Reminder Daylight Savings Time This Week-end

Joy wrote:

bastXXXette

Jack Campin

I was supposed
to meet somebody in Pittsburgh but missed them as summer time had
ended the day I arrived.

Not sure I
understand why you missed meeting a friend because summer had ended
that day, though.
Joyce

I can understand it, because I once missed a plane in Arizona because they
don't observe Daylight Savings Time. If you think you are going to catch a
plane (or meet someone) at a certain time, and you get to the gate (or
meeting place) at the designated time, you can find that you are an hour
late.

Oh, I misunderstood the phrase "summer time"! We don't call it that in
the US. It's either "standard time" or "daylight savings time". When you
said "summer time" had ended that day, I was thinking, Sept 21, the first
day of autumn. And what did that have to do with not meeting a friend?

Never mind, I get it now. Just a linguistic error on my part.

Joyce

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"David Stevenson"
Kyla =^..^= wrote
Spring forward, ..so don't forget to set your clocks forward
1 hour Sat night 2 am or Sunday morning.
Except for Arizona.

Not everyone here is the USA, you know.

I have a question about the USA.

The rules used to be DST in the USA was 1st Sun Apr to last Sun Oct,
except in parts of Arizona and Indiana.

Didn't know about Indiania. I just heard about Arizona.

So what is it now? 2nd Sun Mar? Till when?

IDK, sometime in the next 6 months or so.
*sigh*
Kyla

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David Stevenson wrote:
Yowie wrote
Us Aussies have the same fun as you guys do in the USA. Some states
do Daylight Savings, some don't. And those that do change on
different dates. Its maddening.

So, Tasmania started Daylight Saving (Spring Forward) on the 7th of
October last year, whilst New South Wales (NSW), The Australian
Capital Territory (ACT), Victoria (Vic), South Australia (SA) and
Western Australia (WA) started daylight savings on the 28th of
October, 2007. Queensland (QLD) and the Northern Territory (NT)
don't do daylight savings. TAS, NSW, ACT, VIC, & SA stop daylight
savings on the 6th of April 2008, but WA stops earlier on the 30th
of March. In winter, Australia has 3 time zones - AEST (Australian
Eastern
Standard Time), and thats QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS. SA & NT are
half an hour behind behind AEST on ACST (Australian Central Standard
Time). WA is 2 hours behind AEST, being Australian Western Standard
time (AWST). In Summer, it has 5, because QLD and NT don't observe
Daylight
Savings But in the transitional period, there can be up to 7 different
time
zones, as states change on different dates.

And we've only got 8 states!

The pedants amongst us would say 6 states, and 2 territories.

Now who would the pedants be? And would the pedants cound places like
Norfolk Island & Christmas Island as territories? :-)

But what you write is interesting. I found out about DST when I was
there, and it seems to have changed [unless I got it wrong].

When I was there I was told that as well as NT and Qld, WAu did not
have DST.

I learnt that Tas was 1st Sun Oct to last sun Mar, the rest were
last Sun Oct to last Sun Mar. Now you tell me that all except WAu
change back a week later.

WA (thats its short form, not WAu) started trialling Daylight Savings in
2006. Its trialling it for 3 years, IIRC.

Yowie

Sherry wrote:

For some reason, Dale Evans comes to mind. Poor Dale. She was still
singing Happy Trails in that quivery old-lady voice. (not that she
was an accomplished singer to begin with, but you know what I
mean if you ever heard her in her later years)
I used to think there should be a mandatory retirement age for
rock and rollers, but there are some, Eric Clapton for instance, who
changed styles and are really aging gracefully.
Sherry

Some "pop" singers keep going (enjoyably) into ripe old age. Frank
Sinatra comes to mind - in later years he didn't sound at all like he
did when he was young, but he was always worth listening to. (Actually,
having heard him from when he first became popular, I thought he was
much better as he grew older - he was just another crooner with a
"gimmick" when he first began, but he really matured as an artist as
time passed.)

On Mar 10, 9:47*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Sherry wrote:
For some reason, Dale Evans comes to mind. Poor Dale. She was still
singing Happy Trails in that quivery old-lady voice. (not that she
was an accomplished singer to begin with, but you know what I
mean if you ever heard her in her later years)
I used to think there should be a mandatory retirement age for
rock and rollers, but there are some, Eric Clapton for instance, who
changed styles and are really aging gracefully.
Sherry

Some "pop" singers keep going (enjoyably) into ripe old age. *Frank
Sinatra comes to mind - in later years he didn't sound at all like he
did when he was young, but he was always worth listening to. (Actually,
having heard him from when he first became popular, I thought he was
much better as he grew older - he was just another crooner with a
"gimmick" when he first began, but he really matured as an artist as
time passed.)

