# Anyone else up way too early cuz of the clocks going back an hour? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640 "2003-10-26T10:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/1 "2003-10-26T10:34:02Z")
I am. 5:00am!!! Mama mia. :o ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/2 "2003-10-26T10:54:45Z")
Yea, 5:00am for me too. Worst part is, I didn’t go to sleep until 1:30am. But, that’s me. I havn’t slept well since the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/3 "2003-10-26T10:59:39Z")
At least the sun’s rising earlier! ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/4 "2003-10-26T11:00:47Z")
Chriminey I totally forgot too! Thats awesome, here I was thinking that its 1:20 when its really 12:20 sweet! =) ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/5 "2003-10-26T11:05:50Z")
My three year old doesn’t get this whole thing, so yes, we were up at 5:40 am. It’s just as well, getting him up for school on time was starting to turn into a battle. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/6 "2003-10-26T11:18:32Z")
I’ve been awake since 4:30, and up around 5:00. It’s going to be a very long day. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/7 "2003-10-26T11:20:17Z")
Yeah, it’s gonna be a long day for me, too! My friend is coming over at 2pm - that’s like 8 hours away! I will be ready for bed by then! Haw haw. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/8 "2003-10-26T11:39:20Z")
I briefly woke up around 5:00, decided that I really didn’t want to be up - though I must have shifted around enough to bring one of the cats into the room, begging for attention. I ignored her. I rolled over and managed to sleep for about another hour, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/9 "2003-10-26T11:57:53Z")
I never went to sleep. Then again, neither did BabyTeaElle2: Electric Babyloo. It’s gonna be a loooooooooong day. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/10 "2003-10-26T12:26:39Z")
Oh, yes. I forget about this every year and was wondering why it was so dang dark at seven o’ clock. Early to bed tonight, then. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/11 "2003-10-26T12:42:45Z")
Yep. It’s Sunday and I COULD be sleeping in-both kids and the husband are sound asleep, but noooo, my internal clock wakes me up at 6:30 AM and tells me I apparently have better things to do. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/12 "2003-10-26T12:55:21Z")
I’m glad to know it’s Sunday, but what time is it? ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/13 "2003-10-26T13:02:02Z")
I think this is the first time I’ve totally forgotten about DST in at least twenty years. The first time I woke up was about 4:30, but decided to lie back down until the much later time of 6:00. I, however, am sort of glad I got up a bit earlier. It’s so nice and quiet and nobody’s bugging me, for a change! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/14 "2003-10-26T13:18:55Z")
I’ve either got the beginnings of a mild head cold or allergies, can’t say which, so I didn’t sleep very well, but I did sleep a bit longer than usual. Still, getting up at the equivalent of 6:20 hurts. At least I knew about it once. A couple of years ago I had to be somewhere at 8 AM on that Sunday and got up…and when I turned on my computer it told me it had reset itself. AAAAAAA!!! I could have used that extra hour. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/15 "2003-10-26T13:21:01Z")
You see, I’m so out of it I can’t type straight. “Once, a couple of years ago…” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/16 "2003-10-26T14:50:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whiterabbit \* > \*\* At least I knew about it once. \*\* Actually I like it written that way:D Oh I made it to 8/7 am. Maybe it was the pot I was dreaming I was smoking with my assistant manager.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/17 "2003-10-26T14:55:13Z")
Update: Well, the sight of my warm, cozy bed was just too inviting, so I went back in for an hour-long cat-nap… _meow_ :: Streeeeeetttch :: ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/18 "2003-10-26T15:06:01Z")
Oh, yeah and in my REM dream-state, I dreamt that I high-fived a 12 fingered man. Weiiirrrrrrddddd. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/19 "2003-10-26T15:06:45Z")
Yeah, every year I tell myself “Oh cool, we get an extra hour of sleep tonight” but then I just wake up an hour early. I don’t mind so much because I have a long car ride trip up to mother-in-law’s house for her birthday and it gives me an extra hour to do “around the house” stuff I wouldn’t get done while we’re there. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640/20 "2003-10-26T15:06:46Z")
Clocks going back an hour? 😕 What _are_ all you people going on about??? 😃 [Clue](http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031024/FACTS24/TPComment/Features), for those of you who don’t have one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-up-way-too-early-cuz-of-the-clocks-going-back-an-hour/209640.md?page=2)