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Give me later sunsets any day.
Do they? Damn, I'd forgotten that, thanks for the reminder. Could have spent an hour tomorrow waiting for my mate to turn up for our ride.
I hate it when it gets dark at 4pm. So depressing!
It's very British isn't it?
If we didn't do things like this and drive on the left and count in miles, we'd just be like the Spanish or the Germans.
Is that what you want? Is it?
Of course not.
No, looking forward to them going back. Hate having to get up in the dark.
Aye. BST in winter would be good.
Or at least have BST start when the day lengths are the same as when they end. i.e late February.
I can cope with the cold, the rain, the snow, the ice but watching the sun set at half past 3 in the afternoon depresses me greatly.
Yes.
Yes, but only cause I could do with an extra hours kip tonight!
Perhaps go halves this time, so we don't need to bother again in the spring, just to even it all out 😕
No for the reason rossi gave...
[i]I hate it when it gets dark at 4pm. So depressing![/i]
http://www.lighterlater.org/
If you would like more usable daylight these are your people.
Could have spent an hour tomorrow waiting for my mate to turn up for our ride.
Instead, he will be 🙂
Working till 6, so not sure how I feel about an extra hour in my shift.
Change it the other way, by at least 4 hours! Dark evenings are way too depressing.
I always save my hour for Monday morning.
The US doesn't change time till Nov 3, so we still have a few days...
I like the clocks changing; I find getting up in the dark much worse than dark evenings. What I don't like, however, is why we have to wait until near the end of March to change them back again when surely the end of February would make more sense...
Yes, it's a pain with babies and toddlers.
Would not want to see us abandon GMT though.
No, looking forward to them going back. Hate having to get up in the dark.
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Oh wait it's me be dumb I've just woke up as I'm on nights. In tonight too so that's at least 1 extra hour at work.
I just simply refuse to. They can take away my freedom but they can never take away my summertime.
Extra hour in bed ftw.
Can't wait for the clocks to go back, looking forward to lighter mornings again. We should change it back in the spring, I can go for some epic rides before work in the summer then.
wordnumb - Member
Extra hour in bed ftw.
Viz top tip. Get that 'extra hour in bed' feeling everyday, by simply going to bed an hour earlier the night before.
I've got to get up and out of the house early doors tomorrow morning, the the clock change will make that easier 🙂
never bothered me been the same change every winter all my life used to it now, life long 'its grim up north' person
Don't have a problem getting up in the dark knowing it will soon be light. Depressed knowing it gets dark mid afternoon with the sun dropping like a stone. Riding home in the dark sucks and is far more dangerous in rush hour traffic. Just seems people drive at 90 mph to get home.
Same as Drac, here's to. 13hr nightshift 😕
I hate the dark evenings, but also hate getting up in the dark. Basically, this time of year sucks. I also think it's daft that we have to wait until the end of March to put them forward again.
It's very British isn't it?If we didn't do things like this and drive on the left and count in miles, we'd just be like the Spanish or the Germans.
Clocks change in Spain tonight, too. You'll need to find a better reason.
GMT all year please
Its OK, this time next year we wont have to worry about putting the clocks back to appease the Scots 🙂
A vote for Independence is a vote for British Summer Time 😆
I find it a lot harder getting up in the dark tbh.
Arctic Terns have it sorted.
Also shafted due to working 5pm to 3am, so I have decided this year to change my watch at 8am instead and go home 10 hrs after I started.
Also, I never know if I should change my phone, because it might already know, but might not. The result of this is that I am never quite sure whether or not to tell the children to f off when they wake me up on the first day of GMT.
I've got two kids under five. Tomorrow morning they are going to wake up at exactly the same time they always do except tomorrow that's going to be five o'cocking clock.
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im going to try and just ignore it and try and live an hour earlier. I'm on flexi time and ride to work. I probably won't last a week but I will try.
Much rather have it light later in the day
Nothing worse than going home in the dark
I struggle with depression in the winter 🙁
Yes, it's a pain with babies and toddlers.
Miraculously the clock change coincides with us needing to get our baby up early because my wife is doing the Great South Run tomorrow - I imagine this will be the first and last time something this convenient happens...
Our eight month old has just started getting up at 5:30. I'm dreading tomorrow morning!
I don't see why it can't just be summer time all the time, you're just getting into the swing of it then the government takes it away.
