Stive Pesley Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 What do we think? Always seems a bit daft to me and I much prefer to not get up in the morning when it's dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 16 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: What do we think? Always seems a bit daft to me and I much prefer to not get up in the morning when it's dark What time do you get up?? Stive Pesley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Because we are so far North I think it works really well for the UK. The alternative... stay on GMT all year. We lose the benefit of nice light evenings in Spring and Autumn. I really look forward to clocks going forward in March so that I can get out in the daylight after work. And I guess in these times when we are all very concerned about our energy bills it doesn't make any sense to do anything that means we need to have the lights on for longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ketteringram said: What time do you get up?? Was thinking the same. When clocks go forward in March Sunrise is about 6.30 to begin with. You must be getting up pretty early every day. Are you one of those Internet Influencers who gets up at 5am every day to meditate and do a gym session? Edited March 7, 2023 by therealhantsram Stive Pesley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Voted scrap it but as our resident working class hero it makes no odds ,, I’m up in the dark and don’t finish till it’s dark?, joking aside I prefer more light in the evenings Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 keep it. It sounds like madness but it has reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Wasn't the original proposal to keep BST permanently - so do away with GMT over the winter months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Gaspode said: Wasn't the original proposal to keep BST permanently - so do away with GMT over the winter months? I always thought it was to save the Northern folk from getting run over when coming home pi$$ed at 10 in the evening ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 33 minutes ago, Gaspode said: Wasn't the original proposal to keep BST permanently - so do away with GMT over the winter months? Yes I believe that the reason it hasn't changed is because that schoolkids would be walking to school in the dark, if we went to permanent BST. Hang on a minute School kids all get driven to school these days ? GboroRam and I know nothing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I thought it was done for the farmers, I have no problem with early mornings - means I can get out on the golf course a little earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: I thought it was done for the farmers, I have no problem with early mornings - means I can get out on the golf course a little earlier. It was originally,(during the war) the reason it has not changed is the schoolkids, farmers would easily cope with the permanent change nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 hour ago, BaaLocks said: I thought it was done for the farmers, I have no problem with early mornings - means I can get out on the golf course a little earlier. Yep I think it was for farmers bringing cows in for milking , war time thing? im with you on the golf , stay light later and I can work like a Trojan in the morning and nick some afternoon and early evening golf ,,, some mates think I’m strange because I often play 18 on my own , they don’t get the pleasure in switching your phone off and walking round bashing the ball in wonderful peace ,,, heaven? BaaLocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Would be really dark in winter during morning work/school rush hour (8-9am) so keep it. Think that's the reason for it's original introduction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 3 hours ago, BaaLocks said: I thought it was done for the farmers, I have no problem with early mornings - means I can get out on the golf course a little earlier. It wasn't done for the farmers, I think that's just a myth. Farmers couldn't care less what time the clock says really, they just go by sunlight. They start when it's bright and work from there. I can't think of a single good reason to keep Daylight Saving Time. It's utterly daft. Obviously no daylight is actually saved. All that really happens is that for 6 months of the year, starting in Spring, we all collectively agree to lie to one another about what time it is. When it's 8am, we tell each other it's 9am, and adjust our clocks accordingly. Then in the Autumn, we stop fooling ourselves and decide to go back to the original times. That's assuming we consider Winter Time to be the original 'real' time, given that it most closely matches the pattern of the Sun. (noon being midday and so on) If we really want to have more sunlight after work and school in Summer, then why not simply start school and work an hour earlier in Summer and leave the clocks alone (We get up an hour earlier in Summer anyway, but we just tell ourselves we are getting up at the same time and the 'clocks have moved forward') I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 6 hours ago, Highgate said: why not simply start school and work an hour earlier in Summer and leave the clocks alone (We get up an hour earlier in Summer anyway, but we just tell ourselves we are getting up at the same time and the 'clocks have moved forward') I know nothing, Highgate and GB SPORTS 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 17 hours ago, Highgate said: It wasn't done for the farmers, I think that's just a myth. Correct - thank you! https://agamerica.com/blog/myth-vs-fact-daylight-saving-time-farming/ Highgate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Didn't the UK scrap british summer time a few years ago, only for it to be reinstated a few years later due to public pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 13 minutes ago, 1of4 said: Didn't the UK scrap british summer time a few years ago, only for it to be reinstated a few years later due to public pressure? No...but... you are probably thinking of the vote by the EU parliament in 2018 to scrap it. I think the bill stalled, and no date is set for implementation. That said now we have "taken back control" we wouldn't want to be seen to align with those pesky Europeans would we? We must keep changing the clocks twice a year. Its the British way! 1of4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 49 minutes ago, therealhantsram said: No...but... you are probably thinking of the vote by the EU parliament in 2018 to scrap it. I think the bill stalled, and no date is set for implementation. That said now we have "taken back control" we wouldn't want to be seen to align with those pesky Europeans would we? We must keep changing the clocks twice a year. Its the British way! Now we've taken back control. Why not go all in, what with the shortages of certain foods and the threat of being overrun by Jonny Foreigner coming across the channel in small boats. Lets revert back to British Double Summer Time that was introduced during World War Two. therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 In the late 1960s, the clocks were put forward an hour as usual, in the spring, but then just left like that for a year or two. I'm not sure why they then reverted to change in spring and autumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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