Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving

413x · 8 Sep 2018 at 12:16

nkata said:
When I worked in Spain in 1979, we were at work at 8.30am, worked until 12.30pm, lunch and siesta until 3.00pm, then worked until 7.30pm - 8.00pm ish with an afternoon break at 5.30pm. Dinner at 9.00pm. This was pre EEC (for Spain), post Franco by a few years and things may have changed since. I was dredging in the Mediterranean port of Santa Pola.

That sucks

Hagar · 8 Sep 2018 at 12:34

413x said:
That sucks

Actually it was pretty cool. I drove down there in my car from the UK, so on days off, it was up the coast to Benidorm or other resorts, days on the beach, nights clubbing after work etc.

dowie · 8 Sep 2018 at 21:09

billysielu said:
IMO that's our inability to measure time. There's only ever one correct answer for how much time has passed. I'd imagine every answer known to man currently is flawed in some way or other.

that isn't true actually, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

Blackjack Davy · 9 Sep 2018 at 02:02

Tefal said:
But it's not the same time. Time is relative.

Earth and mars travel at differnt speeds and rotate at differnt speeds so 1 second on each planet is not the same as 1 second on the other from the others perspective.

Mars rotates in 24 hours 37 minutes. Time as measured on Earth. Of course the native martians might see it differently but so far they havn't reached out and told us of it.

Jean-F · 9 Sep 2018 at 13:38

nkata said:
Actually it was pretty cool. I drove down there in my car from the UK, so on days off, it was up the coast to Benidorm or other resorts, days on the beach, nights clubbing after work etc.

I think that 413x was having a little play on words, “sucks” “dredging”, geddit?

Tefal · 9 Sep 2018 at 13:43

Blackjack Davy said:
Mars rotates in 24 hours 37 minutes. Time as measured on Earth. Of course the native martians might see it differently but so far they havn't reached out and told us of it.

Well the whole point is theyd see it as the same. It would just appear to be differnt from each other's perspectives

Nasher · 9 Sep 2018 at 14:28

Some places are doing 3-4 day weeks now. Apparently they get just as much work as in 5. Probably because less slack time and people aren't as burned out by the end of the week.

I think we should do that nationally as well. It would save a lot in travel costs (and pollution)

Tefal · 9 Sep 2018 at 14:32

Nasher said:
Some places are doing 3-4 day weeks now. Apparently they get just as much work as in 5. Probably because less slack time and people aren't as burned out by the end of the week.

I think we should do that nationally as well. It would save a lot in travel costs (and pollution)

I do 4 day weeks working nights 9.15 hour shifts

Hagar · 9 Sep 2018 at 16:11

Jean-F said:
I think that 413x was having a little play on words, “sucks” “dredging”, geddit?

Well played sir, went over my head entirely.

FoxEye · 9 Sep 2018 at 22:24

Nasher said:
Some places are doing 3-4 day weeks now. Apparently they get just as much work as in 5. Probably because less slack time and people aren't as burned out by the end of the week.

I think we should do that nationally as well. It would save a lot in travel costs (and pollution)

I'm flat out for 5 days a week; I don't think there's any way I could do the same amount of work in 4 days, tbh.

Not that I wouldn't love a 4 day working week - I just know for sure I'd end up getting less done.

Amp34 · 10 Sep 2018 at 02:59

nkata said:
When I worked in Spain in 1979, we were at work at 8.30am, worked until 12.30pm, lunch and siesta until 3.00pm, then worked until 7.30pm - 8.00pm ish with an afternoon break at 5.30pm. Dinner at 9.00pm. This was pre EEC (for Spain), post Franco by a few years and things may have changed since. I was dredging in the Mediterranean port of Santa Pola.

Agreed. 3 Hour siesta from around 12-1pm and an early start is what I've seen when in Spain.

Makes you wonder if any of the others are right either.