MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: vRS Carl on March 24, 2012, 07:42:04 pm
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Starts tonight folks. 1 hour less kip :sad1:
Make sure you put your clocks forwards or you might be joining the F1 at around lap 40 :grin:
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Thanks for reminding me. :happy2:
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:P http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44920.msg519208.html#msg519208 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44920.msg519208.html#msg519208)
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Cheers, Carl :drinking:
I think that losing one hour's sleep tonight is well worth all the lighter evenings we'll be having for a bit. I do wish they would leave the clocks alone as 'British Summertime' 365/52.
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There have been campaigns for it and I am in agreement. :happy2:
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Yup same here. Don't see the point in putting it forwards and backwards just leave as is.
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It's more hassle than its worse! Must suck for guys working the night shifts or do they think they alow for the extra hour ?
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It's more hassle than its worse! Must suck for guys working the night shifts or do they think they alow for the extra hour ?
Woohoo one hour less for me tonight. :signLOL:
Swings and roundabouts to be honest, we loose an hours shift tonight, but could end working the next clock change so end up doing the extra hour.. :sad1:
Automation is getting beter, hopefully tonight the Mainframe should so the clock change automatically :pomppomp: so we don't have to shut it down and reload it all... :star: fingers crossed.
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Why does it suck for the night shift workers? One hour less to work!
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IIRC they did leave it one year and there was a bus crash in scotland and some kids died, some said it was because it was dark, so then they decided to keep the daylight saving, and it hasnt changed since
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IIRC they did leave it one year and there was a bus crash in scotland and some kids died, some said it was because it was dark, so then they decided to keep the daylight saving, and it hasnt changed since
....A bus crashes and it being dark is to blame? - That's stupid :stupid:
Do more fatal crashes happen during the hours of darkness than of daylight then?
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Why does it suck for the night shift workers? One hour less to work!
Goes back in winter doesn't it, so just as your about to clock off and go home.....you have 1 hour left :sick:
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If you work both of them, it averages out fine.
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IIRC they did leave it one year and there was a bus crash in scotland and some kids died, some said it was because it was dark, so then they decided to keep the daylight saving, and it hasnt changed since
....A bus crashes and it being dark is to blame? - That's stupid :stupid:
Do more fatal crashes happen during the hours of darkness than of daylight then?
from memory yes, school kids killed, the reasons being if the clocks had changed then the driver would have seen them, will see what i can find to back this up
found this
A move to "permanent daylight saving time" (staying on summer hours all year with no time shifts) is sometimes advocated, and has in fact been implemented in some jurisdictions such as Iceland, Russia, and Belarus.[87] The United Kingdom stayed on daylight saving time from 1968 to 1971.[139] Advocates cite the same advantages as normal DST without the problems associated with the twice yearly time shifts. However, many remain unconvinced of the benefits, citing the same problems and the relatively late sunrises that year-round DST entails.[140]
"Permanent daylight saving time" or permanent summer time are perhaps misnomers, as the practice essentially becomes the "standard time" for the area. However, it can be considered to be a deviation from the internationally agreed timezone of the Coordinated Universal Time system.
Many jurisdictions such as Argentina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Tokelau can be considered to use a form of de facto permanent daylight saving time[citation needed] because they use time zones located to the east of the time zones they are geographically located in. Thus their local times are later than the time they would theoretically occur under a "pure" system, such as the nautical time system, giving the same effect as year-round DST.
although no mention of the reason for going back, will look some more
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I work 12hr shifts & when the clock go forward we work the 11hrs & still get 12hrs pay. If working when they go back we get 1hrs overtime on top of the 12hr shift.
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I work 12hr shifts & when the clock go forward we work the 11hrs & still get 12hrs pay. If working when they go back we get 1hrs overtime on top of the 12hr shift.
Same here.
Just had an hour taken off my shift tonight, to top it off I got a flyer as we couldn't get a permit to work above others :jumpmove:
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Can't beat the British summer time.. It's definitely my favourite day of the year.. :jumpmove:
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Just heard on the radio we're not going to be putting the clocks back this year we're staying in british summertime, any truth in this?
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Just heard on the radio we're not going to be putting the clocks back this year we're staying in british summertime, any truth in this?
Does that mean Christmas day will be warmer? :party:
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Just heard on the radio we're not going to be putting the clocks back this year we're staying in british summertime, any truth in this?
Does that mean Christmas day will be warmer? :party:
LOL no it means it will get dark at about 5:15 rather than 4:15pm but wont be light till almost half 8am
nothing will change, it will still be dark when i start work and when i finish lol
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We should stay on GMT the whole year round. We came up with the way of measuring time around the planet hence the meridian line through Greenwich. People just want to remove our heritage :fighting:
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Starts tonight folks. 1 hour less kip :sad1:
At last. This means golfing in the evenings and beer gardens after work again :drinking: :party:
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Excellent BBQ today to kick of the summer. Light evenings FTW