clocks?

**the original ducky** · 25-Mar-06, 21:50

hey can anyone tell me does anything happen to e time e night thought it goes forward is this true?

**Tugmistress** · 25-Mar-06, 21:54

yup it is tonight they go forward one hour (about 2am to be precise i think or maybe it is 1am to make it 2am lol).

**the original ducky** · 25-Mar-06, 21:56

oh lovely an hour less in ma bed. thanks for telling me lol

**acameron** · 25-Mar-06, 22:45

Originally Posted by the original ducky

hey can anyone tell me does anything happen to e time e night thought it goes forward is this true?

Time is continuously going forward ducky mate - but we do put our clocks forward an hour

**ice box** · 25-Mar-06, 22:49

You would not think it was the start of summer tomorrow by the weather dont worry still got the may gobs to look forward to lol

**moose and Lindsay** · 25-Mar-06, 22:49

Originally Posted by the original ducky

oh lovely an hour less in ma bed. thanks for telling me lol

Why an hour less, its sunday have a lie in

Also its mothers day, all mothers should be getting a lie in, plus breakfast in bed

**ice box** · 25-Mar-06, 23:03

That sound s like a dig to me .

**susan.leith** · 25-Mar-06, 23:12

"Spring forward, fall back" should help you remember what happens to the clocks, and when!

**the original ducky** · 25-Mar-06, 23:22

hey thanks to everyone who helped sadly work in the morning just like others, an hour less in bed oh the joys! xx

**canuck** · 25-Mar-06, 23:59

Originally Posted by the original ducky

hey can anyone tell me does anything happen to e time e night thought it goes forward is this true?

Thanks for this ducky. We don't change until next week and I would have missed the quiz without knowing that this was your spring forward weekend.

**Chillie** · 26-Mar-06, 01:57

Originally Posted by the original ducky

hey can anyone tell me does anything happen to e time e night thought it goes forward is this true?

Thank's ducky I will never buy a Groat again.

krieve · 26-Mar-06, 02:37

Has anyone put the clocks forward yet then?

**Chillie** · 26-Mar-06, 02:42

Originally Posted by krieve

Has anyone put the clocks forward yet then?

No I put mine's back to catch up with Ducky

**robby50x** · 26-Mar-06, 17:40

its about time they stopped all this changing of the clocks it is rather dated now what is the point of it anyway what good does it do i am as baffled as a chipmunk

**Chillie** · 26-Mar-06, 17:48

Originally Posted by robby50x

its about time they stopped all this changing of the clocks it is rather dated now what is the point of it anyway what good does it do i am as baffled as a chipmunk

I think it was something to do with the last war not sure though, maybe someone can tell why.

knightofeth · 26-Mar-06, 18:08

Originally Posted by robby50x

its about time they stopped all this changing of the clocks it is rather dated now what is the point of it anyway what good does it do i am as baffled as a chipmunk

It gives us an extra hour in bed to look forward to in the autumn!

**Drutt** · 26-Mar-06, 18:24

Originally Posted by robby50x

its about time they stopped all this changing of the clocks it is rather dated now what is the point of it anyway what good does it do i am as baffled as a chipmunk

We have British Summer Time (aka Daylight Savings Time) so that we have lighter evenings in the summer.

In Caithness, the sun rises before 4.30am in June and July and sets a little after 10pm. If we remained on GMT all year round, the sun would rise before 3.30am and set shortly after 9pm in the height of the summer. Since I'd guess that most people don't get up until at least 7am, that'd be a waste of good daylight.

There's a campaign down south to have BST in the winter and BST+1 in the summer, to extend the evening daylight throughout the year. As Scotland gets extremely short days in the winter, it would mean that the sun wouldn't rise until nearly 10am in the depths of winter. I believe that this proposal is not well received in Scotland because it would probably lead to an increase in road accidents. It'd also be pretty horrendous for those people suffering from SAD.