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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:14:05 +0100, Howard Neil
wrote: By the way, what's this thing "work"? :-) It's what some of used to do before we discovered life! -- Alan White Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow. Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland. http://tinyurl.com/4gday |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:14:05 +0100, Howard Neil
wrote: 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"? :-) I understand it is the curse of the drinking classes -- Martin Smith |
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![]() "No-One" wrote in message ... 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. It makes you SAD, apparently. Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html |
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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! Most of mine seem to have stopped, because their batteries have gone flat. As long as my watch keeps going I tend not to notice the rest ![]() Anne |
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Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Murray McGregor : 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. But no-one thinks of us poor gardeners who want to get out in the garden after work in late February or March, do they? GMT+1 through the winter for me. I don't mind whether it's GMT+1 or GMT+2 in the summer. Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, where the sun sets later anyway) -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Brendan DJ Murphy : 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. Small? Nation? I think you're confused already! Or I am. 60 million ppl is not small. What is a nation? Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:29:36 +0000 (UTC), "Brendan DJ Murphy"
wrote: 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. The confusion is caused by altering the clocks at all. If "daylight saving time" has proven benefits (overall) we should leave it as it is - all the year round. If it is an overall disadvantage, we should stick with GMT - all the all the year round. The arguments about accidents in Scotland caused by going to work and school in the dark are weak because this is offset (more than offset according to some studies, certainly in England) by an increase in accidents in the darker afternoons. So set it - whatever it is - then leave it alone. -- Dave |
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:00:24 +0000 (UTC), "Anne Burgess"
wrote: Of course the real problem is that we are all thirled to the clock, instead of being able to organise our own lives to use the daylight and the dark as it best suits us individually. Maybe that will be one of the benefits of the information revolution/home working/online commerce and so on! Yes indeed, some of us already do this. I "work" (for want of a better word) at home, day-trading the US stock markets online. I'm doing it now. So... my working day starts at 3pm BST just after the US markets open, and it usually ends around 9pm BST when they close (or sooner if I have a good day). All this changing of the clocks is a double irritant for me because they do it in the US, too - and usually on a different day from us. Grrr!!!! I just wish they'd leave the time completely alone, whatever it is *gnash*. -- Dave |
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"No-One" wrote: "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. I agree! One of the joys of working in France, as I sometimes have done is the much more sensible use of the available daylight. Come the end of next week, outdoor activity will be impossible in the week for those who work normal office hours until the end of next March. At this time if year it is always a depressing prospect. Martin -- Created on the Iyonix PC - the world's fastest RISC OS computer. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.dixon4/ |
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I don't know but it's looking black over his mother's at the moment
![]() PKH "SSpiers" wrote in message ... Lock us in GMT and be done with it? This Topic comes up every year at around this time. Oh and who is Bill? ;-) |
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