non-daylight savings time
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Sun, 2009-03-29 07:23
well its over again , back to normal time
i dont know how many others had this prob but i went to bed later than normal and woke up at 7:15 thinking i had had a bit of a sleep in , only to find out half hour later that i forgot to set the time on the clocks back 1 hour . Damn i didnt get a sleep in it was realy only 6:15 when i woke up
so what does everyone think of daylight savings?
i personally like it but it should have finnished a month ago and started a month earlier
it would be interesting to know others thaughts on this
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dito
i agree i like it but it needs to finish earlier.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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should have gone longer this
should have gone longer this year so we had more evening daylight in exmouth for fishing lol
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i dont think it would make
i dont think it would make any difference to you mat as your going to be drunk anyway and wouldnt notice what the time is
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i dont like that comment lol
i dont like that comment lol but kat pissed herself laughing, as i said sandy better watch herself up there, hahaha
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sorry mat , couldnt resist ,
sorry mat , couldnt resist , i know you dont drink much
now that guzzling came in
jk mate , but why should Sandy watch herself ,?
you reckon you might hit on her when your in a drunken stupor
Over those 2 weeks i think there might be a bit of drinking done by all after all thats what hollidays are for
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nah i told her i was going
nah i told her i was going to annoy her every night hahahaha, and yeah i suspect theres going to be a need at the caravan park for the recycle bins to be emptied daily not weekly lol, i know im so looking forward to enjoying my holidays
oh and my vote is for daylight saving, grew up with it all my life, love it
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Not For Me
I'm a morning person, so I'd prefer the light early in the morning, rather than at night - especially when heading out fishing. Just my personal opinion, if it's adopted by the majority, then I won't loose any sleep over it (well, maybe 1 hour at the commencement
).
I agree with Allrounder though, I think going through to the end of March is too long. It's too dark in the mornings.
Also, I think the referendum needs to be more than just if you want it or not, we should take the (expensive) opportunity to at least guage the start and end dates as well.
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Loved every day of it
I thought it was great. loved the daylight hours later in the evenings great for the old gathering around the BBQ and so on.
But with Skin cancer being such an issue these days its really just think its not the brightest move considering there are many people out there that cannot look after them selves letter lone there young.
Ill be voting yes!!!!!!!
Its a bit late to go home early.
Its a little late to head home early
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Shove it!
I will take today as an opportunity to have a line in the water at sundown and still get home at a reasonable time for dinner and early night ready for another day at the orrofice tomorrow. Missus can start walking the dog again in the morning..We can get back to doing business with our Asian partners in their time and not ours....Why is it so important that we adjust our clocks to suit Eastern States hours?
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I was a YES voter and have
I was a YES voter and have been for years but I think the problem with voting yes is March will stay in. I don't think the pollies will remove March as they'd really prefer it to be extended to April also to keep up with over East.
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So is that a yes or a
So is that a yes or a no?????
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Yes for me
Will be vote for Daylight saving for sure
Like a few others I think it has run a little too long..
But do like the extra hour of daylight when I get home from work.
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No Here..
Neighbors mowing lawns @ 7.30 - 8.00 pm weekdays, when we have 35dge days, still hot at 8.00 PM(i just want the sun to go down)not all of us have air conditioners and i can't take luke down to the river for an arvo-evning fish, and still get him home at a reasnoble time to be up for school the next day.
P.S.out of curiosity how many people on here have moved to WA in the past 5-10 years from the eastern states?????
P.P.S.ive lived here 28 years.
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Working late?
There's normally council laws that state you can't mow lawns or work on building sites after a certain time (from memory 6.30pm). You might want to check that out.
Also, Luke isn't going to be that young forever... When he's 15 you'll be wanting more light so he can do exactly that.
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Perhaps Close!
According to the PerthNow (Sunday Times) 'news' website, the vote so far is YES - 50%, NO - 48% and UNDECIDED - 2%.
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Absolutely most definite and always most profoundly YES
Wake up when its dark anyway for work. Get home and wow, hours of light to play and fish. Can even take the boat out for a evening fish. LOVE IT.
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Needs to be at least 2
Needs to be at least 2 months shorter.
It also has many workers going to work inside the same traffic window later in the period which overloads the road infrastructure to some extent.
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I'm a yes
would like the start and finish dates changed preferably, but whatever as long as it is implemented IMO. I love knocking off from work and still having 4 or 5 hours of daylight to get the boat out for an afternoon fish.
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When you have small kids...
...harder to put them to bed when it gets dark later. Not a big deal during summer holidays but when they're at school before or after that it's a hassle trying to get them to sleep a normal amount of hours.
Used to do my craypots before work prior to DST. Now you can't legally pull 'em before 0600 so that was the end of that. Fortunately there's still diving!
We've had some pretty bad mossie issues here in the Peel Region over the past couple of years...extra hour of light in the evening means an extra hour of biteys! As far as that extra hour to get the boat out in the arvo...seabreeze usually cans THAT idea most of the time!
As you can see, I'm against it, but regardless of whether you want it or not, it was voted down three times in previous referendums and they still had to jam it down our throats. That's NOT a democracy, that's bringing in stuff whether the people want it or not....
