[Politics] spring fall forwards back - change the current system ? chronometer gubbins

[beorhthelm]

keep it, does no harm. either loosing the hour daylight in the summer evening or getting to work in the winter dark would be shite.

 

[jessiejames]

Where's the UTC option ? Voted no anyway.

Lorry driver by any chance?

 

[Norman Potting]

I am sure that, sometime in the late 70's/early 80's that the clocks were not changed for a few years. I think that they reverted to the previous system due to a rise in the number of dark morning accidents. Anyone recall this?.

 

[Fungus]

I don’t care what they do (I’m retired), if only they’d stop calling it “daylight saving”. Confuses the heck out of me.

 

[spongy]

I get up at 5am for a 6am start at work and usually get home at around 18.15 so it doesn't make the foggiest of differences to me. It's fugging dark no matter what.

We are currently testing our daughter leaving school on her own to meet us at longer stretches on her journey until we know she's ok doing it.

Next school year we will begin her going to school on her own. The lighter in the mornings the better so change them back now and forward in the summer.

For us early risers the forward movement means nothing but the backwards one means a slight lay in.

Notwithstanding the other 4 year old still has no concept of time. To quote Anna in Frozen.... "the sky's awake so I'm awake"....

 

[GT49er]

I am sure that, sometime in the late 70's/early 80's that the clocks were not changed for a few years. I think that they reverted to the previous system due to a rise in the number of dark morning accidents. Anyone recall this?.

Yes ......... and it was shite.

 

[AZ Gull]

We don't change our clocks here in Arizona.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Lorry driver by any chance?

Nope - IT

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I am sure that, sometime in the late 70's/early 80's that the clocks were not changed for a few years. I think that they reverted to the previous system due to a rise in the number of dark morning accidents. Anyone recall this?.

1970 as that was when my son was born. Even in the south it didn’t get daylight until 9am in December. We stayed in BST.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

We don't change our clocks here in Arizona.

Navajo Nation?

 

[AZ Gull]

Navajo Nation?

The Navajo Nation is the only part of Arizona that DOES change their clocks (as the reservation also extends into Utah and New Mexico and so they keep their clocks consistent with those states).

 

[A1X]

28 minutes. Just to really annoy everyone.

28 minutes…or 35 minutes if the Big 6 team are losing at the time

 

[dsr-burnley]

We don't change our clocks here in Arizona.

I know. It's such fun watching the Spring Training baseball from Arizona when the MLB website quotes Eastern time, the Brewers website quotes Central time, and they play in Mountain time, and then half-way through March they change the American clocks so that some of those times change by an hour and some don't, and then a fortnight later we change our clocks so they all change again ...

 

[AZ Gull]

I know. It's such fun watching the Spring Training baseball from Arizona when the MLB website quotes Eastern time, the Brewers website quotes Central time, and they play in Mountain time, and then half-way through March they change the American clocks so that some of those times change by an hour and some don't, and then a fortnight later we change our clocks so they all change again ...

I will certainly enjoy my extra hour of sleep at the weekends (before watching Albion matches) from this weekend until the end of March.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Why does it matter what time it is? If you want to get up an hour ealier/later - fill your boots.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The Navajo Nation is the only part of Arizona that DOES change their clocks (as the reservation also extends into Utah and New Mexico and so they keep their clocks consistent with those states).

So parts of Arizona do change then

There's 6 time zones or something within 100 miles or something isn't there? I worked out there for a while and got completely confused listening to the local radio.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Blame farmers?

 

[jakarta]

About to retire after a 37 year stint. No more 6AM starts in the dark , work all day then come home in the dark.

Won't miss any of that in the least so don't really care about messing around with the time, I will be tucked up in bed whatever

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I want Christmas in February and a complete shut down of all the mills and factories for a week in august. Only in an England mind. Easter can then slot nicely into a late June slot.

I’d like Xmas to be in the summer. The Australians somehow seem to manage it so I don’t see why we can’t.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

About to retire after a 37 year stint.

Well done Sir!