I won't be driving in daylight until Spring
By Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
Northampton, England
October 26, 2015 4:50am CST
It was lovely having an extra hour in bed yesterday morning when the clocks went back but now I have to face it that we're really heading into the dark part of the year. The thing that always makes me sad is knowing that from now until March my commute to work and back is going to be in the dark. I find that really dreary. Luckily I am in a better position than my US colleagues who work in an office with no windows - at least I can look out and see daylight from our office.
The other thing that makes me sad is that my evening walks around the village are going to be dark for many months. I've been trying to squeeze in as many post-work, pre-dinner walks as I could but from now on they'll all be in the dark.
What do you most miss when the clocks go back? Or do you live somewhere where they don't and where the days are the same length all year round (like Singapore for example)?
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@spleendingo1 (799)
• Grand Haven, Michigan
26 Oct 15
Our clocks will go back one hour this Sunday. But I work 3rd shift, so it'a always dark when I leave and dark when I come home. I'm kind of used to it and doesn't bother me though. When I do go out in sunlight I scream "WHAT IS THIS YELLOW BALL OF PAIN IN THE SKY!!!" lol 
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
26 Oct 15
We go back to Real Time on November 1st. Every time the time changes my circadian rhythms get whiplash. I'd like to see daylight savings time done away with forever; it seems these days it's nothing but a social control.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@boiboing ok, sign me up! I'd love to be in your travel shoes, lol.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
26 Oct 15
Ours won't go back for a week yet. I do remember the years of driving to work in the dark and then driving home in the dark, it can be rather depressing. It's like spending your whole life at work. But one thing it did afford was the opportunity to see spectacular sunsets through the office windows. If I were home when the sun set, I woult have been busy maing dinner, tending to children and never see it, I remember those sunsets, they were gorgeous.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
26 Oct 15
This time of the year is the hardest because of the shorter days. I always feel a lot lighter once Christmas comes and the days start getting longer.
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
26 Oct 15
For me once the 21st of December is past and the days start to get longer, my spirits rise again.
@KnehKnah (3582)
• Philippines
26 Oct 15
We also had daylight saving time when I was still in high school & during the later part of my college years. We found it exciting as we had to have dinner (at 7), even if there was still the afternoon sun. So, at 10 in the evening, I used to crawl out from bed & look for camote. Ha! Ha! Ha!
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Oct 15
Wow sounds scary. Lucky we don't do that here on the islands. Our clocks never move. I am sure people really wouldn't like it much if they did that to us here.
@destry (2567)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
26 Oct 15
I quite like th darker evenings, walking around the village and seeing all the lights on in peoples homes - everyone looking all cosy and comfy!