And if they're so big on keeping in line with the Eastern States, why are there two or three public holidays (Foundation Day, Queens Birthday, and I think Labour Day?) that are different from over there? As far as Asia goes, we're only one or two hours different from them anyway, since they are more north than west or east!
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As far as Asia goes, we're
As far as Asia goes, we're only one or two hours different from them anyway, since they are more north than west or east!
The Asia scenario is an interesting one. Probably as relevent.
Really if business needs it that bad then the relevent businesses should start their staff half an hour or an hour earlier if really neccessary. Even NSW could go an extra half an hour with their staff to make up the difference.
30 minutes isnt going to affect people too much with todays technology.
WA is diiferent to NSW that the light is less relevent in WA.
Personally I think DS will be dead once gain.
What are the applicable businesses that need the syncronisation?
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"What are the applicable
"What are the applicable businesses that need the syncronisation?"
Any that deal with the eastern states on a daily basis and those that have head offices there also.
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I dont understand how
I dont understand how mossies can tell the time
I'm sure I'll catch a biggy oneday.
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I love it
Yeah I love it - more time in the arvo and it's a bit of a change.
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Cant wait to get Rid off it
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It was great this morning
Sherbs, Uncle Stu, Topper and I went to Hillarys chasing the fabled Hillarys snapper and I am sure that all the other regulars forgot to change their clocks and they turned up an hour after sunrise.
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snapper
So Col, did you have as much chance of seeing the Loc ness monster in Scotland... as catching a snapper a Hillarys?
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I did manage to find one Wade
Unfortunastely it was way under legal size. But it was a god sign that maybe the rare Hillarys snapper might be a chance to be captured.
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good onya
Good onya Col ! I think you the man to do it. Gives me faith now, that there is more than just wrasse around Hillarys reefs
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I'm a no voter for DLS, was
I'm a no voter for DLS, was funny this morning tho, had 2 turn up for shift an hour early this morning and one 2 hours early when he put the clock forward another hour Haha' 13 hour shift sucked but.
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Definite
Definite NO from me,possitively hate it.I'm a morning person and not into letting the mossies have a feed on my precious blood waiting for the sun to drop
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daylight
Can't say I'm a huge fan,theres still the same amount of datlight hours
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im all for it.....i fish in
im all for it.....i fish in the afternoons until dark so it means i get to fish more :P
didnt really effect us this morning wen reub and i got up to go fishing early....
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It's a yes from me
I dont mind people saying they dont like it thats fine but the excuses the no voters (a lot of them) use just dont make sense you dont get yes voters coming up with all sorts of reasons why we should have it...they just like it!and if you dont like it you dont like it.
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If we didn't tamper with time
We wouldn't have such a debate going on now. Time and again WA has voted NO. These feelings were ignored and time was adjusted as a trial. We don't need an excuse NOT to have it IMO it should never have been introduced against the wishes of the majority. No excuses for me, I just think it sucks.
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I am not really for it or
I am not really for it or against it, there are things about it that i love and things about it that suck for me. But in the referendum i will probabley vote yes, even though as stated many times before i wish it would end a month earlier.
Just on Auslobsters view:
"As you can see, I'm against it, but regardless of whether you want it or not, it was voted down three times in previous referendums and they still had to jam it down our throats. That's NOT a democracy, that's bringing in stuff whether the people want it or not...."
I believe this democracy at it best. I am 27 and have never been able to vote on the subject of daylight savings as i have never been old enough to. So i think it is good to have these refurendums every decade or so to see how the general public of that generation what to live their lives. In saying that though i do believe if it does get in there should still be votes later on to see if it is no longer wanted. Just because something is voted in as yes doesnt mean everyone will want it forever like wise just beacuse something has been voted no the past few time doesnt mean everyone will never want it. The vote is there to gauge our societies changing views and wants for that period of time.
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Well said!
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Referendums
A referendum should give a once and for all final decision,not having to go through the whole rigmarole over and over again.Its too bad if you missed a chance to have a vote on it.I wouldn't mind a vote on WA joining the rest of what was Australia or the referendum on seceding from the federation in the early days but its not going to happen.
The same goes for the latest one for extended shopping that is going to be ignored and Sunday shopping introduced.Its not hard to see why the general public has a great mistrust of politicians
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Im glad its over
Im glad its over! Were getting new curtains in our bedroom, because they have faded so quickly in the last couple of months
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the milk might start to
the milk might start to taste normal again hahaha
nah, i like it but it needs to finish a month erlier, no problems with it in the peak of summer, love the long hot evenings.
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Definitely voting YES
Definitely voting YES !
Being dark by 6.30pm tonight was hard to take..
I prefer having my kids going to school in the morning when it's on average 5-7 degrees cooler during DLS.
Coming home the hour earlier makes bugger all difference, because the temperature is generally dictated by the Freo doctor coming in.
Did some research into the afternoon temps, after reading on some blogs how many people were whinging about kids coming home from school in the hotest part of the day.
Sure, on some days it was marginally warmer at 3.00pm DLS time than it would have been on non DLS, but across the board there was stuff all difference. In fact in most cases it was marginally cooler at the conclusion of school, as the sea breeze was already in.
