saint lard Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Clocks go back tomorrow morning @ 2am. Not that anyone would forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Boooo means we have to stay up until 2am to listen to midweek games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 I hate it when the clocks go back... I have work at 7am on a Sunday, and I always think I am going to be either an hour early or an hour late. I get easily confused by it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Some people seem unperturbed when the clocls move, others like me really struggle to get our heads around it. When we wake up tomorrrow morining will we have had an hour more or an hour less sleep than usual? Is it not about time that this ridiculous nonsensical moronic thing was scrapped? Am I right in believing that this week is the worst for road accidents due to this too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheels Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 It's so that the Scottish farmers don't have to milk their cows in the dark of an evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 24 October, 2009 (edited) Some people seem unperturbed when the clocls move, others like me really struggle to get our heads around it. When we wake up tomorrrow morining will we have had an hour more or an hour less sleep than usual? Is it not about time that this ridiculous nonsensical moronic thing was scrapped? Am I right in believing that this week is the worst for road accidents due to this too? Are there more women driving on the road this week? Oh,and we gain an hours sleep. Edited 24 October, 2009 by St Landrew Put quote in box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 We sleep exactly the same amount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 24 October, 2009 We sleep exactly the same amount Ok,we gain an extra hour in which we have the opportunity to sleep a little longer. Unless you have a nipper that will wake you whatever time he likes,then i gain nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirleySaint Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 (edited) When we wake up tomorrrow morining will we have had an hour more or an hour less sleep than usual? Tomorrow it's an hour extra. I remember which way it is by this simple nmemonic (spl) Spring forward - Fall (American Autumn) back Edited 24 October, 2009 by St Landrew Put quote in box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Some people seem unperturbed when the clocls move, others like me really struggle to get our heads around it. When we wake up tomorrrow morining will we have had an hour more or an hour less sleep than usual? Is it not about time that this ridiculous nonsensical moronic thing was scrapped? Am I right in believing that this week is the worst for road accidents due to this too? So many people have problems with it. People even get ill and depressed by it. Crime rate goes up because it. Traffic accidents rise because of it. Even UK power consumption goes up because of it. It even costs the UK financially to keep doing it. And the list goes on. But the Govt says they can find no call from the British people to stop doing it, despite getting petition after petition every sodding year. You're right, it is an out-dated procedure, and there are valid reasons for scrapping it. Yes, it is the UK moving back to its own Greenwich Mean Time, or nowadays called Universal Time Coordinated, but only a few countries have their times set right on it. For example, France, much of which is directly south of the UK, remains 1 hour in advance, and so enjoys 1 extra hour of evening daylight than we do. Seems sensible to me. Most countries set their times so that they make the most use of evening light, without being bloody silly about it and putting their citizens into early daytime blackness. But we seem to have this pathetic idea that we're helping a couple of crofters in Scotland, who have since discovered the torch anyway, and on the UK goes into the gloom of winter. So, until the last weekend in March 2010, we have 5 months of unnecessarily dark evenings. Already can't wait for the clocks to go forward again. Scrap the whole thing and let's stay at BST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 doesnt this happen in other countries..? if you get depressed that the clocks shift an hour then I suggest that you get a life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 doesnt this happen in other countries..? if you get depressed that the clocks shift an hour then I suggest that you get a life There are some people who have real mental health problems having to cope with the sudden lack of daylight in their awake hours. I can work in artificial light, it doesn't bother me. Most of my leisure time is spent outside doing recreational pursuits that are far more enjoyable in daylight. Which kind of answers your question. Life got. I might make the observation that, because you are cooped up in a submarine, for a lot of your time, your comments might be considered slightly less valid than from someone who maximises the daylight hours. But I'm not one for sweeping statements, so I would never say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 I hate it when the clocks go back... I have work at 7am on a Sunday, and I always think I am going to be either an hour early or an hour late. I get easily confused by it all. I think you will find that you still have to work at 7 am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Why the hell are people, mainly st landrew, banging on about us doing this to help Scottish farmers, the whole of western Europe do it. (though some smart arse will probably find one country/principality/duchy that doesnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Why the hell are people, mainly st landrew, banging on about us doing this to help Scottish farmers, the whole of western Europe do it. (though some smart arse will probably find one country/principality/duchy that doesnt Because I like daylight when I can enjoy it, and so do a lot of other people. Remember Baj, that Europe is already one or two hours ahead of the UK. Putting their clocks back still gives them bags of daylight. EDIT: The Scottish farmers thing is an age old reason. I'm not sure what the Govt use as a valid reason for putting the clocks back now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Hey Jimmy Hill, don't forget to put your **** back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 My reason was crap, hence why i deleted my post. Were just in a **** location being Northwest of mainland europe and being an hour back. the easiest solution would be for us to join CET, but give up GMT/UTC, thatll never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 My reason was crap, hence why i deleted my post. Were just in a **** location being Northwest of mainland europe and being an hour back. the easiest solution would be for us to join CET, but give up GMT/UTC, thatll never happen Yeah, I saw the previous post. I deleted my