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* How are you holding up with the time change?
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:00 am
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A little jet lagged, but otherwise OK. It helps that today is such a beautiful, spring-like day. Having the sun up until 7pm is great. Leaving work with sunlight is great. Yesterday was rough on me, but I’ll survive and it’s worth it.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:06 am
I do better with the later nights. I prefer this to be our permanent time.
Comment by Lurker Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:07 am
Ugh. Morning train nap did not help
Comment by OneMan Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:07 am
Also, I appear to be adjusting better than the CapFax clock. Lol.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:07 am
===adjusting better than the CapFax clock===
I forget to change it every time. It’s like an annoying tradition or something.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:08 am
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Comment by Peoples Republic of Oak Park Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:08 am
Time change didn’t hit too hard this year because my biorhythms are already a mess from several weeks of cold symptoms/OTC meds.
Bring on the summer warmth already.
Comment by hisgirlfriday Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:09 am
A little groggy - I like the time change though - I don’t want the extremes going with a permanent change (either daylight or standard) would bring.
Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:10 am
The key is to be an old retired guy and not worry about the clock. Sleep when you want to or get up when you feel like it. Highly recommended,.
These days I only have one real clock to change- the rest are computerized and self-changing.
Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:10 am
Having grown up on the western edge of this time zone in another state (a little further south), I would also prefer if this became the permanent time year round. I did go to school in the dark in the winter, so there might be a safety component to that I no longer deal with but which others may find a challenge, but I still vote for permanet daylight savings time.
Comment by 32nd Ward Roscoe Village Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:15 am
It has never bothered me
Comment by NotRich Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:15 am
I recall my father had two signs in his business with Hours Open. One went in the window November 1st through February 28th and the other was displayed March 1st through October 31st. I don’t think there is anything wrong with Standard Time and businesses can adjust their times of service if they choose.
Comment by Marlene in Plainfield Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:18 am
Never had bothered me.
Comment by JS Mill Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:20 am
It never bothered me.
Comment by Matt Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:21 am
Retired, so clocks are mostly an abstraction now and yes it is as wonderful as it sounds.
Comment by Give Us Barabbas Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:25 am
Huh…whaaa…oh, sorry, I must have dozed off…what was the question?
Comment by Pot calling kettle Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:30 am
it’s a reminder how dangerous it is for the rural kids wating for bus pickup.
Comment by Blue Dog Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:34 am
My eastbound AM commute had slowdown cased by two accidents likely due to sun glare. But I will enjoy sitting on my deck after work - so take the good with the bad.
Comment by Donnie Elgin Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:34 am
Great. The dog isn’t bugging me for dinner quite as early. There will be a price to pay with “fall back,” however.
Comment by George Ryan Reynolds Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:37 am
No big deal.
Comment by Lt Guv Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:38 am
I AM STUCK TALKING IN CAPS LOCK
Comment by Dirty Red Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:39 am
I like the fallback better- an extra hour on a Sunday is always appreciated.
Comment by Frida's Boss Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:58 am
Just fine. I don’t change the time. I just keep my local time set to Central Daylight Time all year. I lived in Indiana during the time when they didn’t do the clock change thing. When I moved back to Illinois, it really made it obvious how pointless it was to change clocks. Indiana got rid of ignoring the time change, but the gloriousness of a life not changing the clocks twice a year for no reason at all has stuck with me since.
Amazingly, nobody has beaten down my door to punish me. If I have to have a meeting with someone they always include their time zone so nothing really changes in the day-to-day stuff. The vast majority of my day involves interacting with people not in my same time zone, or even in my country. It’s just second nature to have the thought “what time zone is this person in” so even adjusting to most locals still changing their clock is easy, since it’s just another time zone to adjust for - even if I’m geographically right next to them.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 11:59 am
Yesterday was good. Daylight until 7:30 pm where we live and one less hour in the day for the Leader of the Free World to spout harmful gibberish.
Comment by Retired IEPA Worker in Colorado Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 12:10 pm
Time change does not bother me. But I greatly prefer it being light later. If we lock in one time permanently I hope it is DST. If not move Illinois into Eastern time zone
Comment by M Python Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 12:27 pm
In South America, so there is no daylight savings time change. However, the time difference between where we are and home has been reduced to 2 hours. Which will make the return time adaption a bit easier.
Comment by Huh? Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 12:28 pm
normally, I’m great with it. somehow this year i’m foggy, really tired last night. aging.
Comment by Amalia Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 12:48 pm
The weather has made it rather bearable.
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 1:04 pm
I keep irregular hours. I was somewhat out of it on Sunday … but I did make it to church on time. Today it’s just a normal day.
Comment by RNUG Monday, Mar 10, 25 @ 1:18 pm