Comments on: Changing Clocks http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-448 Simon Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:17:43 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-448 Carrster, I'm glad I never got out of work at 11pm, but I did late shifts until 10pm. Unless you count bar work when it would be past midnight, and always dark, when I got out! -Fruey Carrster,

I’m glad I never got out of work at 11pm, but I did late shifts until 10pm. Unless you count bar work when it would be past midnight, and always dark, when I got out!

-Fruey

]]> By: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-447 carrster Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:12:25 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-447 Ah yes - I used to get out of work at 11pm and the sky would still have a tinge of light to it. Sure beats it getting dark at 4pm in the dead of winter!! ugh! Ah yes - I used to get out of work at 11pm and the sky would still have a tinge of light to it. Sure beats it getting dark at 4pm in the dead of winter!! ugh!

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-443 Simon Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-443 Aidan, Nasty when you don't realise the hour is changing, and you turn up late or don't allow an extra hour in bed. Strictly speaking, if my research was correct, Easter Sunday has never coincided with the hour change because the UK deliberately moved the hour change to the week after Easter should Easter Sunday be the last Sunday in March. As for the Scots, seems to me they complained when the hour didn't change, and still complain when it does. Bit of a Highland game. -Fruey Aidan,

Nasty when you don’t realise the hour is changing, and you turn up late or don’t allow an extra hour in bed.

Strictly speaking, if my research was correct, Easter Sunday has never coincided with the hour change because the UK deliberately moved the hour change to the week after Easter should Easter Sunday be the last Sunday in March.

As for the Scots, seems to me they complained when the hour didn’t change, and still complain when it does. Bit of a Highland game.

-Fruey

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-442 Simon Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:48:37 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-442 Vacances, I'm not sure about the cows. Maybe farmers liked daylight savings because the milking time would be an hour later for them, but I expect the cows were pretty indifferent to the whole thing. Maybe there was a Dairy Farmer lobby to keep the hour change. It must at least have been moo-ted in bovine parliament. -Fruey Vacances,

I’m not sure about the cows. Maybe farmers liked daylight savings because the milking time would be an hour later for them, but I expect the cows were pretty indifferent to the whole thing. Maybe there was a Dairy Farmer lobby to keep the hour change. It must at least have been moo-ted in bovine parliament.

-Fruey

]]> By: Aidan http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-441 Aidan Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:38:09 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-441 I only realised the time-change over here when I turned up for a late-night Saturday shift the other day - suddenly the idea of clocking off at 4am, not 3am, then getting up again at 8 seemed so much more traumatic for the one hour's difference... My other thought was that Easter was late this year - since my main associations of the Spring clock-change were from the years it would coincide with Easter Sunday, and especially my mum's enthusiasm for heading up to church for the traditional 6am start - which seemed dazing enough, let alone when transmuted into 5am 'in real terms'... Well, she enjoyed it... I usually got by on a sleepily dazed grunt which translated into 'Not for me this year, thanks, I'll see you at a more civilised breakfast-time a fair few hours from now...' Every year there seems to be a movement, especially in Scotland, for the abolition of the WWI-dated clock change rigmarole, backed up by road safety campaigners. Seems entirely sensible to me... I only realised the time-change over here when I turned up for a late-night Saturday shift the other day - suddenly the idea of clocking off at 4am, not 3am, then getting up again at 8 seemed so much more traumatic for the one hour’s difference…

My other thought was that Easter was late this year - since my main associations of the Spring clock-change were from the years it would coincide with Easter Sunday, and especially my mum’s enthusiasm for heading up to church for the traditional 6am start - which seemed dazing enough, let alone when transmuted into 5am ‘in real terms’…
Well, she enjoyed it… I usually got by on a sleepily dazed grunt which translated into ‘Not for me this year, thanks, I’ll see you at a more civilised breakfast-time a fair few hours from now…’
Every year there seems to be a movement, especially in Scotland, for the abolition of the WWI-dated clock change rigmarole, backed up by road safety campaigners. Seems entirely sensible to me…

]]> By: Vacances Scolaires http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-440 Vacances Scolaires Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:57:53 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-440 I remember reading somewhere that the clock change had something to do with keeping cows' stomachs in sync with their milking patterns as they wake up and start eating earlier as it gets lighter in the summer... I could be wrong though Fruey - you're explanation sounds much more plausible. Vacances Scolaires I remember reading somewhere that the clock change had something to do with keeping cows’ stomachs in sync with their milking patterns as they wake up and start eating earlier as it gets lighter in the summer…
I could be wrong though Fruey - you’re explanation sounds much more plausible.
Vacances Scolaires

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-438 Simon Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:28:12 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-438 Dave, I have no idea of the difference in energy consumption compared to heating. Here, I keep my heating at around 70°F when I need it, but in summer it can be 85° and I'd like to have aircon, but it would be expensive to heat in winter and cool in summer... not forgetting the cost of an aircon install! It's pretty rare to see aircon anywhere except in stores where they like to keep customers cool so they'll stay longer and buy more. -Fruey Dave,

I have no idea of the difference in energy consumption compared to heating. Here, I keep my heating at around 70°F when I need it, but in summer it can be 85° and I’d like to have aircon, but it would be expensive to heat in winter and cool in summer… not forgetting the cost of an aircon install! It’s pretty rare to see aircon anywhere except in stores where they like to keep customers cool so they’ll stay longer and buy more.

-Fruey

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-437 Simon Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:25:04 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-437 Hi Carrster, I love late evenings watching dusk fall with a glass of wine on my balcony. Out here it can stay light until about 11pm :-D. -Fruey Hi Carrster,

I love late evenings watching dusk fall with a glass of wine on my balcony. Out here it can stay light until about 11pm :-D.

-Fruey

]]> By: Marinade Dave http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-436 Marinade Dave Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:16:12 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-436 I pretty much keep my AC set at 78. Of course, I like to save energy, but what's the difference between running it or turning on your heat in other climes to stay warm in the winter? I pretty much keep my AC set at 78. Of course, I like to save energy, but what’s the difference between running it or turning on your heat in other climes to stay warm in the winter?

]]> By: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/27/changing-clocks/#comment-435 carrster Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:31:37 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=116#comment-435 I LOVE daylight savings time and am sooooo looking forward to the extra hour of daylight in the evenings. When I lived in Los Angeles, I didn't notice much of a difference between summer and winter. A friend of mine visited me here in MN (she lives in LA) in May a few years ago and exlaimed "My god, do you live in Iceland?!" as it was still light at 8:30pm....I said - give it a month and it'll be dusk at 10pm!! She was amazed. I LOVE daylight savings time and am sooooo looking forward to the extra hour of daylight in the evenings.

When I lived in Los Angeles, I didn’t notice much of a difference between summer and winter. A friend of mine visited me here in MN (she lives in LA) in May a few years ago and exlaimed “My god, do you live in Iceland?!” as it was still light at 8:30pm….I said - give it a month and it’ll be dusk at 10pm!! She was amazed.

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