Airman1 said...

CAN EVERYBODY REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ON MAY 16TH.
IT WILL BE A REALLY CLOSE VOTE.
LAST NIGHT WAS DARK AT 814PM.
IF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS VOTED AGAINST WILL BE DARK DURING SUMMER JUST AFTER 7PM!!!!!
IMAGINE GETTING ON WATER AFTER WORK AT 6PM AND HAVING JUST OVER 1 HOUR OF SAILING!!!!!

IF YOU LOVE THE WIND VOTE YES

CHEERS

Elmo?

im a big fan of it elmo because i can pop down the beech after a 12 hour shift and its not dark
i guess that most people against it are famblies with yung kids who are loosing out on sleep

I guess the overwhelming response to longer evenings will be a resounding no.

We live in a fantastic part of the world blessed with beautiful everything and spoilt only by the people who are too set in their ways to see any benefit in change.

Sad really.

Vote Yes
I even had to re enroll just so i could vote yes

Mobydisc said...

busterwa said...

im a big fan of it elmo because i can pop down the beech after a 12 hour shift and its not dark
i guess that most people against it are famblies with yung kids who are loosing out on sleep

How do kids lose out on sleep with daylight savings? If the kids get up at the crack of dawn they will get up at the crack of dawn.

One good thing about NSW is this debate is never heard and never will be.

I am FOR IT but I can see why some are not. Moby it is pretty simple:

If you live in the bush in a house with no aircon the kids won't go to sleep until 9:30pm if you're lucky. For many people the kids have to leave home at 0700 for the 90min drive to school on the bus so that means getting up at 5:30 or 6:00 and kids are a handful after insufficient sleep every night for a month.

For some people in rural communities summer is bad enough in a stinking hot house and it is still 30plus outside at 7:00pm. The DLS can really be tough on some people and the attitude of the cappacino-set who can walk 10min to the beach each evening is a bit annoying to them.

As I said I am all for it out of pure selfishness cos I can sail more.

BundyBear said...

Sorry Elmo red thumbs to go with your red fur

My fur is thick (bit like me)

You know I am gonna take the puss out of this lot though just can't help myself

Greenroom said...

I reckon Elmo is scared of daylight savings because his fur will fade and his friend Mr Snuffleupagus wont know when to come home?

UV Stabilized Baby SBF 50+

Got it in preparation for the hole in the ozone layer getting bigger which is causing global heating because of all this extra daylight we are getting

kids just in to bed 907pm wtf
when is adult time
to sleepy
if the kids had the vote it would win hands down

I can understand there are specific situations where daylight savings makes life more difficult. Mark's example could happen. However in these situations there are answers. For example in western NSW has similar issues with school children and the hours of school.

The NSW Department of Education is trialling flexible school hours in a number of western district schools, starting school later and breaking the hours up a bit. Some of these schools face huge difficulties with staffing, ie 30% turnover of teachers a year, and students achieving basic literacy and numeracy outcomes.

The point is Sydney and Perth are at similar lattitudes, thus they have similar lengths of days and nights. Daylight savings won't fit all, perhaps we need a bit of flexibility. Most WAers live around Perth, most would benefit from daylight savings, reducing time differences for interstate business, after work recreation time etc.

I used to live on the Gold Coast QLD and dawn would break about 4.30am high summer and it was sunny by about 5am. I hated it coz all the bloody birds would be squarking and carrying on.

In the end though, daylight savings doesn't increase temperatures, doesn't stop cows from laying eggs and isn't a sign from the book of Revelations of the return of the anti-christ.

What about Queensland? We are still in the DARK AGES!!!