The Clocks Go Back...

[smittims]

But why change the clocks at all? That's what I can't fathom.

[Pulcinella]

But why change the clocks at all? That's what I can't fathom.

Indeed.
I should have written: .....favour, if we have to change at all.
I'd actually prefer to stick to BST: lighter evenings safer and more useful.

[cloughie]

Indeed.
I should have written: .....favour, if we have to change at all.
I'd actually prefer to stick to BST: lighter evenings safer and more useful.

I disagree Pulc, I hate dark mornings!

[Pulcinella]

I disagree Pulc, I hate dark mornings!

So do I: but dark getting lighter is better than dark getting darker!

[cloughie]

So do I: but dark getting lighter is better than dark getting darker!

Mind you on some sunless days in December and January it hardly gets light at all!

[Sir Velo]

Indeed.
I should have written: .....favour, if we have to change at all.
I'd actually prefer to stick to BST: lighter evenings safer and more useful.

I must confess, unlike Smittims, I cannot see the benefit of having dawn in summer at 3:30 am.

My personal preference would be for CET the whole year round.

[Joseph K]

Bump...

I am looking forward to an extra hour of guitar practice.

[pastoralguy]

I’m working night shift tonight so it’ll be a 13 hour shift! It really wreaks havoc on those with dementia for whom their already tenuous grasp on time structure is compromised.

[Joseph K]

I’m working night shift tonight so it’ll be a 13 hour shift! It really wreaks havoc on those with dementia for whom their already tenuous grasp on time structure is compromised.

Yikes! Best wishes to you.

[johncorrigan]

Yikes! Best wishes to you.

Thanks for the reminder...better shift them.

[Dave2002]

But why change the clocks at all? That's what I can't fathom.

If you "run on your own time" - there's no or little point, but few of us do that, or are able to do that successfully. If you want to live in a society where others are doing things collaboratively then there is some point in having a standard time within each region - though in countries such as the USA there must be places where going a few miles shifts the "standard" time by an hour - or in some countries with strange time zones thirty minutes. Most people don't live or work close to time zone borders.

In the UK it is possible that shifting the time in the current patterns reduces accidents and saves energy - though this I think has always been open to question.

[teamsaint]

There's a good letter in today's Times pointing out something that I've always noticed: that the change is not symmetric about the winter solstice (7 weeks before but 13 weeks after). The writer advocates starting BST at the end of February (half term for many), which I'd certainly favour.

Yep, definitely agree, BST starts too late in the year.
Personally I would favour two changes, or at least run double summer time, to keep lighter evenings during August.
But you’ll never please everybody.

[smittims]

I've just noticed that For3 seems to be still on BST. My laptop says '8.01'

[Pulcinella]

I've just noticed that For3 seems to be still on BST. My laptop says '8.01'

Someone (usually ff, I think) used to have to make an adjustment somewhere!

[Old Grumpy]

What amuses me is the keep BST in winter lobby claim that there will be more daylight...


...just get up earlier!