Johnny Mathis is another. I've read he has taken excellent care of his
health (and voice) over the years. He still sounds like Johnny. And
he's
probably what, in his 70's?

Sherry

recently went to see Roy Clark, he could play as well or better than ever,
his voice was a little weak but he told us up front he was sorry this was
only a B show as he had just had a hip and knee replacement... and I would
pay serious money to see the A show, nothing like the long version of the
orange blossom special, Lee
Sherry wrote in message
...
On Mar 10, 9:47 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Sherry wrote:
For some reason, Dale Evans comes to mind. Poor Dale. She was still
singing Happy Trails in that quivery old-lady voice. (not that she
was an accomplished singer to begin with, but you know what I
mean if you ever heard her in her later years)
I used to think there should be a mandatory retirement age for
rock and rollers, but there are some, Eric Clapton for instance, who
changed styles and are really aging gracefully.
Sherry

Some "pop" singers keep going (enjoyably) into ripe old age. Frank
Sinatra comes to mind - in later years he didn't sound at all like he
did when he was young, but he was always worth listening to. (Actually,
having heard him from when he first became popular, I thought he was
much better as he grew older - he was just another crooner with a
"gimmick" when he first began, but he really matured as an artist as
time passed.)

Johnny Mathis is another. I've read he has taken excellent care of his
health (and voice) over the years. He still sounds like Johnny. And
he's
probably what, in his 70's?

Sherry

Yowie wrote
David Stevenson wrote:
Yowie wrote
Us Aussies have the same fun as you guys do in the USA. Some states
do Daylight Savings, some don't. And those that do change on
different dates. Its maddening.

So, Tasmania started Daylight Saving (Spring Forward) on the 7th of
October last year, whilst New South Wales (NSW), The Australian
Capital Territory (ACT), Victoria (Vic), South Australia (SA) and
Western Australia (WA) started daylight savings on the 28th of
October, 2007. Queensland (QLD) and the Northern Territory (NT)
don't do daylight savings. TAS, NSW, ACT, VIC, & SA stop daylight
savings on the 6th of April 2008, but WA stops earlier on the 30th
of March. In winter, Australia has 3 time zones - AEST (Australian
Eastern
Standard Time), and thats QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS. SA & NT are
half an hour behind behind AEST on ACST (Australian Central Standard
Time). WA is 2 hours behind AEST, being Australian Western Standard
time (AWST). In Summer, it has 5, because QLD and NT don't observe
Daylight
Savings But in the transitional period, there can be up to 7 different
time
zones, as states change on different dates.

And we've only got 8 states!

The pedants amongst us would say 6 states, and 2 territories.

Now who would the pedants be? And would the pedants cound places like
Norfolk Island & Christmas Island as territories? :-)

*I* do not know: but I have seen Australia advertising itself as 6
states and two territories.

But what you write is interesting. I found out about DST when I was
there, and it seems to have changed [unless I got it wrong].

When I was there I was told that as well as NT and Qld, WAu did not
have DST.

I learnt that Tas was 1st Sun Oct to last sun Mar, the rest were
last Sun Oct to last Sun Mar. Now you tell me that all except WAu
change back a week later.

WA (thats its short form, not WAu) started trialling Daylight Savings in
2006. Its trialling it for 3 years, IIRC.

I shall stick to WAu, if you do not mind, as otherwise it is confused
with Washington, a state a failed to reach by train in December. None
of the other abbreviations can be confused with North America.

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David Gimour, lead singer for Pink Floyd still looks good, plays his guitar
beatuifully and sings wonderfully for someone who just turned 62.
And he's aging gracefully as well
Kyla
"Granby" Ray Charles comes to mind. Why anyone let him continue to sing
and paid him
big bucks to do so is beyond me. When I hear some of the people I cringe
for them. I know it is in their blood to sing but......
"Sherry"
On Mar 9, 9:29 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
hopitus wrote:
On Mar 8, 1:25 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Granby wrote:
Well Dah! Guess who forgot what day it was and set her clock forward.
So,
I am up, showered, hair done and make up. I was standing by the
frontdoor
waiting on my ride to work and thought it was sunny that no cars were
at the
small factory across the street. Then, I thought if this was Sunday,
there
wouldn't be. Then, cars started showing up. A man and wife that work
there
and come sit at my picnic table in the warm weather for their lunch
hollered
and asked me why I was up so early. Oh well, another day in paradise.
Oops! :-) I did that once in California, Had a church choir job, and
managed to show up a good hour before the normal Sunday choir
practice!
(Better than the time I forgot in the fall, though, and barely got
there in time to sing for the service!)

