British summer time

[Bruce Almighty]

I have a strong opinion on this.

My Mrs is the village newsagent and I help her with her paper round before milking at 6.30. We also have a milk round 3 x a week
I hate dark mornings.

I was born in 1968, the last time we didn't "change the clocks" as we know it. Obviously I can't remember it.

Dad told me that if we didn't change the clocks, in mid-winter kids would be going to school in the dark. (Particularly so with pre-schoolers dumped at nursery at 8am)
Also, if you gain an extra "light" hour in the evening (after tea) when it's freezing cold (late Feb/early March) what are you going to do with it ?

I used to think we should leave the clocks alone in the Autumn,

But like so many other situations, Dad was right & I couldn't see it when I was younger. He'd been there & done it.

An hour in the morning is worth 2 at night.
Anyone who disagrees either has never milked cows or is a lazy barsteward

 

[Ramrod]

Me

 

[glasshouse]

I have a strong opinion on this.

My Mrs is the village newsagent and I help her with her paper round before milking at 6.30. We also have a milk round 3 x a week
I hate dark mornings.

I was born in 1968, the last time we didn't "change the clocks" as we know it. Obviously I can't remember it.

Dad told me that if we didn't change the clocks, in mid-winter kids would be going to school in the dark. (Particularly so with pre-schoolers dumped at nursery at 8am)
Also, if you gain an extra "light" hour in the evening (after tea) when it's freezing cold (late Feb/early March) what are you going to do with it ?

I used to think we should leave the clocks alone in the Autumn,

But like so many other situations, Dad was right & I couldn't see it when I was younger. He'd been there & done it.

An hour in the morning is worth 2 at night.
Anyone who disagrees either has never milked cows or is a lazy barsteward

I have never milked cows so i must be the latter.
I just hate my body clock getting fcked up twice a year

 

[colhonk]

Why not alter them by 1/2 hour ,then leave them alone.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I have never milked cows so i must be the latter.
I just hate my body clock getting fcked up twice a year

f**king hell you get jet lag from changing the clocks ?
You should go to the pub more often, it won't solve any problems but it will make you feel better.

 

[betweenthelines]

I'm curious about what dairy farmers do when the clocks change?

Milk at the same time by the clock, ie an hour out on the Sunday, or go by the cows clock so they don't have a change?

 

[glasshouse]

fudgeing hell you get jet lag from changing the clocks ?
You should go to the pub more often, it won't solve any problems but it will make you feel better.

I would go to the pub more often if i got to sleep in till 9 in the winter

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I would go to the pub more often if i got to sleep in till 9 in the winter

Wouldn't we all ?

An old Aussie farmer I knew (who is no longer with us) used to say "people die in bed" that did me the world of good

After that I came home, I never got half a cup of cold water from Dad ever again !

 

[opininionated]

I'm curious about what dairy farmers do when the clocks change?

Milk at the same time by the clock, ie an hour out on the Sunday, or go by the cows clock so they don't have a change?

The farm i worked on in my middle college year altered the milking time by 15 mins a day, 2 days before and 2 days after the changing date.


Bit OCD if you ask me, but they must have thought it was crucial.....

 

[glasshouse]

I dont change my clock
I ignore it as long as possible

 

[Philip Watkins]

I'm curious about what dairy farmers do when the clocks change?

Milk at the same time by the clock, ie an hour out on the Sunday, or go by the cows clock so they don't have a change?

Used to go by the clock, cows don't take long to get the message.

 

[glasshouse]

Wouldn't we all ?

An old Aussie farmer I knew (who is no longer with us) used to say "people die in bed" that did me the world of good

After that I came home, I never got half a cup of cold water from Dad ever again !

The point is you could if bst was all yr
9am start, 5pm finish , nothing lost at all

 

[Red Fred]

Anyone who disagrees either has never milked cows or is a lazy barsteward

I'm up as soon as the sunlight touches my window pane. My room faces west. Having said that, I like to be up the crack of dawn every morning.

 

[glasshouse]

I knew a bird called dawn too

 

[Grassman]

A compromise would be to leave changing the clocks in the autumn till the end of November and move to summertime at the end of February.

 

[Kidds]

I figure if I can't see what time it is on the clock on the wall it isn't time to get up yet.

 

[M-J-G]

You've still go the same daylight, so it's little odds to a farmer who will start and finish their day in the dark during winter.

Kids starting school an hour later isn't ideal for parents who drop kids off at school on their way to work, although it would suit the unemoyed as tbey have an excuse for getting up later.

 

[Red Fred]

I must say I noticed an improvement tonight after having to chase the cows out of the wrong paddock, I looked at the phone and it was 17.05 and still light enough to move them easily, so things are looking up.

 

[DeeGee]

I really do hate lying in bed in the morning.
Once it’s eleven o’clock I just have to be up and about.

 

[glasshouse]

If kids went to school in the dark, by car or bus it makes mo difference, but an hour of daylight after school would be a lot better and get them outside and running about .