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![]() "Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message ... I can never understand this argument... Split times between England and Scotland is just asking for unnecessary confusion within media and transportation industries. If the Scots want brighter mornings, then the simple answer is to the Scotch to get up one hour later! Scotch is a whisky. |
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In message , Kenny of the Fells
writes Why wait until the end of March? Or maybe you're suggesting clocks should go back at the start of September? Strictly by day length that is what I meant. Yes it is probably a little bit late doing it at the end of October. However, with climate lagging behind day length by quite a margin you still have people doing late summer activities well through September and into October, so warmer weather outdoor pursuits still continue. Yes they could start earlier, but seems to be the way most folk like it so fine by me. Changing the clocks in February to summer time would, weather wise, be a nonsense. It is still a winter month whereas October is an autumn month. So the existing system is a compromise, and is fine the way it is. -- Murray McGregor |
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![]() "Murray McGregor" wrote in message ... However, with climate lagging behind day length by quite a margin you still have people doing late summer activities well through September and into October, so warmer weather outdoor pursuits still continue. Yes they could start earlier, but seems to be the way most folk like it so fine by me. Changing the clocks in February to summer time would, weather wise, be a nonsense. It is still a winter month whereas October is an autumn month. Putting clocks forward in mid February wouldn't affect anybody's weather-related leisure activities, and would make the winter feel much shorter. In accident prevention terms it would have the same benefits as waiting to put them back until the end of October. As this is the "official" reason we're given for messing with the clocks at all, what is the reason for delaying the put-forward date until the end of March? KotF |
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A lot of people here seem to have misunderstood the proposal, which is
simply that England and Wales could alter their clocks independently of Scotland, and vice versa. No actual changes have been proposed. What this would mean in practice, I would hope, is that down here we would be on GMT + 1 all year and the Scots could revert to GMT in the winter to obviate the dark morning, if they wanted to. There should be no problem with having different time zones - many countries have several, eg USA, Russia. It is far easier to alter the clocks than to alter one's lifestyle and there is nothing God-given about GMT; it's quite arbitrary. Let's have lighter winter evenings! Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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It is far easier to
alter the clocks than to alter one's lifestyle and there is nothing God-given about GMT; it's quite arbitrary. Let's have lighter winter evenings! Tudor Hughes Hear, hear! Anne |
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It is far easier to
alter the clocks than to alter one's lifestyle Hear, hear! Sorry, I disagree. Asking people go to work one hour later (or earlier as the case may be) is much less confusing than having a small nation such as ours split into two timezones. Brendan |
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Steve Jones wrote here on 11 Oct 2004:
Just read this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3732690.stm Do we really want twilight to end at around 11:30 in June? I like it dark when I go to bed! I can see the advantage for the Winter months however. Steve I'm all for keeping things as they are now. For example, my middle school kept hours of 9am to 3.30pm. It took me about 20 minutes to make the walk, so with the current setup even in December it was light enough to be safe by 8.40am and still light enough to be safe at 3.50pm. An hour's change (in either direction, though I don't imagine anyone's proposing GMT-1!) would have inevitably meant walking one way in the dark. For me, the current system was by some distance the safest. -- Please remove ".invalid" to reply by email. Support the world's oldest motorsport venue! http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/future.html |
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![]() "Steve Jones" wrote in message ... Just read this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3732690.stm Do we really want twilight to end at around 11:30 in June? I like it dark when I go to bed! I can see the advantage for the Winter months however. Steve It's about time we scrapped GMT. Personally I'm sick of going to work in the dark, then finishing work in the dark. It can't be healthy to only see natural light at the weekends. |
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"Howard Neil" wrote in message
... I really do not care what the time reference is, I just wish that they would leave it the same all year. It does nothing to change the number of hours that are daylight and each year I seem to have more clocks to change. All my clocks and watch (& PC clock) reset themselves automatically, so no forgetting to change them and ending up at work and hour early for me! |
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Adrian Boliston wrote:
"Howard Neil" wrote in message ... I really do not care what the time reference is, I just wish that they would leave it the same all year. It does nothing to change the number of hours that are daylight and each year I seem to have more clocks to change. All my clocks and watch (& PC clock) reset themselves automatically, so no forgetting to change them and ending up at work and hour early for me! I have some clocks that do that but only a small percentage. By the way, what's this thing "work"? :-) -- Howard Neil |
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