Then are you still singing (my drummer relative calls jobs "gigs") for
fun
and/or profit, Evelyn?

Regretfully, no! One disadvantage of being fairly accomplished as a
singer is that you notice when your voice is no longer what it once was,
and will no longer do what you want it to do. Having heard a few singer
(including some really successful ones) who kept singing long after they
should have stopped inflicting themselves on an audience, I vowed I
would never be one of them! I still love music, and enjoy hearing
promising young singers, but I don't try to sing anymore, myself.



You never say much about it these days.
As for DST when I lived back on the east coast in south FL we were
always puzzled about the purpose of DST....it used to stay daylight
down there till about 9pm in midsummer. Since living in MileHigh I
can tell you I never knew the meaning of "dark days" before but
DST really makes a big difference locally; people get off work before
the dark curtain falls and have some time to linger outside with their
families in evening. And when the weather is bad daylight makes a
big improvement for their commute home on the interstates, which
are often skating-rink driving quality.- Hide quoted text -

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For some reason, Dale Evans comes to mind. Poor Dale. She was still
singing Happy Trails in that quivery old-lady voice. (not that she
was an accomplished singer to begin with, but you know what I
mean if you ever heard her in her later years)
I used to think there should be a mandatory retirement age for
rock and rollers, but there are some, Eric Clapton for instance, who
changed styles and are really aging gracefully.
Sherry

Aging? 62 is young! :-)

--
Joy

My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.

"Kyla =^..^=" wrote in message
...
David Gimour, lead singer for Pink Floyd still looks good, plays his
guitar beatuifully and sings wonderfully for someone who just turned 62.
And he's aging gracefully as well
Kyla
"Granby" Ray Charles comes to mind. Why anyone let him continue to sing
and paid him
big bucks to do so is beyond me. When I hear some of the people I cringe
for them. I know it is in their blood to sing but......
"Sherry"
On Mar 9, 9:29 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
hopitus wrote:
On Mar 8, 1:25 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Granby wrote:
Well Dah! Guess who forgot what day it was and set her clock
forward. So,
I am up, showered, hair done and make up. I was standing by the
frontdoor
waiting on my ride to work and thought it was sunny that no cars
were at the
small factory across the street. Then, I thought if this was Sunday,
there
wouldn't be. Then, cars started showing up. A man and wife that work
there
and come sit at my picnic table in the warm weather for their lunch
hollered
and asked me why I was up so early. Oh well, another day in
paradise.
Oops! :-) I did that once in California, Had a church choir job, and
managed to show up a good hour before the normal Sunday choir
practice!
(Better than the time I forgot in the fall, though, and barely got
there in time to sing for the service!)

Then are you still singing (my drummer relative calls jobs "gigs") for
fun
and/or profit, Evelyn?

Regretfully, no! One disadvantage of being fairly accomplished as a
singer is that you notice when your voice is no longer what it once was,
and will no longer do what you want it to do. Having heard a few singer
(including some really successful ones) who kept singing long after they
should have stopped inflicting themselves on an audience, I vowed I
would never be one of them! I still love music, and enjoy hearing
promising young singers, but I don't try to sing anymore, myself.



You never say much about it these days.
As for DST when I lived back on the east coast in south FL we were
always puzzled about the purpose of DST....it used to stay daylight
down there till about 9pm in midsummer. Since living in MileHigh I
can tell you I never knew the meaning of "dark days" before but
DST really makes a big difference locally; people get off work before
the dark curtain falls and have some time to linger outside with their
families in evening. And when the weather is bad daylight makes a
big improvement for their commute home on the interstates, which
are often skating-rink driving quality.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For some reason, Dale Evans comes to mind. Poor Dale. She was still
singing Happy Trails in that quivery old-lady voice. (not that she
was an accomplished singer to begin with, but you know what I
mean if you ever heard her in her later years)
I used to think there should be a mandatory retirement age for
rock and rollers, but there are some, Eric Clapton for instance, who
changed styles and are really aging gracefully.
Sherry

Joy wrote:
Aging? 62 is young! :-)

Yeah! My favorite opera singer will be 68 in August, and although he's
concentrating more on close to home (in Europe) concerts and teaching,
he still sounds fabulous!