Personally I'd like to see DLS in 12 months of the year !
Might be a bit of a struggle in the middle of winter, would still be dark at 0800am
, but at least it wouldn't be dark by 5.30pm !
I can hear the morning beachside cappucino sipping whinging brigade already.......
Ahh.... until the end of October when we reset the clocks again..... I can't wait
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It's Crap
my guys hate it - no early starts on site so they finish the last few hours of the day in scorching heat - plus when i get home and look for a beer the wife hands me a shovel instead. If god wanted us to have daylight saving he would have had the sun go down an hour later. OK for shiny arses like Matt Birney and all the wallopers from the business sector.
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benny bopster Hate it with
benny bopster Hate it with a passion. Barely get time in the morning to do anything before work like pull cray pots or surf. Basically just robs light from the morning people and gives it to the arvo which, in my opinion ,has enough already. But thank god it's finally over and should be forever!!! Hip hip hoo f$%&ing ray!
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Vote yes. please.
More people do things in the avo any way.
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I am 27 and have never been
I am 27 and have never been able to vote on the subject of daylight savings as i have never been old enough to.
Thats why its been brought up again because the older crew are against DS but many have dropped off the perch since the last attempt at getting DS through.
DS wont be shortened because its about east west business syncronisation not you as it is spin doctored.
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My previous post was
My previous post was unclear, but i'm definately YES. i'm also YES to CHANGE of ANYTHING in Perth as we need to shake up a sleeping city.
YES change the Perth Foreshore and oceanside by creating more resteraunts, cafes, clubs, jettys etc...
YES change to 7 day trading
YES build a resort up in Ningaloo including an ecological management plan that the resort would contribute to
YES privatise Rottnest so it gets taken out of incompetant government hands and becomes a world renowned resort that locals can still enjoy
In the words of my lovely wife.... YES YES YES!
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Bragger!
LOL.
I'm all in favour of some of the infrastructure changes you mention. I would also like to sit at the football in a seat that was large enough to accomadate my knees and my (not so large) backside. Unfortunatly, this state is governed by a creton who advocates doing nothing and spending diddly squat in times when we really should be investing in infrastructure. The treasurer is still intoxicate by the smell of female stuff on seats LOL. But hey; we still need to spend money interogating the community about an issue that has already, on several occasions, been laid to rest.
I have lived in WA for most of my life. I have also lived in Sydney and experience the YES YES YES GO GO GO life. LOL I like Perth the way it is. It's clean, pretty well thought out and is just a great place IMO.
It's a bit of the old FIFO in my mind.
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SPENDING ?
SPENDING WHAT VINCE ,BORROWED MONEY ? WELL I FOR ONE DO NOT WANT MY HARD EARNT MONEY [TAXES] SPENT ON BLOODY FOOTBALL GROUND SEATS ECT., THE BILLIONS SPLURGED ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE LAST MOB SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON ALL SORTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE . BUT NO , TO BUSY LOOKING AFTER THERE MATES IN THE GOV JOBS . THE BEST 5 YEARS IN THIS STATES HISTORY DOWN THE DRAIN . F*#K THE ALP FOR THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE.
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Can't find capslock huh, the
Can't find capslock? The internet really is very accessible these days isn't it?
The last mob didn't give a fsck about infrastructure? I seem to recall them taking the train to Mandurah, and thats after the other guys stopped the trains for all of perth. Were you one of the people pissing and moaning about how much it cost at the time?
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And your vote for daylight
And your vote for daylight savings is....
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OK don't shout at me.. LOL
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you know this thread wasnt
you know this thread wasnt meant to bring up political arguments
but i do agree with vince , this state is great just the way it is
if it aint broke dont fix it
just get rid of all the pollies
back to the subject of daylight savings
my sleep pattern has been stuffed up with changing back to normal time but im sure i will get used to it if ds does come in just end it in febuary
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Goodbye DSL
Dont you just hate buggering around with time twice per year, for what ,kids to spend more time in the sun getting an extra dose of radiation. Last time [and only time] I rode the train, I recon I was the only punter to pay for the ride. Talk about free transport. Mined you It dosnt pay to have money in your pocket around the trains because there is a fair chance It will become someone elsers after they mug you. $650 cost for every man woman and child in this state for one percent of the population to take a mostly free ride. How about some hopsitals or new schools for most of us to enjoy not just the 1%for trains to Mandurah.
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I love it, ill be voting yes too.
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Yes
Will be voting Yes, works well for me. Even though my mates dislike it for the getting up early/dark for work, they do love the extra hours to go fishing afterwards.
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Politics...
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Makes me wonder how many Yes
Makes me wonder how many Yes voters have come over from the eastern states to rape WA during the mining boom and push house prices through the roof. Then want to bring thier bad habits (daylight savings) with them.
I was dead against it before but now I couldnt really give a f@#ck.
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loved it
a big YES from me.
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yep yes for me to Much
yep yes for me to
Much prefer driving to work in the dark and getting an extra hours light in the arvo to do things at home, or even make a run to rotto to get the cray pots!!!
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YES yes
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