Semiannual Daylight Saving Time complaining thread

So what’s a long term stay in Australia like? What did enjoy most and what did you miss most while there?

 

I enjoyed pretty much everything. I was in Sydney, which is my favorite city in the world. Clean, accessible transit, generally fantastic people, great vibe. Hanging out in a pub with a bunch of rugby fans is a great way to spend a Friday night.

Coffee in Sydney is amazing. So many options, all of them wonderful.

The one downside of Sydney: It’s not a great food city. The pandemic really kind of wiped out the mid-level restaurant, leaving either really expensive places or street food. I wasn’t used to needing a reservation for, like, regular dinner, and I can’t remember a restaurant I’d enthusiastically recommend.

I did travel a bit, to Cairns for a Great Barrier Reef tour (amazing); to Melbourne (great city, and the beaches to the west are spectacular), and spent some time in rural Victoria, which is a lot like the Midwest in which I grew up, just with a different accent.

When people found out I was American, the first question I usually got was, “Who’s your favorite NFL team?” Oddly, in rural Victoria, I met a group of … Kansas City Chiefs fans.

I can honestly say the only thing I really missed was Chipotle.

 

I'm kinda pissed. Just got some great new Raybans, and because of my work schedule, I'm usually driving to work in the dark and coming home in the dark. Never get to wear them.

 

Should be noted that the reservations in Arizona are on DST, which makes your usual Flagstaff to Tuba City trip in the summer very strange.

 

“Not only am I getting fed an hour late, now the trees are falling apart.”

 

Closed the bedroom curtains and shutters, making it as dark as possible. I woke up before dogs. Success.

 

If I recall correctly, Phenix City, Alabama, across the line from Columbus, Ga., stays on Eastern time.

 

Unofficially, yes. By letter of the law, they are still on Central. The school zone speed limit signs there have the time zone stamped on them in addition to the hours.

 

They didn't have no Outback Steakhouse?

 

Australia?

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