Clocks go back this weekend!

It was the Scottish lobby than killed the experiment to stay on BST throughout the year that was run from 1968 to 1971. According to them it was a Sassenach plot to rob them of an hour of their daylight and to kill their children as they walked to school, despite statistics that showed a big fall in traffic casualties, even among Scottish children. That noted Scottish idiot Alex Salmond recently claimed that "Scotland would be plunged into darkness" by a similar scheme today! I have news for him: The hours of daylight would stay exactly the same, but many people could make better use of them.
 
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delc said:
It was the Scottish lobby than killed the experiment to stay on BST throughout the year that was run from 1968 to 1971. According to them it was a Sassenach plot to rob them of an hour of their daylight and to kill their children as they walked to school, despite statistics that showed a big fall in traffic casualties, even among Scottish children. That noted Scottish idiot Alex Salmond recently claimed that "Scotland would be plunged into darkness" by a similar scheme today! I have news for him: The hours of daylight would stay exactly the same, but many people could make better use of them.
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I KNEW IT ................... its always them, no need for rest of that post at all :D:D


they don't wana golf early them lot , up all night pillaging & raiding & drinking mead :angry:
or maybe that was only Dodger :D ( for the older crew)
 
CliveW said:
Why not just shut all schools between October and March and open them from 8am to 8pm through the summer months with no holidays? That way kids wouldn't have to travel in the dark. :)
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Thank God for that, I don't have to read anymore of this stuff going round and round.

WE HAVE A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
 
delc said:
Depending on cloud cover, you normally get at least 30 minutes of twilight before the sun rises and after it sets at our latitude, maybe a bit more if the skies are clear, as they were yesterday morning. 05.45 was actually 15 minutes AFTER official nautical twilight for Sunday, See the info I have already provided. I am more concerned about the early sunset and onset of darkness in the evenings btw.
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There was zero cloud cover and it was still dark just before 6:30
 
Ahem...It was pitch black on Saturday morning at 7.00am when I started my drive to the golf club. Therfore it was pitch black on Sunday morning at 6.00am. And I mean pitch black Del, not iddy biddy light in the sky, nautical, astronomical or how ever uou may want to dress it up. IT WAS DARK!
Good God man, just admit you were wrong!
I really shouldn't bite!
 
Got the answer................................

Del must have been up in his little plane at 5.45 AM, therefore he was much higher than the rest of us and therefore saw the sun before us groundhogs.

It is the only possible answer apart from the possibility that Del is bonkers :)
 
I'm Scottish and I don't see the point in moving the clocks. Nor does anyone else I know. We're mostly confused by it to be honest, and have no idea why on earth it's needed. It's never really noticed because I'm far too busy at this time of the year to even bother when it gets dark. You go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.
 
delc said:
It was the Scottish lobby than killed the experiment to stay on BST throughout the year that was run from 1968 to 1971. According to them it was a Sassenach plot to rob them of an hour of their daylight and to kill their children as they walked to school, despite statistics that showed a big fall in traffic casualties, even among Scottish children. That noted Scottish idiot Alex Salmond recently claimed that "Scotland would be plunged into darkness" by a similar scheme today! I have news for him: The hours of daylight would stay exactly the same, but many people could make better use of them.
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Best statement of the thread right there. :)
 
I played in a Society day at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Camberley today. Nice course by the way. After the round we had a sit down meal and the Prize giving. I won 'nearest the pin' on the Par-3 17th hole, despite an otherwise carp (anag.) round. When we came to leave I thought it was at least 7pm because it was pretty dark outside, but a glance at my watch showed it was only 5.30 pm. I hate long dark Winter evenings due to GMT! :(
 
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pauldj42 said:
If you're now retired, why does it matter what the clock says, surely you can adjust your day accordingly, better than flexi-time.
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He has very generously decided to use the little daylight hours we have to fight the corner of the much afflicted majority who suffer as a result of the clocks changing. Fight the power!
 
Cheifi0 said:
He has very generously decided to use the little daylight hours we have to fight the corner of the much afflicted majority who suffer as a result of the clocks changing. Fight the power!
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What a nice guy😜
 
I really like crisp bright mornings playing golf and then cosy dark evenings with the fire warming the room up with a nice glass of red
 
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