http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html#new

some interesting info for travelers.

I love DST and am really happy to see more daylight at the end of the day coming sooner than usual!!!

Reminds me of our driving trip thru NV, UT, AZ, to CA - so many places, including Reservations, that had different DST rules that we never quite knew what time it was - not that it really mattered, but we found it interesting.

The November date for start of Standard Time puts Halloween under DST - a bonus for little kids trick or treaters

Why is it a bonus for trick or treaters? It is supposed to be DARK when you trick or treat. Everybody knows that Actually though, I think if trick or treating starts and hour later, so much the better. It is hard when people start coming to the door at 5:30 when I have just gotten home and haven't even had a chance to put my purse down - LOL.

Remember when you were a kid and you went out Trick or Treating?

You were disappointed when they weren't at the door to give you candy.

You detested the ones who gave you things that are "good" for you, like apples

You wondered why some were so stingy.

You stayed out as late as possible; sometimes you went home, emptied the bag, and went out again!

You couldn't understand why some of those people seemd so cranky when you showed up.

You never even dreamed when you went to those folks' doors that you would EVER get "that old."

Giving out really good treats on Halloween is sort of like paying cops "protection money" - no one who gives out decent sized candy bars ever gets their house egged.

We had a house on the block that put out a bowl of dimes on their porch. Amazingly, that bowl lasted all night because all us kids figured they were "watching" us and we'd get busted if we took too many. We'd go first thing and then return once again at the end of the night figuring they'd allow that. To this day, I don't know if they actually were watching us or not.

In my area, trick or treating is only from 6-8. It is great! You can schedule dinner and everything else around it. Plus, you don't get the older kids coming late.

There's an actual time for trick or treating? How is that enforced? Does everyone just know? Or is it an ordinace?

I love Halloween. We decorate the house and I don't care at all about hte older kids. They all look like they are having so much fun and it sure beats keeping all that candy for myself!

"There's an actual time for trick or treating? How is that enforced?"

When the lights go dark, then it's over, lol.

I love Halloween too - lots of candy and only two trick-or-treaters. More for me.

I love Halloween too. Such a fun holiday and a great way to get to know the neighbors. We moved into our house a couple years ago, just weeks before Halloween. We quickly became a "cool" house because we had great candy and plenty of it I generally leave my pumpkins out and lights on until about 10 - later if it isn't a school night. I can't imagine trick or treating ending at 8.

As a kid I couldn't believe some people actually gave us apples. We had a gigantic apple tree in our yard.
But we did have one lady who gave dimes. Do you know how much a dime was in the 1950's to a little kid? We thought she must be a millionaire.