Clock Change

JodieO · 27 Oct 2007 at 18:39

I use that as too, works well.

Kell_ee001 said:
It's an american saying but it works...

"Spring forward, fall back"

MarcLister said:
Dare you to set his alarm off an hour earlier.

Lol, the baby is his alarm

HangTime · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:12

Scuzi said:
I have to work an extra hour. Go to work at 2200 BST and finish at 0700 GMT. That's 10 hours

Yeah some people seem to get shafted like this.
My fiancee is a nurse and had to do a 13.5hr shift last year (normal 12.5). So this year she booked the week off to make sure you wasn't rostered on to nights tonight.

To keep it fair I reckon they should ensure that whoever is down for a nightshift when the clocks go back, should also be down for a nightshift when the clocks go forward. Either that start the day shift 30mins early.

Glaucus · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:13

HangTime said:
Yeah some people seem to get shafted like this.
My fiancee is a nurse and had to do a 13.5hr shift last year (normal 12.5). So this year she booked the week off to make sure you wasn't rostered on to nights tonight.

Yeh I'm working tonight, but if they think there getting a free hour out of me, it's another thing.

Begbie · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:15

Wooohooo an extra hour in bed

meghatronic · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:17

JodieG said:
Keeping the kids up later tonight in the hope they sleep in in the morning otherwise they'll be up at 5am instead of 6.

Chloroform tbh Jodie

Mad old tory · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:21

Yay makes 10am cricket practice (indoors thankfully

) easier to stomach.

bolger · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:30

Wait wait wait, does this mean that ill have an hour more or an hour less when out tonight (place closes at 3am)?

Glaucus · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:30

bolger said:
Wait wait wait, does this mean that ill have an hour more or an hour less when out tonight (place closes at 3am)?

an hour more for the full on stumbling home factor.

SB118 · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:34

JodieG said:
... in the hope they sleep in in the morning ...

I'd always considered you a realist maid.

Vita · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:36

Oh great, one hour backwards. :rolleyes:

MarcLister · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:38

JodieG said:
Lol, the baby is his alarm

Nothing like the cat waking up his owner cartoon vid I hope.

Tbh I never know when the clocks change. I just wait for the inevitable threads on the forums I visit. Two forums I've been on today have had threads about it. :cool:

ChoÞÞer · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:51

MarcLister said:
Tbh I never know when the clocks change.

same, but now with vista if you click on the clock it tells you

MarcLister · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:00

ChoÞÞer said:
same, but now with vista if you click on the clock it tells you

Pfft! Still not worth it.

Vixen · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:05

Thanks for the heads up. My clock sets itself anyway, but at least now I won't be confused when I wake up tomorrow and my phone is an hour out

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Sonea Fifer · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:08

Berserker said:
Which is of course 2am BST in case anyone was still confused.

I've done most of my clocks today.

Thank god for that - am at work atm, my shift is 1600-0200 so at least i dont have to work that extra hour

eddiemcgarrigle · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:16

I find this is a bad idea for Scotland. Looked out of the window this morning at 8am and it was pitch black outside. Now, forward to Monday morning and you have kids making their way to school in the inky darkness. Not exactly safe is it?

Glaucus · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:20

eddiemcgarrigle said:
I find this is a bad idea for Scotland. Looked out of the window this morning at 8am and it was pitch black outside. Now, forward to Monday morning and you have kids making their way to school in the inky darkness. Not exactly safe is it?

It's lighter in the mornings.

Somewhere in Scotland did a trial. They found if clocks weren't changed overall accidents went down.
accidents in the evening dramatically fell, but accidents in the morning marginally went up. So they called it bad as accidents in the morning rose, completely ignoring the afternoon fall in accidents.

Stupid time shifts due to farmers being completely stupid.

Berserker · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:38

AcidHell2 said:
Stupid time shifts due to farmers being completely stupid.

The argument over farmers may have been true in the past, but is it really still true today?

Still, I find it difficult enough to wake up as it is, so waking up in the dark isn't really going to work for me.

Sp!ke · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:07

Damn, just spent the best part of the extra hour I'm getting working out how to change my ******** wristwatch.

S

meghatronic · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:37

eddiemcgarrigle said:
I find this is a bad idea for Scotland. Looked out of the window this morning at 8am and it was pitch black outside. Now, forward to Monday morning and you have kids making their way to school in the inky darkness. Not exactly safe is it?

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