We've got Covid and a volcano, we've had Meghan but there's more. The clocks go forward this weekend

Lysander said:
For me it's about light and noise. Even if you draw the blinds in my flat you still get light through the window and no, I'm not going to be able to get blackout blinds in a rented property.

Too much light really stresses me out, I have long suspected I have SSAD. I don't mind it during the day, obviously, but when it's still light beyond, say, 9pm, I feel exposed and trapped. There's nowhere to escape to and you just have to wait it out. I'm on the road to getting therapy for it, or a diagnosis, because I don't want to live the rest of my life like this or making excuses and lying to people about how much I love light evenings when I don't. What makes it harder is that people just don't get it - you explain it to them and they laugh or think it's weird - so you just have to say nothing and smile and nod.

EDIT: posts like this just prove my point
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https://www.easyblindsonline.co.uk/index.php?_route_=blackout-blinds/easynight-blackout-blind
 
I don’t care which way round it is, but please can we just stop ******* around with it. Fix it 1 way or the other.

Why don’t people just go to bed later in the summer, then we won’t need to mess around with clocks etc.

if your excuse is “work”, get your boss to change your hours.

I think as society we need to be more flexible in time. We could then allow for people who enjoy sunny evenings to enjoy them, and people who do not, to enjoy the dark.

the issue is not with time, but the inability of industry and “work” to adapt.
 
Lysander said:
For me it's about light and noise. Even if you draw the blinds in my flat you still get light through the window and no, I'm not going to be able to get blackout blinds in a rented property.

Too much light really stresses me out, I have long suspected I have SSAD. I don't mind it during the day, obviously, but when it's still light beyond, say, 9pm, I feel exposed and trapped. There's nowhere to escape to and you just have to wait it out. I'm on the road to getting therapy for it, or a diagnosis, because I don't want to live the rest of my life like this or making excuses and lying to people about how much I love light evenings when I don't. What makes it harder is that people just don't get it - you explain it to them and they laugh or think it's weird - so you just have to say nothing and smile and nod.

EDIT: posts like this just prove my point
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If the light really stresses you out, why not buy black out blinds? It's not like they're particularly expensive. Genuine question.
 
Lysander said:
For me it's about light and noise. Even if you draw the blinds in my flat you still get light through the window and no, I'm not going to be able to get blackout blinds in a rented property.

Too much light really stresses me out, I have long suspected I have SSAD. I don't mind it during the day, obviously, but when it's still light beyond, say, 9pm, I feel exposed and trapped. There's nowhere to escape to and you just have to wait it out. I'm on the road to getting therapy for it, or a diagnosis, because I don't want to live the rest of my life like this or making excuses and lying to people about how much I love light evenings when I don't. What makes it harder is that people just don't get it - you explain it to them and they laugh or think it's weird - so you just have to say nothing and smile and nod.

EDIT: posts like this just prove my point
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Pay 20 quid and get a black out blind you nutter. No landlord would say no to a blackout blind in a ******* bedroom with a window that lets light in when you have a disorder associated.
 
BST is way better. People saying they want more light in the morning, sunrise is already 4.15-4.30am in June with BST, do you really want it earlier than that??
 
rG-tom said:
BST is way better. People saying they want more light in the morning, sunrise is already 4.15-4.30am in June with BST, do you really want it earlier than that??
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Why not start work later and go to bed later?

are you so stuck you can’t think past the 9-5?
 
Basher said:
Do we change school times, too? It's much simpler to use BST than change school/work/sleep times.
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Do, or do not. The choice would be yours. Want the kids to start school at different times... ask. You could have them start an hour later after Easter and then the other way after summer.... or not. Choice, flexibility.

I was hoping this change would stick after lockdown and #Ronagate.

flexi-working and remote working. I guess people just find it hard to climb out of the 9-5, mon-fri office trudge.
 
stuman said:
Do, or do not. The choice would be yours. Want the kids to start school at different times... ask. You could have them start an hour later after Easter and then the other way after summer.... or not. Choice, flexibility.

It’s one thing I was hoping would change during lockdown and #Ronagate.
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But the choice isn't mine - it's the schools. You can't have kids starting school at different times. You change it for all or no one.

BST seems FAR simpler than your suggestion.
 
Basher said:
But the choice isn't mine - it's the schools. You can't have kids starting school at different times. You change it for all or no one.

BST seems FAR simpler than your suggestion.
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why can’t you have the start times change? The kids get their time table, it says first lesson “10am”.

imagine if somebody suggested that every clock in the country must be changed at 2am because most people want to stay up an hour later in the summer. I think the sane response would be, let’s just start work an hour later.
 
stuman said:
why can’t you have the start times change? The kids get their time table, it says first lesson “10am”.

imagine if somebody suggested that every clock in the country must be changed at 2am because most people want to stay up an hour later in the summer. I think the sane response would be, let’s just start work an hour later.
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Nobody tell this guy that is exactly what happened.
 
dLockers said:
Nobody tell this guy that is exactly what happened.
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:eek:

:p

That was my point, it was a stupid idea then, it’s a stupid idea now.

much the same as Sunday trading hours. Don’t get me started on that!

just go to bed later. We’re adults we can make up our own minds.
 
stuman said:
:eek:

:p

That was my point, it was a stupid idea then, it’s a stupid idea now.

much the same as Sunday trading hours. Don’t get me started on that!

just go to bed later. We’re adults we can make up our own minds.
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I agree it would be laughed at if it would be proposed now. But it's here so I really don't see what we'd be gaining by changing again.
 
stuman said:
:eek:

:p

That was my point, it was a stupid idea then, it’s a stupid idea now.

much the same as Sunday trading hours. Don’t get me started on that!

just go to bed later. We’re adults we can make up our own minds.
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The stupid idea was picking GMT in the first place and then realising it was such a stupid choice you have to change it for half the year :p
 
Basher said:
I agree it would be laughed at if it would be proposed now. But it's here so I really don't see what we'd be gaining by changing again.
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Less fuss. The time is just the time, regardless of time of year.

also the change itself would help us as society move towards a more flexible and adaptable way of living and working.
 
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