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ranforfan,

1. When I was posted in Edmonton and flew "night" training missions in the summer with a ful lmoon, it was never really dark.  We would plan our take off at 1 in the morning yet we could see the ground from 1,000 feet just like it was daytime.

2. With your Xmas light setup, December 1 would look like daylight outside.

3. Dark curtains - that is what they use in the North where the sun never sets in the summer.

4. (Last) Every time I see you avatar, I wonder a. are you mad and about to blow? b. are you cold and shivering? or c. are you trying to squeeze out a ....?

We actually dropped below zero for temperature here last night.  Ice on the horse's water trough.

Its my general winter avatar, switr1 seems to like it. LOL and its to early for my Christmsa one.

Yes I can see wuite clearly now that your more smartass than curious!! ROFL. Yes we have blackout curtains for our bedroom now as well as I use the eyecover thingys now. I wear them WAY better than Jennifer Aniston.

Have a great day bud! =)

I read an article recently about how utterly useless politicians are if they can't get rid of something so universally hated with no practical benefit in today's society.  The 'saving energy' argument just doesn't hold water.

As someone that works in the evening, I like "Spring-Forward", but I hate "Fall-Back"! When 5pm becomes 6pm and daylight outside in the Spring, I'm happy with leaving for work in light. But when 7pm becomes 6pm and dark in the Fall, I hate it. Living out in the country really sucks when you go from a bright house to your car and start driving on very dark roads without time for your eyes to get adapted to the dark. By the time they adapt, I'm in the city and adaptation isn't needed anymore. At least coming home from work is always in the dark and by the time I'm out of city lights, my eyes have adjusted to lower light levels.

My Mom's work schedule is exactly the opposite though. She leaves in the morning and goes home in the afternoon/evening. But she wants the same thing as I do, light on the way to work and dark on the way home.

I'd be happy to do away with clock-changes but only if we stayed on DST year-round. I don't want to see the sun rising in mid-summer when I'm about to go to bed! I also don't want sunset in mid-summer to be about 11pm. For those that don't know my location (NC, USA at about 35 degrees latitude).

The shivering penguin goes back to a news story about how it got too cold for the penguins at some Canadian zoo, so the were taken to a warmer place.  I think it was the same night that Ranfordfan's SK temperature was reported as being colder than the surface of Mars.  And yes, I do enjoy his avatar!

My Switzr how you retain useless information, we'd have a great time playing Trivial Pursuit. LOL Yes to all of them, and the addition that I was on my GD roof installing christmas lights in it. Drumroll please ................. I am doing it again. =) Not as cold at least but -16C today so could be better.

You could honor your friends here in the States and put on your Thanksgiving garb.

I'm not sure Cigs, someone might stuff me in thier oven!!!!! I always thought your Thanksgiving was just the dry rehersal for Christmas!!

I am actually going to trivia night somewhere tonight, Ranford.  Maybe they will have a penguin question. 

I keep such odd hours due to my health issues that the time zone changes don't really affect me. I don't know from day to do when i will be awake or asleep, and it's really, really frustrating. I only got two hours of sleep today due to a health issue acting up, for example, but I'm going to try again shortly.