Daylight savings: Set clocks, check smoke detectors and volunteer?
A Milwaukee man has an idea about what to do with the hour you’ll gain this weekend when daylight saving time ends.
L. Maxwell McKissick says it’s a great excuse to donate 60 minutes of volunteer work to a local charity. He says if every American pitched in, communities and nonprofits would get 300 million-plus hours of assistance.
Federal law specifies that daylight saving time applies from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday of November in areas that don’t exempt themselves.
That means most Americans lose an hour when they spring forward in March, and gain it back eight months later.
McKissick says people should volunteer on both occasions. He says so many charities need help that volunteering two extra hours per year isn’t too much to ask.
Nov 2, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.
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I'd like to apologize for the rude person who had access to my computer yesterday.
Nov 1, 2009 at 5:46 p.m.
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Hey, justme46, open your own damn door, Methuselah!!!
Nov 1, 2009 at 5:44 p.m.
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I never change my clocks. Who do they think they are?! God?!!!
Nov 1, 2009 at 12:39 p.m.
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That is not even funny. How old are you? Two? Grow up. Get out and volunteer or if you are too lazy to do that, try to do one good deed a day. Even if it is just holding a door open for an elderly person at the store.
Nov 1, 2009 at 7:01 a.m.
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LOL
Nov 1, 2009 at 12:34 a.m.
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hmmm, i'm supposed to check my fire alarm and volunteer. go ahead and call me cynical but -
screw you. i'm sleeping the extra hour.
Oct 31, 2009 at 5:25 p.m.
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What a great idea!
Oct 31, 2009 at 2:49 p.m.
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One more hour of sleep for the working man!
Oct 31, 2009 at 2:28 p.m.
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Drive a drunk (or two) to his/her home tonight.
Oct 31, 2009 at 12:28 p.m.
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...or, they could use that hour to get a couple more beers in......then in March, they lose a couple....
Oct 31, 2009 at 12:26 p.m.
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ring a bell.
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