Be thankful you aren't working the night shift. Watching the radio controlled wonder clocks get to 1 am then go back an hour, while you realise that you're not being paid anything extra is somewhat character building.
Every now and then you get to experience the opposite situation, but it never really works to lift the spirits in the same way.
Our eight month old has just started getting up at 5:30. I'm dreading tomorrow morning!
Keep her away from our little lunatic! She's the same age but currently (and correctly) believes that one should wake up between the very sensible hours of 7.30 and 8am. Not sure we could cope with the hyperactive little madam if she became an early riser!
im going to try and just ignore it and try and live an hour earlier. I'm on flexi time and ride to work. I probably won't last a week but I will try.
You'll be fine. Just remember that when you arrange to meet someone at a certain time to add "BST" or "GMT+1", that way you'll avoid any confusion.
ok, might be a bit off topic, but can totally relate to this... but at the same time as changing your clocks check your smoke alarms at the same time, it only takes a few seconds... a few weeks from today will be a year to the day my parents had a house fire that started in the garage... the smoke alarm gave them enough time to get out of the house - mum was bed bound and call 999... you take things so much for granted, but a smoke alarm can and was a life saver.. so just check it at the same time..
[i]Clocks change in Spain tonight, too. You'll need to find a better reason.[/i]
Are they going to start driving on the left?
Legally.
Work wise...I like it.
It makes it difficult for my Chinese colleagues to drag me into conference calls. 🙂
Personally, I think it's shite. I always get depressed until 21st December when I know the days are stretching out again. (Well, a little bit at a time).
I think it's necessary ....means the kid's here can go to school in the day light. Personally don't like getting upin dark but am used to it. I look forward to winter bike rides and hillwalks.
meh - I end up going to and leaving work in the dark so makes no odds really.
I do like the sudden light nights when we go to BST again though, so I'm in 😀
And make it double summer time too.
Not much point being light at 4 in the morning but light at 11 in the evening would be great.
There is only one time zone: UTC (Z). There is never any confusion if you keep things in Z time!
I start work in Wick next week, through the Winter. Goodbye Sun, hello oily fish!
Breathe in, grit your teeth, make the best and look ahead. I don't like the winter darkness but I'll dream, make plans and go mental with all the possibilities when I feel the high summer swinging round again.
A bit of a pain but that's how things work ...
A bit of a pain but that's how things work ...
Heaven forbid we change something.. I know some people don't like changing tradition but how about a bit of forward thinking on the best use of daylight. why not have gmt for december and January, bst for a few months and bst+1 for 4 months. Why such opposition to changing it or even just trying it one year?
There is only one time zone: UTC (Z). There is never any confusion if you keep things in Z time!
What about HAMMERTIME?
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I love it..
No one told my boys (2.5/1) about this, so they got me up just before 6am this morning. However since the youngest has only just started sleeping through in the last 3 days I can't complain too much as it is better than 2 - 3am.
For me - means that I will have to work harder to sneak in an after work ride, though it is still possible on the quieter days. Plus side is I invariably end work earlier since I start running out of daylight pretty soon!
MSP ..Sir, I salute you.
Never mind kids, try explaining bst/GMT to a puppy that wakes up in response to her own demands.
This extra hour in bed's crap too anyway. OK, you can get up an hour later this morning, but then you have to stay up an hour later this evening or you miss the good telly. So you extra hour lasts, what, about 15 hours before they get it back out of the sleepy bank.
Plus we won't sleep tonight anyway, with stormageddon flattening our houses in the night, we'll be up all night baling out and fixing.
smudge - Member
ok, might be a bit off topic, but can totally relate to this... but at the same time as changing your clocks check your smoke alarms at the same time, it only takes a few seconds... a few weeks from today will be a year to the day my parents had a house fire that started in the garage... the smoke alarm gave them enough time to get out of the house - mum was bed bound and call 999... you take things so much for granted, but a smoke alarm can and was a life saver.. so just check it at the same time..
Best bit of advice^
If you don't have a smoke alarm contact your local service and you will get one free of charge.
They should put the clocks back an hour every night. Think how much more productive everyone would be with an extra hours sleep.
Heaven forbid we change something.. I know some people don't like changing tradition but how about a bit of forward thinking on the best use of daylight. why not have gmt for december and January, bst for a few months and bst+1 for 4 months. Why such opposition to changing it or even just trying it one year?
Cloudnine is not on cloudnine with that suggestion. Great idea!