Another pointless clock change is coming up Sunday, and it made me wonder what’s going on, timewise, in the rest of the world.
Time change: The glorious upside
Written March 10th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Another time change. Nothing we can do about it, so we might as well do our best to ignore the hassle and look for the bright side instead.
What time change? Just say no
Written November 3rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Rather than fulminate against the coming switch back to standard time, how about this for a change: Let’s try to ignore it.
Another time change looms: Nuts!
Written March 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The insanity of our semiannual time changes has long been established. No additional proof is needed, but we’ll get it anyway on Sunday.
End time change? It’s hopeless
Written March 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
One day into another round of daylight saving time, we might as well admit it: As pointless and destructive as this ritual is in the modern age, we are not going to get rid of it because most people don’t care.
Initiative would ban Oregon PDT
Written November 13th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
David A. Miles, a resident of Medford, wants to make daylight saving time unconstitutional in Oregon. Good luck to him.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Daylight saving time, Oregon legislature, PDT initiative, Standard time
Tags: Daylight saving time, Oregon legislature, PDT initiative, Standard time
Daylight time again, but why?
Written March 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
By now you may have gotten over the effects of the time change last Sunday. And if you were lucky, you didn’t fall victim to the increase in the frequency of traffic crashes that is said to be following the springtime switch. This is what our lawmakers are counting on. They count on us to get over […]
Another reason time change is dumb
Written October 30th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
So you wanted another argument against changing the clocks back to standard time on Sunday morning? Well, the Oregon Liquor Commission has just provided one, though it probably did not mean to.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: bars and taverns, Daylight saving time, OLCC, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Standard time
Tags: bars and taverns, Daylight saving time, OLCC, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Standard time
Leave the time alone!
Written October 27th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Daylight saving time is about to come to an end for the year, so naturally I feel another rant coming on. On Nov. 3 we are supposed to regain the hour we lost last March. But mucking about with the time — why do we do this other than that Congress decided long ago that […]
Cal vote might help on twilight rides
Getting a late start on my Sunday bike ride, I got caught by the gathering dusk. Then I thought of California, where on that general subject, the majority of voters this month had the right idea.
Tags: California vote, Daylight saving time, Proposition 7, Twilight bike riding