[Closed] Clocks going back Do YOU loose an hour or gain an hour?

Extra hour of daylight in the evening is better than losing one hour of sleep one day a year.

They go forward.

There's still 24hrs in the day, we just map modern life onto it differently.

Spring on - Fall off

Clocks go forward. But yes, I agree with you.

I walk the dogs at 0600 it's now just light, it'll be dark again but only for a couple of weeks. The lighter evening more than make up for this.

Extra hour of daylight in the evening is better than losing one hour of sleep one day a year.

^^ That!

Means I can extend the commute home in daylight so it's worth getting the views. Also means that all-day rides can start at 9am and still have loads of daylight left to finish it in 😀

Spring forward, fall back.

Doesn't matter, you either give it back or get it back in a few months any way!

Now phones change automatically i don't really notice.

Spring on - Fall off

Lefty loosey, righty tighty.

Loose isn't lose.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so

She says this affects her for weeks afterwards and she feels she really misses that hour every day.

In theory, it takes a day to get over one hour of jet lag.

+ 1 on enjoying the lighter evenings.

She says this affects her for weeks afterwards and she feels she really misses that hour every day

Couldn't she just go to bed an hour earlier on Saturday night, sleep for her normal duration and wake up at her normal time?

I'm not sure my partner would see it acceptable if I had a loose hour.

i'm looking forward to the clock in my car being right.

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Sorry, of course they go forward. I don't think being in the middle of lambing is a good time to suggest Mrs WF has an extra hour in bed 🙂 She is already only about 1 misplaced utterance off killing me and we have only been going a week.

You don't lose an hour of sleep, just get up an hour late.

As a farmer you can't complain about it. No ****er else wants to be buggering about with it. 😀

went for a spin after work last night and was chasing the light at about 18:30 - gonna be delighted when it stays out for another hour, at least!

so gain an hour in my book i spoze.

Given its lambing, don't you lose 200hrs of sleep no matter what the clocks do?

Meanwhile in Australia.....
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when is the true midday? The winter one or the summer one?

If you're counting and you go 1 2 3 5 6 7 have you lost a digit or gained one?

Only time I've ever seen it affecting anyone is the kids, plays havoc with their sleep pattern when young.

Perhaps the OP has a child bride?. 😆

Winter. Greenwich Mean Time.

The clocks go forward.. An hour works itself loose and falls off..
We gain one when it grows back in October

Whereas, I, on the other hand

Big hand or little hand? Minutes or hours? which one is it. Stop writing Loose by the way.

It's gain and loss whatever time of year it is.
You either gain an hour in bed and lose an hour in the evening OR
lose an hour in bed and gain an hour in the evening.
It usually takes me a day or two to adjust but then it's business as usual.

Another way of looking at it is that if you don't live your life by an artifice then nothing really changes. There will be slightly more daylight than the previous day. Since the OP is a farmer and is in the midst of lambing then it's a case of get up, do the work, go to sleep. Clocks have nothing to do with it.

They go forward, we all lose an hour of imaginary time. On the 26th 1am to 2am is erased, we get it back in October. We don't really though, it's just a number, a tool to help us all turn up for work at roughly the same time rather than some magical force that sets how old we are.

less literally, it's not a bad deal, my body has already started to adjust - I don't know if it's 38 years worth of practice, or just the sun coming through the curtains a bit earlier, but I've started to wake up earlier every day this week, Monday I'll feel a bit more tired than usual, but come Tuesday I'll be over it - in exchange I've sacked the Gym membership off and will be riding after work next week instead - it's a glorious day.

It's all just a pointless waste of effort changing clocks and dealing with issues where different regions change their time on different days. Should just bin the whole concept!

i'm looking forward to the clock in my car being right.

This!
I bought a car in December and CBA to find out how to change the clock, next week is pay back time! 😀

It's all just a pointless waste of effort

Saves a lot in power, doesn't it?

Spring on - Fall off

You don't lose an hour of sleep, just get up an hour late

depends if you're on nights or not doesn't it?
why is the third hand on the clock called a second hand?
and why is the minute one bigger?

Car clock will be correct for me as well. I can also correct the 5 minutes it gains every 6 months.

Working shifts means it feels like a difference to me. Great if you are working an hour less on the night shift. Not so good if you have a shift starting at 6am.

Even though we lose an hour, I find it easier to adjust than gaining one. Probably because you end up going to bed earlier respectively rather than staying up later.

I loose an hour of sleep as I'm up at 3.20am for work 🙁

Why do we still do the whole clocks back and forward thing? It all just seems like a waste of time.

funkmasterp - Member
Why do we still do the whole clocks back and forward thing? It all just seems like a waste of time.

I think there's a lot of calls to drop GMT, like a lot of things in the U.K. "Tradition" plays a part, I think some people like GMT's position as the benchmark time in the world, we'll until those sneaky foreigners started using UTC whilst as it's aligned with GMT seems like sour grapes but still.

I'm sure 'The Man' still prefers to maximise the amount of natural daylight during the normal working day.

We had a vote to keep it summer all year round.
All it needed was for one Scottish mp to object and that was it.
That means that everyone in London has to turn their lights on one hour earlier. How much of a waste is that?
Light at 4am or 11pm which would benefit people the most?
If need be change the clocks November to February.

Why do we still do the whole clocks back and forward thing? It all just seems like a waste of time.

Petition anyone? 😀

funkmasterp - Member

Petition anyone?

Can we petition a mod to correct the bloody thread title? 👿

Our cooker clock will be correct again! 2 minutes saved there!

Spring forward, autumble back

Ahh thankew #notamerican

I'm looking forward to my body clock being right for a day or two. Its current 5.30am wake up will be 6.30am on Sunday which will make it feel like a lie in.

Spring forward, fall back

I don't like it. I prefer more light in the morning than the evening, get up and go for a longer ride before work. Still it won't be long till it's light at 5am anyway 😀

Spring forward, fall back
Or is it Spring back, fall forward? 😉

For me it depends on whats going on, in a regimented work routine it's not really an issue and a couple of days and it's all normal. (I'll go with the hr/day for jet leg thing as when I go east or west for work 3hrs it takes me until the day I fly back to feel normal) however if I'm not in a routine it can just roll on for a good while longer.

She says this affects her for weeks afterwards and she feels she really misses that hour every day.

Neither. We don't have daylight saving in Western Australia.

Arguments against it: increased sun hours and cancer risk.
confuses cattle
faded curtains due to an hour extra sun

There are many things wa does not have... Just wait till the millennium bug hits.