Clocks go back to GMT tonight!

[Deleted member 15344]

The Scots complained about their 'wee bairns' being run over by motorists as they walked to school in the dark mornings. Statistically fewer children were actually killed walking to or from school in those years, just more in the mornings and less in the lighter evenings. Problem with living in Northern latitudes, such as Scotland, is that the daylight hours get very short in the middle of Winter, so it's difficult to avoid travelling in darkness at some time of the working day! To compensate they get longer hours of daylight in Summer. :mmm:

Do you not thinking worrying about their children is more of a valid claim than you getting a few holes in or a businessmen getting a hour in the last hour of daylight.

Maybe a readjustment of priorities

 

[delc]

Do you not thinking worrying about their children is more of a valid claim than you getting a few holes in or a businessmen getting a hour in the last hour of daylight.

Maybe a readjustment of priorities

As I pointed out, actually fewer children were killed walking to and from school during the permanent BST experiment. Just that a lot of fuss was created by the Scottish media about those killed in the mornings! Obviously I would prefer it if no children were killed on their journeys to and from school.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

So if enduring kids walk safe and in daylight to school you would be all for that then :thup:

 

[delc]

So if enduring kids walk safe and in daylight to school you would be all for that then :thup:

Walking to or from school in the dark is not intrinsically unsafe, given sensible precaution such as wearing reflective jackets. There are countries in the world where there is permanent darkness in the middle of winter, but kids still go to school!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

But we aren't that country and the kids in that country are used to it

Have it darker in the morning will add more mums to the road to take their kids to school

There is no reason I can see that you have posted that is a valid reason to stick to BST

 

[delc]

But we aren't that country and the kids in that country are used to it

Have it darker in the morning will add more mums to the road to take their kids to school

There is no reason I can see that you have posted that is a valid reason to stick to BST

Well just about every person I spoke to today was unhappy about the clocks going back to GMT, so I am not the only person who thinks this way!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Well just about every person I spoke to today was unhappy about the clocks going back to GMT, so I am not the only person who thinks this way!

Well that's the deal sorted - lets get On to the house of lords and get the whole time changed so for no other reason than people don't like the clocks going to our normal time.

 

[williamalex1]

Well just about every person I spoke to today was unhappy about the clocks going back to GMT, so I am not the only person who thinks this way!

You didn't speak to me or any of your northern friends[ if you have any] did you, very selfish and silly IMO, RICHARD:ears:head.

 

[delc]

You didn't speak to me or any of your northern friends[ if you have any] did you, very selfish and silly IMO, RICHARD:ears:head.

You are presumably Scottish. You have your own Scottish Parliament, so presumably they could legislate to have permanent GMT in Scotland. Just don't inflict it on the rest of the UK!

 

[williamalex1]

You are presumably Scottish. You have your own Scottish Parliament, so presumably they could legislate to have permanent GMT in Scotland. Just don't inflict it on the rest of the UK!

We are still in the UK , please try and keep up.

 

[SocketRocket]

No, its because of XBox, Playstations and all the other gizmo's that keep them in bedrooms texting to their mates for hours, can't remember the last time I saw a pair of kids playing kerby, they can't race the entry's because of metal gates and what ever happened to good old scrumping

Nothing to do with the fear of being snatched!

They call it 'Stealing Apples' these days

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Was nice driving into work this morning with the sun starting to rise - gave a nice bright start to a Monday morning

 

[delc]

I woke up naturally at 06.35 this morning, well before my alarm clock went off. It was perfectly light outside, but there is very little I can do until at least 08.00 because nothing opens until then. A complete waste of well over an hour's precious daylight! William Willett (original proposer of daylight saving) must be turning in his grave! :angry:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

You could get as many holes in as you would do between 5 and 6

Go to the shops and get breakfast
Walk the dog
Have a walk
Go to the tip
Do some gardening
Go to work and hour early and then leave an hour early and get a couple holes in

 

[delc]

You could get as many holes in as you would do between 5 and 6

Go to the shops and get breakfast
Walk the dog
Have a walk
Go to the tip
Do some gardening
Go to work and hour early and then leave an hour early and get a couple holes in

Most shops in my area don't open until 8 or 9am
Don't have a dog
Tip doesn't open until 8.15am
I'm retired now, but when I did work I wasn't allowed into my office before 08.30 because of 'Ealth 'n Safety!
Golf club doesn't open until 07.30am at this time of year and it's now too dark to start playing after 15.00.

 

[JCW]

yes we know derek , why we still do this i not sure

 

[delc]

yes we know derek , why we still do this i not sure

Apparently because the Scottish media portrayed the last trial of permanent BST as a Sassanach plot to rob them of an hour's daylight and to murder their children as they walked to school! Hence a lot of complaints from that part of the world, but few from the English (except maybe from a handful of professional Northerners!).

 

[Slab]

You guys always seem a little more distant to me when you put the clocks back... its like there's a disturbance in the force!

 

[c1973]

Apparently because the Scottish media portrayed the last trial of permanent BST as a Sassanach plot to rob them of an hour's daylight and to murder their children as they walked to school! Hence a lot of complaints from that part of the world, but few from the English (except maybe from a handful of professional Northerners!).

:rofl:

This made me laugh heartily, very entertaining post. :thup:

 

[DCB]

Apparently because the Scottish media portrayed the last trial of permanent BST as a Sassanach plot to rob them of an hour's daylight and to murder their children as they walked to school! Hence a lot of complaints from that part of the world, but few from the English (except maybe from a handful of professional Northerners!).

I remember it well, leaving home with fluorescent tabard on and reflective bands on my jacket sleeves as I walked to school. It was a three year experiment that was fairly inconclusive.

By the way, published figures for early morning accidents gave a figure of over 900 additional killed or seriously injured over the time of the experiment. A not insignificant number.