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Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
3/12/2019

Should we keep daylight saving time all year round?

58%
Yes WINNER

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42%
No

15

58%
Yes

19 Comments
Tim Powers
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Tim Powers

I would like the extra hour of daylight at the end of a workday during the winter months.

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Rachel Clara Smith
Rachel Clara Smith

I also prefer daylight after work as opposed to in the morning.

Ann Westbrook
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Ann Westbrook

Yes, get rid of it! So annoying to have to switch times, get use to new sleep habits for a few months. Just stay with one time or the other, though DST would be the best time to keep.

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Barry Rashford
1
Barry Rashford

I like it well lit in the evening

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Scooter Jones
0
Scooter Jones

It's a pain in the azz to reset everything!

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Scooter Jones
Scooter Jones

Maybe I should have voted no.

Cornelia H. Dunnings
0
Cornelia H. Dunnings

I don't like readjusting my body schedule, yearly.

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Joyce Koch
0
Joyce Koch

I can get more done when it stays light outside longer.

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Kristi Guentzel Gauthier
0
Kristi Guentzel Gauthier

Jumping back and forth doesn't make any sense and it messes with everyone for a month after

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Debby Johannes
0
Debby Johannes

I like that it stays lighter later at night

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Mary Podgers
0
Mary Podgers

I love the extended daylight. It also makes me feel safer when walking to the train after work.

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Debbi Rose
0
Debbi Rose

I don't care if we keep it or get rid of it -- just keep it one way all year.

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Jody
0
Jody

Because its pointless to even change it! Should never lose a hour or gain one! Just really stupid S**T! Plain and simple!!

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Julie Brantley
0
Julie Brantley

Like the old Indian commented, "white man only person who cut off one end of blanket - sew it on the other end of blanket in hopes to make it longer..." Sunlight is sunlight - regardless of the time.

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KELLY SHEPHERD
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KELLY SHEPHERD

Because I see no reason for springing forward and falling back it messes with your sleep and your over all health

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Heather Bree Russell
0
Heather Bree Russell

The time changes mess with my body for at least a week. Plus it is well documented there are higher rates of ER visits, heart attacks, and car wrecks around the time change. I

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Addison Haight
0
Addison Haight

i hate all the flip flopping, just let it be sunny in the afternoon all year long!

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George Russell
0
George Russell

Set it one way or the other and leave it be!

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42%
No

14 Comments
BJ Arey
3
BJ Arey

Get rid of "daylight savings time". Our bodies need sunshine in the morning to wake up. The extra daylight in the evening only makes me stay indoors. Sunset is too late to enjoy being outdoors.

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judith corey
0
judith corey

because, you know....I'm old....and old habits are hard to break

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Carole Strunk
0
Carole Strunk

If only this poll would change something. I'm guessing the majority of people voted 'no.' Do you post the results of this?

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Bill Jonke
0
Bill Jonke

Standard time. I need the sun in the morning. More apt to get up in a good mood and with no complaints

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Ellen Cristina
0
Ellen Cristina

It steals me one hour of sleep

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Tami Hanna Doiron
0
Tami Hanna Doiron

Like the saying has been shared around: why take an hour from the end of the day and move it to the beginning only to have to do it the other way around later? Just leave it alone already!

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Rachel Clara Smith
0
Rachel Clara Smith

The time change adds excitement to our lives, and makes the spring time that much more of a relief. :)

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Amy Carman Begnoche
0
Amy Carman Begnoche

I think we should keep it on "normal" time all year round.

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Jenny Carleo
0
Jenny Carleo

This is the worst idea ever! It messes up little kids schedules, confuses flight times, etc

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Florida Laura
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Florida Laura

Get rid of it altogether. It's a dated concept.

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Deanglea J. Edmond Bell
0
Deanglea J. Edmond Bell

What's the point now? It's bad on my health

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

Used to when we had one close. Now distance makes it difficult except on happy occasions. Couple times a year we are musical performers at one or two.

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