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Time to set clocks back to standard reckoning

Friday, October 26, 2001

(10-26) 00:13 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Say goodbye to daylight-saving time this weekend.

Clocks shift back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, giving an extra hour of sleep to most people Saturday night -- and an extra hour of work to those who work the overnight shift.

And the change to Standard Time means it will be dark an hour earlier on Halloween, calling for extra caution on the part of drivers and those watching the children on their rounds.

Most people set their clocks back before retiring Saturday evening. Those who don't need to remember to set them back Sunday -- or they'll be an hour out of sync with the rest of the country.

Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, whose department is in charge of the time change, issued a reminder that this is also a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors.

Daylight-saving time returns April 7.

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001

Answers

April 8.

The real first day of spring.

LOL.

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001


in addition to changing batteries in smoke detectors, clean the detectors, test them, check your exit plans, and also check your fire extinguishers, getting them recharged or replaced if necessary.

If you don't have any, get some. Otherwise you won't have anything to do for that extra hour.

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001


"Otherwise you won't have anything to do for that extra hour."

Oh, I get it, you mean with our clothes on (as in, the most fun you can have with...)

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001


if your house catches fire while you are sleeping, what will you be wearing when you run outside?

got your B-O-B set up for house fires?

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001


At that hour I'm usually wearing a couple of sleepy cats.

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001


Heating pads placed in kitty beds are a wondrous thing. (But I turn them off every time I leave the house, just in case.)

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001

Mother bribes Ginger (I call her my Traitor Cat) because she accidentally forgets to turn off her electric blanket during the day. Ginger only acknowledges my presence in the evening.

-- Anonymous, October 26, 2001

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