The clocks go back...

[Rainbowmum]

Well maybe they should have less school then ;o)

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

This was tried many years ago. There was a hue & cry about kids going to school in the dark and other sundry objections, especially from people in Northern England and Scotland.

Whether you change the clocks or not they'd either go to school in the dark or come home in the dark! Think it was as much to do with farming also though. People in the rest of Northern Europe don't seem to be concerned. More to do with our culture maybe?

[Tormentil]

Its not a British phenomenon. Quite a few countries do it......

Daylight Saving Time

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

Its not a British phenomenon. Quite a few countries do it......

Daylight Saving Time

Well that's new to me! Thanks for that..

Alan

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by henrya

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spring forward, fall backward...easy, even after the A.N. lol
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Lots of people say that, but I've never understood why it's supposed to be more memorable than spring backward, fall forward, especially considering the number of branches that spring back at you when you're out with a group, or the way you fall forward when you trip over a hidden bramble. Am I missing something?

henrya

In Spring, life bursts forth & in Autumn, life retreats back into the earth. The yanks gave us Fall, which is apropriate.

[Tormentil]

It was new to me also Alan. It was your post that prompted me to have a quick dekko, to see if any other countries had DST.

Amazing init ??

[henrya]

During the war, Britain (and maybe elsewhere) had Double British Summer Time - the clocks were put two hours forward (so I've read - too long ago for even me to remember!)

henrya

[Paul mabbott]

Exactly. - The studies at the time weren't not statistically rigorous, just that some newspapers made a big racket everytime there was an incident.
I would have thought that suddenly changing the conditions is more likely to lead to accidents than allow people to gradually acclimatise to the dark.

Yes, indeed, the change of times was simply to allow employers (farmers) to get more daylight hours of work out of their workers (slaves, peasants) ...

I agree, it's just become accepted and some people in UK will simply not accept any change - however trivial it is.

Originally Posted by Alan

Whether you change the clocks or not they'd either go to school in the dark or come home in the dark! Think it was as much to do with farming also though. People in the rest of Northern Europe don't seem to be concerned. More to do with our culture maybe?

[Susie]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Yes, indeed, the change of times was simply to allow employers (farmers) to get more daylight hours of work out of their workers (slaves, peasants) ...

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I know that is why the clocks change but that argument always makes me laugh - you can alter the time but you can't make more hours of daylight in a day!

[Paul mabbott]

It's what was said at the time of the Act of Parliament.
Basically, the farmers wanted people to work as many hours as was legal - but they couldn't go milking the cows &c until it was light so they changed the working hours to get people available at first light ....

Originally Posted by Susie

I know that is why the clocks change but that argument always makes me laugh - you can alter the time but you can't make more hours of daylight in a day!

[Wild-Woman]

Just thought I'd bump this one incase anyone forgets they get an extra hour today.Sort your clocks out won't you all!

[nightshade]

I still wake up at the same time of day (if not the clock hour)
It is a wonder the EEC have not made us conform to the rest
of the community

[Paul mabbott]

There isn't a standard time for Europe - CET applies to most countries but Greece, for instance, goes in the opposite direction. Same thing, of course, applies across North America and Russia. That's a reasonable variation - what irks me is this changing of the clocks twice a year for no good reason, just habit!

Originally Posted by nightshade

........ is a wonder the EEC have not made us conform to the rest
of the community

[eeyore]

I had good news and bad news regarding clock changing - the good news was that the club did indeed extend its licence so we got another hours drinking time. i sensibly put my clock back before i went out but the bad news was that i had forgotten that my clock was one of those that adjusts itself automatically - this meant that it was now two hours back

In my tender condition this morning I didnt twig to this until I strolled in to the office this am thinking I had loads of time and logged the computer on, at which point i realised I was running an hour late for the working party

[smartie]

It's at times like this I wonder why I have 12 clocks in the house and why I can neither remember how to set the one on the answering machine nor where I put the instructions. And, after all the hoo-ha, we forgot to put the bedroom clock back and got woken at 6.30.

[honeybee]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I had good news and bad news regarding clock changing - the good news was that the club did indeed extend its licence so we got another hours drinking time. i sensibly put my clock back before i went out but the bad news was that i had forgotten that my clock was one of those that adjusts itself automatically - this meant that it was now two hours back

In my tender condition this morning I didnt twig to this until I strolled in to the office this am thinking I had loads of time and logged the computer on, at which point i realised I was running an hour late for the working party

Haha, there's always one...nice one.
I usually expect the clocks to adjust themselves as most do (computers/mobile phones) and then when they don't I'm an hour out

[Rainbowmum]

I am utterley exhausted and my clock says 8pm my body feels like it is even way later than 9. I was hoping the kids would seem tired by now but no such luck. To make matters worse I have different time zones in my house as for some reason my radio controlled clock has not adjusted so I am just really losing track

[badgerwatcher]

Well, I was up nice and early, made dearly beloved a cup of tea, made son a coffee! Were they grateful? No, they were quite rude, in fact! But I got the best part of the day!

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by badgerwatcher

Well, I was up nice and early, made dearly beloved a cup of tea, made son a coffee! Were they grateful? No, they were quite rude, in fact! But I got the best part of the day!

yeah my mum does that when I stay there - wakes me up with a nice cup of tea and wonders why I'm not grateful - I mean for flips sake its half past four (well seven really) I mean 7.30 thats the middle of the night , no i dont want a nice cup of tea , ggggrrrr