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"Bohica" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
>> night!
>
> I heard on the radio this morning, that some organisations (inc RoSPA),
> want us to put the clocks back one hour forward of GMT in winter and two
> hours forward of GMT in summer. We'll then come into line with Europe.
> RoSPA reckons that it'll save 1,000s of lives and after an experiement in
> the late 60's they reckon they proved the point. Anybody remember when
> this experiment happened?
>

i remember when it happened in the 60s.
we were all given reflective arm-bands as it was dark when we left school at
the end of the day.

> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
> night!

I heard on the radio this morning, that some organisations (inc RoSPA), want
us to put the clocks back one hour forward of GMT in winter and two hours
forward of GMT in summer. We'll then come into line with Europe. RoSPA
reckons that it'll save 1,000s of lives and after an experiement in the late
60's they reckon they proved the point. Anybody remember when this
experiment happened?

I hate getting up and going out to work in the dark, and if the clocks stay
put one hour ahead of GMT for winter, that means it won't be daylight until
about 9am. Won't it then be the case that all that will happen is we'll end
up having more people killed in the dark mornings, rather than the dark
nights?

I came back from Seville, Spain at the end of September, and I thought how
bizarre it was that the locals were getting up and going to work/school in
the pitch black and it didn't get light until around 9am. What was even
stranger was that it was hot weather too - poor little English man is not
used to getting up in the dark and it being hot. Very contradictory.

" bongo" <- [email protected]_> wrote in message
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> "Bohica" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
>>> night!
>>
>> I heard on the radio this morning, that some organisations (inc RoSPA),
>> want us to put the clocks back one hour forward of GMT in winter and two
>> hours forward of GMT in summer. We'll then come into line with Europe.
>> RoSPA reckons that it'll save 1,000s of lives and after an experiement in
>> the late 60's they reckon they proved the point. Anybody remember when
>> this experiment happened?
>>
>
> i remember when it happened in the 60s.
> we were all given reflective arm-bands as it was dark when we left school
> at the end of the day.


My local primary school has issued all the kids with small high visibility
yellow coats for when the leave and go to school. They look like a hoard of
council workers now, lol.
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Moving the clocks twice a year is a nonsense. A relic of muddled thinking,
initiated during the war to allow farm workers to work later in daylight. It
was a barmy idea then, it is a hilariously stupid one now.


"Fatbøy øf the Underwørld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
night!
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> Moving the clocks twice a year is a nonsense. A relic of muddled thinking,
> initiated during the war to allow farm workers to work later in daylight.
> It
> was a barmy idea then, it is a hilariously stupid one now.
>

Its the same argument these days for not doing it - builders, farmers,
milkmen and the Scots all want to keep the current system. because they
reckon they would losed out a lot if we went CET.

Fatbøy øf the Underwørld wrote:
> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday night!
>
>


the arguments for keeping present system are to the benefit of orkney
farmers
not us in the south of gods country

so why dont the feckin jocks in feckin jockland have their hour extra
and we keep to European time
**** them anyway they are no friends of ours

andrew

"Bohica" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Moving the clocks twice a year is a nonsense. A relic
> > of muddled thinking, initiated during the war to allow
> > farm workers to work later in daylight. It
> > was a barmy idea then, it is a hilariously stupid one
> > now.
>
> Its the same argument these days for not doing it -
> builders, farmers, milkmen and the Scots all want to keep
> the current system. because they reckon they would losed
> out a lot if we went CET.

What none of them seem to have the brain cells to work out is that the
number of hours of available daylight in any given day has bugger all to
do with what a clock says..! They lie in bed for an extra hour, sleeping
the daylight away, then complain that little Johnny has to walk home from
school in the dark.

Why don't people just get up an hour earlier and go to bed an hour
earlier, start work/school etc. at 8 instead of 9 etc., problem solved.

Ivor

Thus spaketh Niel Humphreys:
> " bongo" <- [email protected]_> wrote in message
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>> "Bohica" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on
>>>> Saturday night!
>>>
>>> I heard on the radio this morning, that some organisations (inc
>>> RoSPA), want us to put the clocks back one hour forward of GMT in
>>> winter and two hours forward of GMT in summer. We'll then come
>>> into line with Europe. RoSPA reckons that it'll save 1,000s of
>>> lives and after an experiement in the late 60's they reckon they
>>> proved the point. Anybody remember when this experiment happened?
>>>
>>
>> i remember when it happened in the 60s.
>> we were all given reflective arm-bands as it was dark when we left
>> school at the end of the day.
>
>
> My local primary school has issued all the kids with small high
> visibility yellow coats for when the leave and go to school. They
> look like a hoard of council workers now, lol.


