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4:45am and it's daylight

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Created by WA Surf > 9 months ago, 14 Dec 2009
WA Surf
WA, 336 posts
14 Dec 2009 5:47AM
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I'm just still pissed off about the demise of daylight savings. But hey I could mow the lawn about 50 times and still make it to work.

harrysurfer
WA, 254 posts
14 Dec 2009 7:34AM
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i find it hard to sleep once it gets light

Fooosh
WA, 563 posts
14 Dec 2009 8:10AM
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^^

I've stopped kiting, started surfing and surf lifesaving. I love it!!![}:)]

Also long morning runs on the beach....

GreenPat
QLD, 4108 posts
14 Dec 2009 11:40AM
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I got to work by 7am today. I think that means I can leave at 3.30 this arvo...

If I get off seabreeze and do some work...

megsie
35 posts
14 Dec 2009 10:27AM
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ive been working off exmouth and it getting light around 4

Factory
WA, 266 posts
14 Dec 2009 11:20AM
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Im pissed too!!

I hope all those anti DLS ignoranuses are getting out of bed at 4.30am (its getting light at 4.35 right now) instead of 5.30am like they would have last year.

rhinoman
QLD, 362 posts
14 Dec 2009 1:23PM
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sounds just like a average day in qld

the gaz
WA, 173 posts
14 Dec 2009 11:46AM
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I'm finding I get out of bed earlier on the weekend than I do during the week for work.

That is WRONG.

Alfred007
VIC, 37 posts
14 Dec 2009 3:24PM
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Is there any way to revert this retarded decision?! I can't see any benefit..
Yeah maybe for scavengers or people working in a bakery. Wow!

Danger Mouse
WA, 592 posts
14 Dec 2009 1:07PM
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Even if they work in a bakery though Alfred, it's not really going to make much difference to them as they will be inside.

I'd say that the vote has stuffed it for at least the next 10 years

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
14 Dec 2009 6:54PM
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HA HA HA HA HA


HA HA HA HA HA

HAAAAA HA HA HAA HA

Yeah,I wish they would STOP DLS here in NSW.

Im so sick of finishing work at 4PM, then having to go kiteing for 4 hours till its dark.

It really sucks.

mattyjee
WA, 575 posts
14 Dec 2009 4:38PM
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My Mom voted "No" to daylight savings much to my disgust.

Recently she moved from country WA to Perth.

Yesterday she said, "Now that I live in Perth I've realised that daylight savings would actually be pretty good".

Grrrr!!!

(She also voted "No" to extended shopping hours and has changed her mind on that one too).

James
WA, 549 posts
14 Dec 2009 4:44PM
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Alfred007 said...

Is there any way to revert this retarded decision?! I can't see any benefit..
Yeah maybe for scavengers or people working in a bakery. Wow!



If everyone who voted for it , in the future, voted for the Day Light Saving party , it would get through, or at the very least,we would'nt have to wait 17 more years for another refferendum. Extended shopping was voted down but we're gonna get it anyway. What does that tell you ! ! ? Vote for the Day Light Saving party at the next state election.

the gaz
WA, 173 posts
14 Dec 2009 5:03PM
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The really sad thing lotofwind is that so many people here thought voting no was such a smart thing.

Of course it makes sense to have 2.5 hours daylight before you go to work, why would you want to enjoy it after work.

There aren't many western countries in the world that don't have daylight savings, so to claim that you've voted no 3 times on the issue really shows how forward thinking you are.

Slack
WA, 685 posts
14 Dec 2009 5:14PM
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the gaz said...

The really sad thing lotofwind is that so many people here thought voting no was such a smart thing.

Of course it makes sense to have 2.5 hours daylight before you go to work, why would you want to enjoy it after work.

There aren't many western countries in the world that don't have daylight savings, so to claim that you've voted no 3 times on the issue really shows how forward thinking you are.


Well Gaz I thought you had more sense too. I voted No because at this point in time DLS doesn’t suit me. We each have one vote and can vote Yes or No, it’s not an intelligence test as some people on this forum would like to believe, it's just a personal preference.

For those in favour of DLS you need to convince the No voters that THEY will be better of with it not just calling them “ignoramuses” etc.

Alfred007
VIC, 37 posts
14 Dec 2009 11:10PM
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Is there any law saying that the next vote can only be retried in 10 years or something?
I really don't understand why the majority voted against it.
Most people go to bed later than 21h and wake up later than 5h, so they will have more daylight.
Very few people start working at 5 or so..
Apparently, some prefer less daylight because of reduced skin cancer, especially people in rural areas voted against it.
But why should they care? Some farmer dude can make his own "business hours", opposed to people working in the city. And they tended to vote for it.

buckwheat
WA, 85 posts
14 Dec 2009 8:23PM
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Alfred, you're forgetting about the cows fading

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
15 Dec 2009 7:21PM
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I heard that all the people in WA are backwards imbreeding ugly freeks that are scary to tourists, so the Aussie govenment where trying to keep y'all hidden in the dark for as long as they could, so as to keep tourism alive.

(might be a rumour...............I might have started)


sorry.




yeah Id have the **s if they ever stopped DLS in NSW.

I think they could even make the change to 2 hours instead of one.

Jono
WA, 50 posts
15 Dec 2009 11:26PM
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I get up early for my job and at 5.30 its bright sunshine and the steets are completely empty. Where are all the people who could only exersise in the mornings ? Meanwhile I just missed my second session in a row of great wind because of lack of daylight thanks for that.

Mr float
NSW, 3452 posts
16 Dec 2009 9:31AM
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I thought about moving to WA for about a minute once but then I thought about the whole DLS bizzo over the years and Wilson Tuckey and all the LArge L conservative neanderthal thinkers who hail from there and thought about being around those who support such freaks ..brrrrrr-eeeewwww.. Too scary

GreenPat
QLD, 4108 posts
16 Dec 2009 11:26AM
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If it wasn't for the wind here I don't think I'd be here. Thankfully, after getting stuck into the boss for voting no, I told him I was working flexi-time this Summer.

harry potter
VIC, 2777 posts
16 Dec 2009 2:08PM
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Hate to rub it in

........but plenty of people are kiting until 9pm here in Victoria

Thats 4 hours of after work awesomeness each night

buckwheat
WA, 85 posts
16 Dec 2009 5:44PM
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Jono - you are so freaking spot on! Thats my biggest gripe - you can bet that only a tiny fraction of the NO voters are actually using their daylight, whereas an enormous proportion of the YES voters would've used theirs if it had've been voted in.

Could be worse - I lived in northern Japan for 12 months and they don;t have daylight savings. It was light by 3:30am in summer. At least I wasn't kiting then so it seemed only mildly retarded at the time.

windtechno
VIC, 372 posts
16 Dec 2009 9:30PM
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Thats why melbourne is awesome you can kite or windsurf at 9 o'clock at night

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
16 Dec 2009 9:56PM
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windtechno said...

Thats why melbourne is awesome you can kite or windsurf at 9 o'clock at night


Thats cool but,,,,,,,,why would you want to windsurf





Beersy
TAS, 753 posts
16 Dec 2009 10:12PM
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^And surely you'd want it dark so no one could see you

graceful
WA, 773 posts
16 Dec 2009 7:56PM
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^^^^ plus you'd want decent wind

windtechno
VIC, 372 posts
16 Dec 2009 11:49PM
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graceful said...

^^^^ plus you'd want decent wind


dont know melbourne that much do ya guys?? most the time you will see just as many guys windsurfing on wave gear in the bay as you do kiters out sailing and sometimes you see more windsurfers out all sailing pass 8 o'clock.

windtechno
VIC, 372 posts
16 Dec 2009 11:50PM
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Beersy said...

^And surely you'd want it dark so no one could see you


and ya from vic, good one mate most the time i sail with about 30 other windsurfers in a windy afternooon

Factory
WA, 266 posts
16 Dec 2009 9:45PM
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uuuummm.... Perth?!

even without DLS we'll always spend more time on the water.

Wow, we even get a rest this week!

Beersy
TAS, 753 posts
17 Dec 2009 8:53AM
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windtechno said...

Beersy said...

^And surely you'd want it dark so no one could see you


and ya from vic, good one mate most the time i sail with about 30 other windsurfers in a windy afternooon


Well then, why not discuss this with them, in the windsurfers forum



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