
Shove it to those psuedo eclectic geographically challenged narcisticists!
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Yeh that’ll be right using
Yeh that’ll be right using those long university words on me just to confuse me..
Now where’s that dictionary.
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In favour of DL saving
Big supporter of DL saving for tonight at least, as it means I've got to do a 11hr shift instead of the usual 12. Opinion may change tomorrow thou.
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