h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Isn't it funny how you adapt a lot quicker to having the hour back they stole you in March than getting used to having an hour less?

At least that's what it is like here. I had the intention of 'saving' the hour - sort of, so it won't be so hard when they take it away again.

But it's a lot harder than thought. The last couple of days I slept until a quarter to seven - which is much too late!

And I didn't even go to sleep all that late. Well, so it *was* late last night, but the night before I went to bed really early, and yet I slept that long the next morning. Hmm.

Maybe I'll just go with the flow now and try to get back into the early hour at the beginning of March.

apparently B'El, once again here, they are talking about altering our clocks and putting them equal with european time and YOUR hour forward/back. Then some are advocating leaving them at one time zone only and another lot want a 2 hour forward/back - doc' won't know if he's coming or going

As you know Bel, I have long campaigned for the UK to return finally to GMT all year round - not GMT+1 in the summer nor GMT+2 in the summer and GMT+1 in the winter, but plain old GMT+0, period.

To those who argue that it improves safety for schools etc, I say the answer is simple - move the school start time by 1hr. I also believe it would be perfectly acceptable for Scotland to be a separate timezone from the rest of the UK if that's what Scotland wants.

The problem with changing school times is that it would affect a large number of workers who drop their kids off at school. Employers wouldn't like it.

I prefer GMT+1 all year round, myself. We seem to waste a good hour of early-morning light in the summer otherwise.

It would be a blessing not to have to change clocks twice a year, though.

>>it would affect a large number of workers who drop their kids off at school.<<

So the danger for them is where exactly?

Not danger - it's simply that employers will have to cope with this timing change too.

No, the reasoning is that it is dangerous for school children to walk to school in the dark. But if they are dropped off at school by their parents, I don't see where the danger for the kids is.

Yes, but I was responding to h2ringer's suggestion to just move school times.

Sorry I dodn't make myself clear

You made yourself clear enough. It's me who isn't clear, apparently. If kids don't walk to school anyway, there is no reason to start school later.

Plus, school here starts as early as a quarter to eight.

I think your school starts late anyway, doesn't it?

Nine to Five and a Five day week.
Spread the rush hours and work when work is required.
Stick to GMT and run work, schools, shops and businesses in line with local requirements.
Bring on flexible hours.

I thought they tried this experiment once before and changed it back to the status quo. Apparently accident rates went up among some of the issues found during the 3 year experiment. Was in the 60's I think?
To be honest, I think politicians have more serious issues to contend with and the clocks issue is frankly an unnecessary distraction.

Well, the clock issue affects all the world. Tbh, there's already a difference in time within European countries, I can't see wha we (Germany) cannot stop changing time (the reason given here were logistics. I beg you!)

6.45 is too late to get up?

If I want to cycle before breakfast, it is too late. That wasn't the point, though. My point was that only a week ago it would gave been a quarter to eight - which would e very much too late.

Get up when the birds sing.

as long as time to put the kettle on doesn't change

Time and Tide waits for no man. If it's time to pee it's time for tea.

Recent surveys show that we no longer save nearly as much energy by putting the clock forward and backward as we used to do

And a lot of people are unhappy with it, families with babies in particular

Complaining farmers I can't understand. Nobody asked them to wake up their cows just because we change our clocks

But what really annoys me is that we don't get the hour we are lending away back with interest!

That - and having to get up in the middle of the night (2am) to change the sundial in the park by a torch light

>>That - and having to get up in the middle of the night (2am) to change the sundial in the park by a torch light <<

Does Gnomom know?