My kids were given reflective arm bands a couple of years ago by the
school, we also buy reflective patches and sew onto their coats.

Thus spaketh andrew:
> Fatbøy øf the Underwørld wrote:
>> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
>> night!
>
>
> the arguments for keeping present system are to the benefit of orkney
> farmers
> not us in the south of gods country
>
> so why dont the feckin jocks in feckin jockland have their hour extra
> and we keep to European time
> **** them anyway they are no friends of ours
>
> andrew

I'd rather have an extra hour of light in the evening, I'm all for
moving to CET/CEST. As for Scotland there is no reason that they
couldn't if they wished remain on the current time, I have nothing
against Scottish people as they are human just like most of us, plus
some of my family are Scottish, also I never have any problems when I'm
up there in the cold, dark extremes of Scotland.


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{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
> Thus spaketh andrew:
>> Fatbøy øf the Underwørld wrote:
>>> Don't forget to put the clocks back before you go to bed on Saturday
>>> night!
>>
>>
>> the arguments for keeping present system are to the benefit of orkney
>> farmers
>> not us in the south of gods country
>>
>> so why dont the feckin jocks in feckin jockland have their hour extra
>> and we keep to European time
>> **** them anyway they are no friends of ours
>>
>> andrew
>
> I'd rather have an extra hour of light in the evening, I'm all for
> moving to CET/CEST. As for Scotland there is no reason that they
> couldn't if they wished remain on the current time, I have nothing
> against Scottish people as they are human just like most of us, plus
> some of my family are Scottish, also I never have any problems when I'm
> up there in the cold, dark extremes of Scotland.
>
>

They wanted devolution so let them have it, stop all Scottish MP's
voting on English bills (that'd stuff Uncle Gordon up next year) & let
them have their own timezone if they wanted.

"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk>
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> I'd rather have an extra hour of light in the evening,
> I'm all for moving to CET/CEST. As for Scotland there is
> no reason that they couldn't if they wished remain on the
> current time, I have nothing against Scottish people as
> they are human just like most of us, plus some of my
> family are Scottish, also I never have any problems when
> I'm up there in the cold, dark extremes of Scotland.

But you don't *get* an "extra" hour of light..! The amount of daylight in
any given day is not determined by a clock..!

That "extra" hour you want in the evening is there, but it's in the
morning, while you're lying in bed. Get up earlier and go to bed earlier;
start school/work at 8 instead of 9 or whatever it is. Problem solved.

Think about it; what did people do before clocks were invented..? They got
up when the sun rose and went to bed when it set.

Ivor

In article <[email protected]>, bongo
<-@deeeenoregistrar.?.co.uk_> writes
>i remember when it happened in the 60s.
>we were all given reflective arm-bands as it was dark when we left
>school at the end of the day.

Indeed, all these numpties who want various changes seem to forget there
are only so many hours of daylight in winter, what you gain at one end
of the day you lose at the other.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange

"Michael Swift" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> bongo <-@deeeenoregistrar.?.co.uk_> writes
> > i remember when it happened in the 60s.
> > we were all given reflective arm-bands as it was dark
> > when we left school at the end of the day.
>
> Indeed, all these numpties who want various changes seem
> to forget there are only so many hours of daylight in
> winter, what you gain at one end of the day you lose at
> the other.

This is what I keep trying to tell them. That "extra" hour they want in
the evening is there in the morning while they're lazing in bed..!

Get up, you lazy buggers..!!

Ivor

In article <[email protected]>, andrew
<[email protected]> writes
>the arguments for keeping present system are to the benefit of orkney
>farmers
>not us in the south of gods country
>
>so why dont the feckin jocks in feckin jockland have their hour extra
>and we keep to European time
>**** them anyway they are no friends of ours

I take it you live in the soft sarf, Northern England has similar
problems to Scotland.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange