So Hilary woke me up at 04:30 this morning. She had gone to sleep a lot earlier than she usually does and was wide awake this morning. I tried, without any success, to get her to go back to sleep and after awhile I gave up. When I turned on the TV I noticed the time said 6:00 am.
I thought to myself "boy that hour and half went by quickly!" and then glanced over at the clock. Five o’clock! Why was the TV wrong? It’s not daylight savings time, I mean that’s the first Sunday in April. I ignored the clock on the TV for about a half hour and then heard clients stirring, getting ready for a 7:00 am breakfast (far far too early on a Sunday if you ask me). Now I was really confused, so I opened the laptop and its clock was wrong also. A quick query on Google showed me that no, we now spring forward two weeks earlier every year.
So why didn’t I know about this. No one tells me anything.
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You should live in Saskatchewan – no need to change clocks here!!
I think we have George W to thank for that!
Clare – this seems like a good time to ask you about a story I read on the CBC news website a couple of days ago. Is this story accurate?
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/03/09/nu-sun.html
Hi Sis,
I know, good ol’ Saskatchewan. Now I won’t know what time it is there when I call.
Jennifer & Ian, I guess I’ll thank him. I actually think DST makes sense in the south. Hard to believe he may have got one right. Just wish he would have called and let me know.
Bev,
We’ve been hearing that for a few years now. Mostly from Grise and Resolute. I’ve not noticed it myself, and I’ve always found it strange that there is a contest here every year to “guess when the sun returns”. I mean its not like the earth and sun are changing their positions. The phenomenon that they are describing has been around forever. There is ample record in polar explorers journals of the sun rising, setting and then rising again. I will point out the article contains an example of my most infuriating pet peeve about peoples perception of the Arctic – “the usually always dark winter”. ITS NOT ALWAYS DARK, we get a lot of twilight.
I was going to tell you, but I got jealous because your sundog pics were so much better than mine…
Sorry about that. So, to make it up to you, I’ll fill you in that it’s going to be different in the fall, too!
LOL on my return flight there was an article in the Globe that reported nunavut and saskatchewan did not change! lots they know!