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[Ghost Of The Year]

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This might be the first time change in ages where I didn't hear any sort of talk about wanting to end it.

Ironic given everyone thought this would be one of those executive orders that gets signed off on.

We have about 6 more months so hopefully the US does decide to just keep things the same and we're not changing it again in the fall. Leave daylight savings time permanently. Sure, peak winter in some places might have sunrise being as late as 8:20am (I'm using NY as an example), but it also means the EARLIEST sunset would be 5:28pm.

In a world where 9-5 days are so common, it makes sense to have later sunrises and later sunsets. As for schools, the latest sunrises are around the time they're about to be off for winter break so that's fine.

I have heard chatter from the talking heads on my tv the last couple weeks again about ending it altogether but I didn't think it would be the federal government that wanted to end it, that sort of mildly surprised me. I thought it would be each individual state that would decide to end using daylight savings time because that's how it came about in the US. No idea about Canada. In the US it evolved over many years where each state started using it at various times. This wasn't a thing that was put into place and every state started using it on the same exact date. Heck, some states never adopted it, so I've always thought any state that decided it didn't work to their benefit would be able to opt out. I apologize if this post is against TOS. I certainly don't intend to make a political statement with it. I personally don't care either way. I just would think there should be nothing holding any state from rejoining the other states that don't use DLS.

EDIT - So i was just reading the law and it does indeed state explicitly that any state can absolutely opt out at any time it chooses. To which I then further extend my previous statement by adding that any state that wants to keep using it shouldn't be forced by the feds to stop using.

[Majingir]

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I have heard chatter from the talking heads on my tv the last couple weeks again about ending it altogether but I didn't think it would be the federal government that wanted to end it, that sort of mildly surprised me. I thought it would be each individual state that would decide to end using daylight savings time because that's how it came about in the US. No idea about Canada. In the US it evolved over many years where each state started using it at various times. This wasn't a thing that was put into place and every state started using it on the same exact date. Heck, some states never adopted it, so I've always thought any state that decided it didn't work to their benefit would be able to opt out. I apologize if this post is against TOS. I certainly don't intend to make a political statement with it. I personally don't care either way. I just would think there should be nothing holding any state from rejoining the other states that don't use DLS.

EDIT - So i was just reading the law and it does indeed state explicitly that any state can absolutely opt out at any time it chooses. To which I then further extend my previous statement by adding that any state that wants to keep using it shouldn't be forced by the feds to stop using.

The way I understood it:

Canada has unofficially agreed to put an end to time changes, but it's contingent on the US doing so too (since it would mess up a lot of things from a business perspective, tv, sports and so much more).

But I also heard the US wanted to do the same, which is why it's surprising to me that the first time change of the new presidency has had less talk than usual about it since that was one of the things being mentioned wanting to be done.

Individual states could do their own thing, but I think if/when anything happens, it'll be a move that impacts every state (or at least every state that previously had time changes).

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Maybe I wasn't paying attention or perhaps it was too cloudy, but I don't feel like I got my extra hour of daylight today.
Guess I'll try again tomorrow.

[dubcity]

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Maybe I wasn't paying attention or perhaps it was too cloudy, but I don't feel like I got my extra hour of daylight today.

Guess I'll try again tomorrow.

Maybe the funding for that extra hour of sun was cut? Idk.

[TheMatrix31]

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The sun sucks.

[Majingir]

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The sun sucks.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Random musings from the local ballfields watching my grandkid and nieces play ball, seeeing a ton of dogs on leash makes me wonder why you never see a cat on a leash.

[l3ulvl]

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Random musings from the local ballfields watching my grandkid and nieces play ball, seeeing a ton of dogs on leash makes me wonder why you never see a cat on a leash.

when I was a kid my grandma had to wrangle her outdoor cat in by putting him on a leash and connecting it to her clothes line


he still found a way to catch birds!

[Majingir]

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Depending where you are/what you want to consider the start date, this time of the year marks the 5 year anniversary of when the world shut down.


The 10th-13th is around the time stuff started being cancelled/shut down, but by the week of the 15th is when things really took off and regulations started being put in place.

Still such a crazy time to look back on and even though that time felt like it lasted 5 years in its own right, it's also such a small part of people's lives from a time perspective when you realize it really was about a 2 year thing depending where you live from the time regulation began and when most or all were lifted.

I miss being able to time everything. You knew things weren't busy all the time so if you went shopping at specific places at specific times there'd be almost nobody there. Parking also wasn't an issue.

Work from home is one of the best things to come out of the pandemic. Opening people's eyes to realizing how much of their job can be done remotely.

