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Reminder: Please spring forward to Capitol Hill Daylight Saving Time

 

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It is not good for your body and it can throw your timing for a loop. Capitol Hill Standard Time is ending Sunday. It is time again to jump forward to Capitol Hill Daylight Saving Time. First envisioned by Ben Franklin to give Americans an extra hour of daylight for brunch, CHDST is the crappy one. At 2 AM, your clock jumps ahead to make it 3 AM. You lose an hour of sleep. The cool one happens in the fall and gives you an extra hour of sleep. Your dogs and cats will be confused by all of it. Your kids and friend who is bad at “telling time” will be, too. The good news? The sun won’t set until after 7 PM starting Sunday night.

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MarciaX
MarciaX
3 years ago

Well, let’s be honest: For most of us it means losing an hour of TV time, not an hour of sleep (unless you have to be up for Zoom church). But either way, changing clocks gets more annoying with each passing year. Thankfully, Congress appears ready to pass year-round DST before we “fall back” later this year. (Who says bipartisanship is dead?)

fluffy
3 years ago

The thing about Ben Franklin’s “invention” was that he was satirizing someone else, and then a later person mistook his satire for a sincere idea.

jseattle
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3 years ago
Reply to  fluffy

sounds like CHS! :)