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Daylight Savings Time?
Keep it as it is, or
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Scrap it, use GMT all year?
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TheShaggyDA
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PostPosted: 11:57 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Daylight Savings Reply with quote

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Why bother?

It's all to do with saving the hours of daylight, and was started by a chap called William Willett, a London builder, who lived in Petts Wood in Kent.

Basically, he reckoned that you could improve the population's health and happiness by putting forward the clocks by twenty minutes every Sunday in April and do the opposite in September.

Economies

His idea was not taken up, even though a 'Daylight Saving Bill' was introduced some five years before the outbreak of World War One. But once the war started, it was considered prudent to economise, to promote greater efficiency in using daylight hours, and in the use of artificial lighting. And so in 1916, 'Daylight Saving Time' was introduced.

Even though most countries abandoned this after that war, some eventually decided that it was a good idea, and most of these nations began to keep it throughout the year.

Experiment

Since 1972, Britain has decided to go with Greenwich Mean Time in winter, and British Summer Time in Summer. But back in 1968, Britain tried a four-year experiment by advancing time one hour ahead of GMT throughout the year.

But those living further north, particularly in Scotland, found it most unsatisfactory, with dark mornings for much of the year, and the experiment was dropped.


Personally, I think we should abandon it. You?
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PostPosted: 12:05 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since I don't work fixed hours, I shall be getting up 'earlier' in order to get as much daylight as possible. What the clock says really isn't that relevant to me.
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PostPosted: 14:02 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

after spending 2 weeks in thailand where its light at about 5-6am then dark at 6pm (ive been told its always like this) Im not overly convinced it makes a slightest bit of difference,


I suppose the excuse of it makes it safer whilst children head off to school is ok
as for any other reason af makin people happyer because of the sight of more daylight is pish,
they love the winter one as they get an extra hour in bed and hate the summer one cos they get 1 less hour in bed,
if people want to enjoy the daylight in summer I sugest they get up earlyer.
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PostPosted: 15:51 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you were to make some kind of thing out of mirrors, or something very reflective, put some Daylight inside and put a lid on it.
Whenever it gets dark in winter you could then just open it and let that 'saved daylight' out again.

No?
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PostPosted: 16:35 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its pointless tbh, just causes confusion
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Walloper wrote:
If you were to make some kind of thing out of mirrors, or something very reflective, put some Daylight inside and put a lid on it.
Whenever it gets dark in winter you could then just open it and let that 'saved daylight' out again.

No?


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PostPosted: 22:01 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

I've never really thought about it to be honest. Like anything nowadays I just suppose its stuck into tradition and it'll be hard to change. Brits dont like change.

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PostPosted: 22:07 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Makes you early or late for work aswell Embarassed
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PostPosted: 23:08 - 29 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

WR450_geezer wrote:
Hi,

I've never really thought about it to be honest. Like anything nowadays I just suppose its stuck into tradition and it'll be hard to change. Brits dont like change.

WR


Well ah fer one love change.
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PostPosted: 08:59 - 30 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I already work shifts / unsocial hours, so doesn't really make much difference to me if it's dark or light outside when I'm starting or finishing work.

We normally have to work the extra hour on an already long night shift (12 hours) when the clocks go back, so I voted to keep GMT all year round.


Hang on a minute... just thinking about it, and out of the past four years, I've worked three of those 13 hour shifts... I've been diddled!! Twisted Evil Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 11:13 - 30 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although it's nice to get up in the relative light when the clocks first go back, that doesn't last for long before the mornings get darker and darker, anyway. Couple that with leaving work in the dark PLUS generally idiotic cagers that haven't driven in the dark for months....

And I don't know about you, but when the clocks change, I generally feel knackered for a week or so afterwards while my body clock adjusts.

I think we should just stick to the same time all year round.
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PostPosted: 11:52 - 30 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

You didnt offer enough options. I think we should run BST all year round, or even double BST. In the end most people want more light in the evenings, not mornings. And the children going to school argument is moot anyway as they're all being ferried there anyway these days.

So we should be on WET(Western European time) or even WEST(Western european summer time) all the time IMO
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PostPosted: 13:07 - 30 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

froggeh wrote:
You didnt offer enough options. I think we should run BST all year round, or even double BST. In the end most people want more light in the evenings, not mornings. And the children going to school argument is moot anyway as they're all being ferried there anyway these days.

So we should be on WET(Western European time) or even WEST(Western european summer time) all the time IMO


Well that aint gunna fly boy. Laughing

If you name it anything western, european or owt like that, I'm sure some of our 'resident' efniks would rise up to slaughter us all as we sleep.

For example:

Islamic time is governed by moon phases and sun so prayers and holy days may be affected for some of the more zee-lotted types.

But it would be interesting to set the thing in motion, throw a side of beef on the Barbie, grab a few beers and sit back and watch... Twisted Evil
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