Does the time change mess you van dwellers up?

Workers had a long night setting Stonehenge back 1 hour.

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rruff said:

The great majority of people are on a clock schedule so this isn't an option. Also if you are able function on a sun schedule, then the time change shouldn't effect you either. BTW, didn't see anything about children in that link.

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OP didn't ask how the time change affects "most people". She asked us each individually. And I haven't cared about a clock schedule for over 10 years.

jacqueg said:

OP didn't ask how the time change affects "most people". She asked us each individually. And I haven't cared about a clock schedule for over 10 years.

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I was replying to someone else, not the OP... and I need to work around other people's clock schedules, so it does effect me. If I'm camping it's only when I go to town. So in answer to the OP's question it isn't a bother when I live in a house... and it's even less of one if I'm camping.

I don't understand the issues people have with changing clocks. I have 6 of them that need to be changed, and it takes maybe 15 min? I wish it only took that long to do income taxes...

We went on year round DST in 1973. There was overwhelming support at first, but that fell swiftly. People did not like going to work in the dark. Also there were some morning accidents involving school kids that were attributed to this. And if you use standard time, then the sun comes up too early much of the year (way before people typically get up). People who have schedules tend to really like more after-work evening sun in summer. Changing the time twice a year is very sensible to me. If we had to pick one though and stick with it, I'd much prefer DST.

Do people realize that yer avg Joe didn't have a clock until very recently in human history... the clock *was* the sun...

In France there was a region of the country where people "hibernated" in a way in the winter... they literally slept most of the time all winter..

So clocks are not something humans have had a lot of time to adjust to...

I think Forest had it right when he said" When I am tired I sleep, when I am hungry I eat, and when I have to ... well you know"

RVnaut said it well. I’d say it this way “what the hell is a Clock?” One of my several careers in my life was tour operator. I owned a bus tour company and had about a dozen employees working for me and I myself did the majority of the touring with groups. It was not unusual for me to be leading a bus tour on an exact schedule six days a week from April through December. I lived by the clock and calendar. Not only were my days filled with scheduled places to be with the group I was conducting, but also I carried the schedules and itineraries of the other groups that I was working with through my Employees. I did so many hundreds of tours of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Amish country that I got to develop an acute sense of how long it takes to get from place to place and mentally kept track of all of the buses being guided by my employees While guiding mine. I had quite a reputation among the restaurants, theaters and vendors for being the guy that was always on time. I carried a notebook with a see-through cover, having my itinerary for the day under that cover, where I could refer to it without opening the book. Inside the book, were the itineraries of all my other employees. I developed an unconscious habit of looking at my watch every few minutes or more I’m not trying to brag but. I developed an unconscious habit of looking at my watch every few minutes or more I’m not trying to brag, but I became very good at timing things. I believed it was absolutely necessary to use an analog watch so that my mind could in one glance keep track of the time I had spent in the past minutes and hours and the time I needed to keep on my groups schedule for the upcoming minutes and hours

since I retired from that, I have learned to ignore time, unless absolutely necessary. It is Wonderful freedom to be rid of that.

And the more I think of it I am not really a van dweller. I sleep in a van and carry in that van with me all the things (Minimals to most Americans) necessary for living. But I really live outdoors, I am an outdoor dweller and my van is a tool to make that happen. Clocks and calendars are necessary in my life especially with all the medical things I’m dealing with doctors visits and therapy, etc.. But they don’t rule my life. There are very few dates end times written down on my calendar. I now have the freedom of not looking at my watch more than once, or twice a day. Basically the sun or at least daylight and darkness have become my watch. When I’m camping in the woods of Perry County Pennsylvania I am aware of the fact that at noon and 6 PM there is a church in a little town of plain that broadcast “bell music“ from its steeple. I don’t rush around conscious at the time so that I can experience that beauty. But in the back of my mind, I know when it’s available and if I’m in that area I’ll drive by but it does not control my life.

I have to be honest about one part of my “schedule“ that does still control me. When I am in that beautiful mountain community of Perry County Pennsylvania, (Tuscarora state Forest) My mind subconsciously keeps track of the days of the week particularly Friday and Saturday because a little Amish lady named Mrs. King has a small bake shop on A rural Road near the forestry office. mrs. king and her girls make some of the best baked goods and other edibles at that place. I can go most of the week without knowing what day it is, but subconsciously I know when Friday and Saturday calm and I know what time is a day to be at the bake shop in order to enjoy a fresh warm doughnut. if watches, clocks and calendars are evil, I consider my Friday Saturday bake shop visit to be a necessary evil

another way I keep track of time subconsciously is the itching on my back as my wings start to grow because I am a snowbird heading south Soon.

thanks for starting this thread because I have used it to revel in the fact that I don’t give a damn about clocks and calendars anymore (as much as possible)

God bless those of us who learn to live by the sunshine and darkness and weather. My wallet controls my schedule more than any watch your calendar. If I had a great deal, more wealth that wouldn’t be true.

This is a beautiful post and these are the lovely reflections I love to hear and hope to inspire when I start a post. Thank you for your thoughtful reply!

nature lover said:

since I retired from that, I have learned to ignore time, unless absolutely necessary. It is Wonderful freedom to be rid of that.

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I lived with a pager on my hip as an ISP from 95-02... the ISP was 24/7 and so was I if the need arose...

RvNaut said:

I lived with a pager on my hip as an ISP from 95-02... the ISP was 24/7 and so was I if the need arose...

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Same here but as a biomedical tech. I didn't mind getting paid double-time and a half on holidays.

With all of the more major irritations of life, I don't worry much about changing two clocks and my watch twice a year.

When I drove from Cali to Maine eons ago, I changed my watch then, too. No real pain.

The semi annual time change is so so to me.

As pointed out earlier, summer camping in Arizona doesn't have a daylight time change impact to me coming from PT. Standard time would be a different matter.

Then there is camping in Utah with MT coming from PT in Nevada. Had to reset an alarm for an hour earlier, the alarm was for a time on the East Coast.

While in Utah, I also found out that Weather Underground data, no matter where a personal weather station is located, the daily data can only be downloaded after midnight PT.

graycurlsvanning said:

I know that for those of us still stuck in fixed homes, many (most?) people I talk to hate changing their clocks. Does it have a greater impact on those of you moving about in-between different time zones or is it no bother because life styles are more flexible? Do tell...thanks.

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Az doesn't change the time yeaaa

All my clocks change themselves now, except the microwave. I used to have this wonderful little "real" (aka analog) alarm clock that made the sound of a loon, but it died (I found a different loon sound online and put it into my phone, but I still miss the little analog guy). I'm impressed that y'all have all these real clocks still!

I guess I’m a go with the flow kinda guy on this one. Don’t get the panties in a bunch either way. That’s not near as annoying as towns were this week you can park this side of the street next week the other. Always wondering which week you woke up to today.

This thread reminds me of when Mr Bear asked Mr. Rabbit if poop stuck to his fur.......

RvNaut said:

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I know... like since the beginning of time!

There is a time of day display in my car radio and also one on my phone.

But tick tick tock, I do not own a clock