Daylight saving time

[wiseheart]

... I still hate it. Not the fact in itself, it really doesn't bother me, but the switch as such. We forgot about it and watched the telly quite late, so I slept about 4 hours tonight. I can't sleep in in Sundays, no matter what, as Mum has to be ready to attend Mass via telly by 8.30am, which means I have to get up on Sundays an hour earlier than any other day. Gah!

Also, our outdated technology refuses to adjust the clock of the satellite receiver, the video recorder/DVD player combo and even my dinosaur of a mobile phone. Fortunately, I've developed various tricks to force the things to cooperate, but it's still bothersome. And I still got beaten by Mum's mobile phone, as always. *sigh*

So, Mum prepared for her religious duties, I took down the dried washing, wrote two and a half pages in an unexpected bout of inspiration, made another finger puppet - and simply collapsed after lunch. Mum collapsed, too, so we had a nice, long nap.

After that, I glazed and decorated 82 biscuits (with Mum providing moral support), and with that, the day is basically over. Which is odd, as it's still bright in the outside. This will take some getting used to again.

Oh, and BTW, does anyone know what happened to Stories of Arda?

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Will the biscuits remain untouched until Easter?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Some of them go to other families anyway, so yeah, ours probably will. We've already eaten the ones that didn't turn out pretty enough. *g*

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I love it, when it is getting dark later! Since most of my gadgets won't show the actual time I don't even think about adjusting the time! Poor you, Sunday is made for sleeping in! Stories of Arda has indeed vanished. Have you tried Waybackmachine?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

How do I do that?

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Type in waybackmachine, then search for stories of Arda. If it's a temporary glitch, it will tell you the archive is still alive. If not, you can try an old snapshot of the site to get to the fanfiction you want to read. I have to admit that waybackmachine is a bit picky, some things are easy to find, others not at all...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the help. The site seems to be back at the moment, but who knows for how long.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

as I was saying elsewhere we had to do this earlier in the states and I think it's dumb too. At least my blu ray player did it by itself, I only had to reset my watch and the clocks on my stove and microwave.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My computer and tablet did it by themselves, too, but everything else I had to reset by hand... or at least tried. Most aged pieces of electronics valiantly defeated my feeble attempts.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

82? Go you!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's nuffin', compared with the baking frenzy I sometimes orchestrate before Christmas! *g*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

True.

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

I hate daylight saving. Here is Western Australia we had a trial of it and then had a vote. The 'no' vote won:)

Half the Australian states have daylight saving and the other half don't

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious!

[meathiel]

I really wish they'd just leave one time all year round and I don't even care which one. Just don't change it, FFS!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I totally agree!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

We tried ditching BST one year and everyone was up in arms. It seems that parents didn't like their kiddies walking home in the dark. The fact that, in the dead of winter, they are still walking home in the dark, did not carry any weight. So British Summer Time returned.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It seems that parents didn't like their kiddies walking home in the dark.

Which can be a serious problem during summer holidays, right? *g*