Hot Rods Time change and winter

.......I think you are correct. Seems I heard that as well.

 

Retirement, ain't it great!

 

I'm retired so the time change doesn't bother me. I eat when I'm hungry and I go to bed when I'm tired.

 

you know what's worse than it getting dark at 5:00 PM? working construction in the dark and freezing at 6:00 A.M. I don't mind the time change, but I hate winter with a passion and I live in California where the weather is pretty good. our coldest daytime temps here are usually in the 50's. ....61 right now. Brrrrrrr!

 

I hate winter and the cold more the older I get. But in the winter is when I do whatever I have to to get the coupe ready for racing etc. come spring. It sucks having to heat the shop up and keep all the doors closed but I do it every winter. On the up side, keeps the beer cold.

 

Tomorrow, December 21, is the shortest day of the year and the first day of winter. So the amount of daylight will gradually get longer for the next 6 months but the amount of warmth lags the daylight by a couple of months. Also, the farther north you live in the northern hemisphere (or south if you happen to be in Australia) the greater the swings in the amount of daylight. So tomorrow, the sun will set a little sooner and raise a little later in Minnesota than it will in Texas. But in 6 months, Minnesota will have longer daylight than Texas will. And no matter where you live you will receive the exact same number of hours of daylight per year as everyone else. The "short" days balance out the "long" days.

Just be thankful that you don't live past the Arctic Circle. I've got relatives in Alaska. Remind me to ask them if they give a rat'sass about Daylight Savings Time up there.

 

Good post. Now let's not bugger our poor old planet up more than it is.

 

Winter sucks. And it sucks more every year. Bring back summer

 

Hello,

Time change out West meant more time in the water. It was nice to be able to paddle out as the morning sun was just breaking the sky. But, it was 4:45 am and the sky was starting to change. That was the best time for me. I could get in almost 2 hours of catching waves and enjoying the morning, before the masses started arriving around 6:30-7:00 a.m. This was the ultimate solitude. Me, the rhythmic waves, the sound of the board slicing the face of the wave and what was pumping behind me, all the way to the end.

It was a time period that would last until the time change and then it was dark in the morning. It sounds like a person being selfish. But, as the years rolled by, that was the only way to get quality alone time and great rides early in the morning. It was like we were the only things moving and it gave us time to see what it was like at the beach a 100 years ago.
A. Brewer
(The walk down the dusty trail to Salt Creek Beach in the OC, was amazing. No Ritz Carlton, no homes, just a dirt lot, barren hillsides, scrub brush areas, and plenty of waves pumping into The Point. Sometimes it was quiet driving, down the dirt road, in the silent morning.)

Like others, when we had our first dog, for some reason, she slept until we woke up. Or when I left to go to the beach in the dark, she looked at me like I was crazy and plopped back to sleep. These days with our 14 year old dog, when the time changes, it does not make a difference. He gets up when he wants us to get up creating some early morning, old age, bone creaking, while taking the dog outside.

The good thing is, afterwards, we fall into a deep sleep until it gets light. Sometimes, the early morning chill wakes me up and as tired as I am, cannot take a deep sleep nap until later in the morning. The time change creates a solitude and great looking, quiet sunrises until the masses start the work prep and traffic.

Jnaki

Cruising on the highways to the beach in my 40 Ford Sedan Delivery was always a fun time, despite the cold. We knew what was waiting for us as we took the long drive down the coastline. A warm jacket and a warm drink helped settle the eyes and brain in the dark. When I took the Impala several times, the rumble of the motor, the warm heater and snacks made the trip pleasurable. But, that did not last long as the connotation of early morning risers, the black Impala, plus surfing did not go together and we took a lot of guff about it.

How interesting…the mountains and in-city cruising…the Impala was ok…the beach and surfing… no way. But, the time change allowed me to have some solitude and excitement while slicing some clean glassy waves at our local beaches. It did not hurt to have a cool hot rod for those trips to the beaches in So Cal.

 

I feel really sorry for you NOT... But we have been blessed with some very warm December day's lately just about 50°-55° during the short day's over here. But it won't last long that's how Old Man winter is here in Michigan. Soon we will be back to the Freezing day's and frozen night's here in Michigan so I don't feel sorry for you one bit that's great weather to us Michiganders. Enjoy your warm winter's and a Happy New year my friend...

1Nimrod

 

Not a big fan of winter after being a mailman for 22 years. As a kid I loved to play in it, but could always go in and get warm when I wanted. I don’t have heat in my garage either, so I took up restoring/repairing old clocks after I tore my Achilles’ tendon one day at work. While healing I got some how to dvds and some clocks and tools and now mess with them in the winter, also make money helping others with their clocks. Win win. Love to work in the garage at night in the summer and will go all night, but have to drag myself out there and only do work on a have too basis in the winter.

 

Found that as you get older time isn't that important
What's important is waking up each day!