On the flipside, one of the worst things for me to come out of the pandemic is realizing just how bad/unclean everything is. Stores, businesses, public transit having to advertise they're ramping up cleaning their stuff, it's like....did you NOT do any of these things before? It's not like you need to fully sanitize everything all the time, but everyone basically indirectly admitted they've never cleaned, and ever since the pandemic ended things have definitely gone back to the way things were before (in a bad way).

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Depending where you are/what you want to consider the start date, this time of the year marks the 5 year anniversary of when the world shut down.


The 10th-13th is around the time stuff started being cancelled/shut down, but by the week of the 15th is when things really took off and regulations started being put in place.

Still such a crazy time to look back on and even though that time felt like it lasted 5 years in its own right, it's also such a small part of people's lives from a time perspective when you realize it really was about a 2 year thing depending where you live from the time regulation began and when most or all were lifted.

I miss being able to time everything. You knew things weren't busy all the time so if you went shopping at specific places at specific times there'd be almost nobody there. Parking also wasn't an issue.

Work from home is one of the best things to come out of the pandemic. Opening people's eyes to realizing how much of their job can be done remotely.

On the flipside, one of the worst things for me to come out of the pandemic is realizing just how bad/unclean everything is. Stores, businesses, public transit having to advertise they're ramping up cleaning their stuff, it's like....did you NOT do any of these things before? It's not like you need to fully sanitize everything all the time, but everyone basically indirectly admitted they've never cleaned, and ever since the pandemic ended things have definitely gone back to the way things were before (in a bad way).

I still see a ton of people wiping down their cart at Walmart. I can't recall ever seeing that don pre-covid. Whether they still continue in 5 more years, I dunno but I bet that it ends for the most part. I hated 2020. Worst year ever.

[Majingir]

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I still see a ton of people wiping down their cart at Walmart. I can't recall ever seeing that don pre-covid. Whether they still continue in 5 more years, I dunno but I bet that it ends for the most part. I hated 2020. Worst year ever.

Some people might continue doing it on their own, but no way businesses care about cleaning stuff the way they were suddenly forced to.

Even February 2020 when all they told people was to "wash/sanitize your hands", so many of those sanitizer dispensers were empty and places barely cared enough to refill them.

[SmashMan]

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I still see a ton of people wiping down their cart at Walmart. I can't recall ever seeing that don pre-covid. Whether they still continue in 5 more years, I dunno but I bet that it ends for the most part. I hated 2020. Worst year ever.

I'll do the handle if the store has wipes at the door but if not I don't think about it. I'm not going out of my way to sanitize everything, you know? I never really thought about it but people touch a lot of crap, lol. On one hand, it hasn't killed me yet. On the other, if a store has wipes out I can take the 5 seconds and pretend I did something.

I think it of kinda the same way I do for separating out the recycling. Was I going out of my way before? Nope. But they give me a separate can and putting a box in one can vs another isn't a big deal.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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I used to be a big crackers in chili guy, lotsa crackers especially if i'm eating chili without tomatos. Yeah, chili without tomatos is a crime but sometimes it happens. Anyway, no more crackers for me. The Pringles Hot One's brand, Roja flavor, a thousand times better than the crackers. I can't really eat Roja Pringles by themselves but in chili, three words: Ex cell ent. Highly recommend.

Heads up, don't rub your eyes.

[AUChase]

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I used to be a big crackers in chili guy, lotsa crackers especially if i'm eating chili without tomatos. Yeah, chili without tomatos is a crime but sometimes it happens. Anyway, no more crackers for me. The Pringles Hot One's brand, Roja flavor, a thousand times better than the crackers. I can't really eat Roja Pringles by themselves but in chili, three words: Ex cell ent. Highly recommend.

Heads up, don't rub your eyes.

Chili cheese Fritos
BBQ Doritos
Nacho Cheese Doritos



Chili seems pretty controversial. My general thoughts are that most chili is okay and people pretend to be overly picky about it but if I'm making it I do a long prep Chili or I'll use a quick recipe which consists of:

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Onion
Jalapeno
Garlic
Tomato sauce
Tomato paste
Diced tomatoes
Hatch green chiles
Williams seasoning or a box of the 2-Alarm depending on how spicy I need it to be.
Hot pork ground sausage
80/20 ground beef.
Bush's Chili Magic -- I like the Campfire style but some reason reason it's way more expensive than classic homestyle.

[pietasterp]

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I'm with you, AUChase.

Also, chili cheese Fritos are just about the best snack food ever invented. I can't even have them in the house if I'm trying to be disciplined at all, because I can easily house a bag without even noticing.