answer..! You are absolutely right here. But there is always a faint hope. The UK has actually done it before, which is why there is real evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Perhaps we should all just carry on as if the clocks hadn't changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Erm...call me stupid if you will. But don't we get an extra hour of evening light because of this? I mean what will be 4pm would have been 5pm so I cant see what the problem with less light could be :confused: Or am I a mental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Erm...call me stupid if you will. But don't we get an extra hour of evening light because of this? I mean what will be 4pm would have been 5pm so I cant see what the problem with less light could be :confused: Or am I a mental? Its a morning thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Erm...call me stupid if you will. But don't we get an extra hour of evening light because of this? I mean what will be 4pm would have been 5pm so I cant see what the problem with less light could be :confused: Or am I a mental? Look at it as it gets dark at say, 6pm now, well tomorrow it will get dark at 5pm - an hour earlier therefore an hours less light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Look at it as it gets dark at say, 6pm now, well tomorrow it will get dark at 5pm - an hour earlier therefore an hours less light! AAhhhhhhhhhhhhh now I get it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Erm...call me stupid if you will. But don't we get an extra hour of evening light because of this? I mean what will be 4pm would have been 5pm so I cant see what the problem with less light could be :confused: Or am I a mental? So if it's dark at 18.30 BST today, we then put the clock back one hour (overnight) to GMT so that 18.30 BST today becomes 17.30 GMT tomorrow. Hey presto it's now going to be dark at 17.30 tomorrow! Stupid? No. Easily confused (like me)? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Ok,we gain an extra hour in which we have the opportunity to sleep a little longer. Unless you have a nipper that will wake you whatever time he likes,then i gain nowt.We don't gain a thing, we just get back the hour that we "lost" in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 When the weather turns to poo; we are compensated by an extra hour in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 24 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 24 October, 2009 We don't gain a thing, we just get back the hour that we "lost" in the spring. Well,we gain an hour on what we had last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Can I just make sure that I have got this right now. Before I go to bed (or first thing in the morning) I should adjust my bedside clock BACKWARDS 1 hour and I need to change my alarm too by 1 hour, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 24 October, 2009 Share Posted 24 October, 2009 Just go to bed and see what happens. Report back, because the excitement is killing me. Here in Brisbane, the light goes at 6:30 and everyone's tucked up in bed by 9:30 for a 5:30 start. It's doing my head in. What's more, Queensland doesn't do daylight saving which all the other states seem to, and that's pretty strange as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 25 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 October, 2009 Anyone got the correct time please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 What's daylight saving? Some new dodgy Banking Investment scheme? Time flies, it doesn't go backwards or forwards - otherwise we'd have gone back to get ML onboard while we were still in the PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jeweller Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 Anyone got the correct time please. it's 8:56 which is strange because you posted this in just over half an hours time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 So if it's dark at 18.30 BST today, we then put the clock back one hour (overnight) to GMT so that 18.30 BST today becomes 17.30 GMT tomorrow. Hey presto it's now going to be dark at 17.30 tomorrow! Stupid? No. Easily confused (like me)? Yes. But you do get the extra hours light in the morning to enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 Well I was working at two this morning and I didn't find myself moving back one hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 What's daylight saving? Some new dodgy Banking Investment scheme? LOL Just reminded me of a 'Time Management' course I was forced to attend a few years ago. at the atart the teacher said that if you set your alarm clock to go off 12 minutes earlier each day, you would have made yourself a whole extra hour of time to do with what you wanted. He ended the day by asking what we would all do with that extra hour we'd 'banked'? I don't think he was too impressed when i said I'd spend it in bed. I hate to think how much my (then) boss paid for that nugget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 25 October, 2009 Share Posted 25 October, 2009 I heard earlier that all the clocks in Portsmouth were put back 5 years by mistake and when they all wake up they will be back in the CCC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 25 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 October, 2009 Well,i have just put mine back again,thought i would do this everyday this week,just a social experiment,eventually i think i might be in the same time zone as NYC at some point.i should be ok to phone my friend over there then without the fear of waking them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Paul C Posted 26 October, 2009 Share Posted 26 October, 2009 Just go to bed and see what happens. Report back, because the excitement is killing me. Here in Brisbane, the light goes at 6:30 and everyone's tucked up in bed by 9:30 for a 5:30 start. It's doing my head in. What's more, Queensland doesn't do daylight saving which all the other states seem to, and that's pretty strange as well. Daft Queenslanders. They won't let us change the clocks to keep in time with Sydney and Melbourne so as not to upset the bloody farmers up North (remember - changing the clocks will upset the cows and fade the carpets..) FFS. Just means that I mainly work from 7:30 till 4pm instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintdavey Posted 26 October, 2009 Share Posted 26 October, 2009 And now all my weekly conference calls with the UK which were between 4pm-6pm my time are now an hour later for me! Try and get them to come in an hour earlier? No chance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 26 October, 2009 Share Posted 26 October, 2009 Most well paying jobs get you working 24/7 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlehead Posted 26 October, 2009 Share Posted 26 October, 2009 It's an hour, it is nothing. Anyone who struggles to cope with an 'extra' hour is a loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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