Clocks go back sunday october 27th (Europe)

[Gaylord du Bois]

Had this effing manflu all week so brain is scrambled - earlier when I parked my car I thought " get ahead of the game and adjust the clock for the next 6 months" - so I moved it forward an hour. Wife has just said " daft **** should be back an hour" so now I am 2 hours out when I go in the car tomorrow ............. brain is fucked

The politics forum ain't a part-time job mate. Someone's got to keep it going.
Life has it's sacrifices.

 

[jimharri]

Had this effing manflu all week so brain is scrambled - earlier when I parked my car I thought " get ahead of the game and adjust the clock for the next 6 months" - so I moved it forward an hour. Wife has just said " daft **** should be back an hour" so now I am 2 hours out when I go in the car tomorrow ............. brain is fucked

She clearly married beneath herself!

 

[bluethrunthru]

The politics forum ain't a part-time job mate. Someone's got to keep it going.
Life has it's sacrifices.

I was just getting out of the car and felt so smug at a quick fix as the car has one of those clocks that needs loads of prodding - blaming it on the manflu end of

 

[chesterbells]

No; he was right. Where, for example, it starts getting dark at 5pm today, it starts at 4pm tomorrow. But it gets bright earlier in the morning. But very few kids walk home now, and certainly not alone.

Apologies @Stephen230
I thought it was a question about what would happen if we kept BST all year - which is what I would like. My fault for dipping in and out of the thread!

 

[bluethrunthru]

She clearly married beneath herself!

you have been speaking to my mother-in-law haven't you

 

[jimharri]

you have been speaking to my mother-in-law haven't you

No comment.

 

[bluethrunthru]

No comment.

her other daughter has 3 failed marriages with a kid she never see's to awfully good cheps with great rp.

meanwhile working class me has been married to her other daughter for nearly 30 years and I go round do some gardening and decorating etc ........ I know from her attitude I will never be good enough

 

[Stephen230]

Apologies @Stephen230
I thought it was a question about what would happen if we kept BST all year - which is what I would like. My fault for dipping in and out of the thread!

Hey, no problem mate. I’m as confused as anyone about what we’re talking about.

I usually only even realise the clocks have changed in October because there’s a week where most of the NFL games kick off at 5pm instead of 6.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I was just getting out of the car and felt so smug at a quick fix as the car has one of those clocks that needs loads of prodding - blaming it on the manflu end of

Fair comment. MF trumps.

 

[KS55]

GMT. Why ‘mean’?
The earth and the solar system are not clockwork, so there are wobbles and variations. True noon at the Greenwich Meridian can vary by up to 45 minutes, so the clock time is an average, hence ‘Mean’.

 

[urban genie]

pain in tje arse, been awake since 5am as my body cclock will wakenme up at 6 normally.

fuccked ifI every get the extra hr in bed as once awake I am up

 

[.db.]

Spot on. They should just leave it at BST all year round. As I said earlier in the thread, I see no benefit in changing the time now, then changing it back at the end of march.

It’d still be dark at 10am in Scotland through the Winter if we did that, 9.30am in Northern England.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

It’d still be dark at 10am in Scotland through the Winter if we did that, 9.30am in Northern England.

Sooner have dark mornings and light evenings tbh

 

[jimharri]

It’d still be dark at 10am in Scotland through the Winter if we did that, 9.30am in Northern England.

As opposed to dark at 4 in the afternoon. So, as I said, there's no real benefit to it.

 

[urban genie]

Rather it was dark in the morning and lighter coming home personally

 

[.db.]

^^ it’s not as beneficial for people who work outdoors and rely on daylight. They have to start work later and finish later.

Granted that’s not loads of occupations like.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Should have been fucked off the minute they invented headlights on tractors

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

^^ it’s not as beneficial for people who work outdoors and rely on daylight. They have to start work later and finish later.

Granted that’s not loads of occupations like.

I’m not sure your conclusion is correct. People in those types of roles can start and finish when they need to in the main because their roles aren’t dependent on the wider timetable of the day, whereas people who work in schools, offices, catering etc have to work much more in relation to those around them and who they come into contact with, as their roles are much more interactive with others. They cannot work in purdah, whereas those that work outside generally can. I understand for agricultural workers (for example) there may be such things as childcare issues, but that applies to any worker in theory, but ultimately people who work outside can work around the available hours of daylight irrespective of what human construct is imposed upon that period.

As others have said, would prefer another hour at the end of daylight, and lose an hour in the morning.

 

[kaz7]

Nothing blew up so that is a result , as expected merlin ruined the extra hour , lol

 

[urban genie]

Already gone dark, fuck off Grenwich Mean Time, give me back my BST