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There's No Reason

There’s no reason for this change Make us move our clocks all forward Always leaves me feeling strange Maybe better if we ignored Daylight Saving’s overblown Not like it is farming season Why can’t they leave time alone There’s no reason ———— A Leigh Hunt Rondeau: (Da)babcdcD using trochaic tetrameter and catalectic feet (missing the final metrical foot), so 7:8:7:8:7:8:7:4 Many people sweat the time change - I can't really say it bothers me much, but seems an anachronism of times past...

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Date: 3/13/2023 5:24:00 PM
We're about to move our clocks back and so get an hours more sleep... Agree, not a great fan of fiddling with time.
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Date: 3/12/2023 2:03:00 PM
it always takes me a few days to really adjust to it, but i agree that there doesn't seem to be a real reason to keep making these changes...
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