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[MrGongGong]

In the summer we completely waste all that lovely early morning daylight by not going GMT +2. I always understood it was the farmers that lobbied for putting the clocks back, :

No you don't if you can be bothered get up early
and guess what , Farmers get up when they need to regardless of what the clock says
there's no "waste" of anything......... (though Scotty does have his own time zone ........ not the same century as the rest of us methinks )

[teamsaint]

No you don't if you can be bothered get up early
and guess what , Farmers get up when they need to regardless of what the clock says
there's no "waste" of anything......... (though Scotty does have his own time zone ........ not the same century as the rest of us methinks )

Trouble with that view is that i need to get my customers up extra early, and presumably you would have to wake your students up at about 6 AM (by the sun).

We'll both need luck with that.
Good time to catch up with Schnittke on iplayer though.

[mangerton]

We either change to GMT about two or three weeks too early or don't need to change at all. Scotland is frequently cited as the reason why we do change but why can't they have their own time zone? It seems to work well in other countries (I think both Russia and Canada have six) ad I'm sure it would work as well north of the border.

Perhaps our Scottish friends would like to comment?

Double summer time was used during the Second World War and again from 1968 to 1971 but abandoned thereafter.

See my post #10434 in the Stormy Weather thread. If Scotland had its own time zone, I think it would mean the UK had the only north-south time zone on the planet.

DST was not used in 68-71. The clocks stayed forward permanently by one hour during that time.

[mangerton]

I'm not Scots but I completely agree Petrushka. Nothing more depressing than long, dark evenings (worse by far than dark mornings IMO). In the summer we completely waste all that lovely early morning daylight by not going GMT +2. I always understood it was the farmers that lobbied for putting the clocks back, but now it seems that less than 10% of the UK population can dictate to the rest of us.

Dreadful, innit? Now you'll know how the Scots felt when thatch foisted the (unwanted by Scotland) poll tax on Scotland a year or so before inflicting it on England and Wales.

[Flosshilde]

I'm not Scots but I completely agree Petrushka. Nothing more depressing than long, dark evenings (worse by far than dark mornings IMO). In the summer we completely waste all that lovely early morning daylight by not going GMT +2.

I don't know if the means that you are being tongue in cheek, but if not then you are talking nonsense (imho). It's ultra-depressing getting up in the dark, let alone going to work, whereas going home in the dark to a bright, warm house is cheering. Round here summer mornings are light at about 4.00, which means I can't sleep unless I wear an eye mask.

I always understood it was the farmers that lobbied for putting the clocks back, but now it seems that less than 10% of the UK population can dictate to the rest of us.

I think the percentage of people working in agriculture is a good deal smaller than 10%

As for the time shown on forum posts - does it matter?

[mercia]

YOU DIDN'T REMIND ME

is it that time again ?

[Serial_Apologist]

is it that time again ?

While it seems to come around quicker and quicker as years go by, it takes me longer and longer to get used to all that getting up and bedding down an hour earlier.

[french frank]

is it that time again ?

Thanks for the reminder, mercs The only drawback is that, as far as the forum clock is concerned, I've forgotten what it is I have to do

[Ariosto]

I don't know if the means that you are being tongue in cheek, but if not then you are talking nonsense (imho). It's ultra-depressing getting up in the dark, let alone going to work, whereas going home in the dark to a bright, warm house is cheering. Round here summer mornings are light at about 4.00, which means I can't sleep unless I wear an eye mask.




I think the percentage of people working in agriculture is a good deal smaller than 10%

When Scotland goes independent after September you can have your own independent time!

[Padraig]

Oh good. The clocks change tonight. Saves me the bother of readjusting my car clock which I failed to do last time so that my car was always an hour fast - or was it an hour slow?
Never mind, I always knew what time it was - or should that be I never knew what time it was? A reel is 6/8 and a jig is 4/4.

[Beef Oven!]

Changing the time by an hour? This is political correctness at its worst

[french frank]

Changing the time by an hour? This is political correctness at its worst

Are you suggesting changing it by 30 mins or 45 minutes instead?

[jean]

Changing the time by an hour? This is political correctness at its worst

Are you sure it's not the Nanny State?

[teamsaint]

Changing the time by an hour? This is political correctness at its worst

or political correctness at its BST ?

[Flosshilde]

Saves me the bother of readjusting my car clock which I failed to do last time so that my car was always an hour fast

As long as it didn't go faster than the speed limit