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Maggy

25-03-2004 20:43

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Well let Scotland switch back and forth then and leave us out of the loop. :zzz:

Incog. :)

Tricky

25-03-2004 20:43

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great more light on an evening = more golf (good old summer time)

Jerrek

25-03-2004 21:14

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Why not let the counties that want to use summer time use it, and those that don't don't have to? Let Scotland use it if they want, and England not if they don't want to...

ZrByte

25-03-2004 21:22

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well let Scotland switch back and forth then and leave us out of the loop. :zzz:

Incog. :)

What about northern England then? Newcastle for example.

Stuart

26-03-2004 10:09

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Originally Posted by Jerrek

Why not let the counties that want to use summer time use it, and those that don't don't have to? Let Scotland use it if they want, and England not if they don't want to...

I think that's what Incog said..

Stuartbe

26-03-2004 10:11

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Originally Posted by Tricky

great more light on an evening = more golf (good old summer time)

Yep... Its much easier to find your ball in the rough when its light :D

Stuart

26-03-2004 10:17

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

Yep... Its much easier to find your ball in the rough when its light :D

Or Balls...

Maggy

26-03-2004 10:20

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Originally Posted by scastle

Or Balls...

Does EVERY thread have to be reduced to StuartB's balls? :mad:

Get back on topic. :knock:

Chris

26-03-2004 10:21

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Originally Posted by Jerrek

Why not let the counties that want to use summer time use it, and those that don't don't have to? Let Scotland use it if they want, and England not if they don't want to...

I think you're forgetting that the UK is on a completely different geographic scale to North America. A great many people live in one county and work in another, or do business across different counties. If such a large number of people crammed into such a small space all had to start trying to remember who was on which time zone, there would be chaos. It simply wouldn't be worth the trouble.

Actually, re-reading your post, are you confused about what a county is in the UK? Scotland and England are not counties, they are seperate and distinct nations joined as a single State called the United Kingdom. Within each nation there are counties, just as you have them within your states in the US - e.g. Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire in England; Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire in Scotland.

Personally I don't think any change is worth the trouble. This is a story the Press run every year to fill a few column inches but I think the chances of anything changing are pretty much zero.

Julian

26-03-2004 10:32

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To Whom It May Concern

The clocks going forward is an ideal time to dispel the rumour surrounding lovemaking being over too quick.

Get down to it around 0059 and 45 seconds and bingo it should last over an hour. :D

Stuart

26-03-2004 10:37

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Does EVERY thread have to be reduced to StuartB's balls? :mad:

Get back on topic. :knock:

Hey, he threw his balls into the discussion, I merely ran with it :erm:.

Anyway, back onto topic.

I personally think we should not change every year. Surely if we change to BST for the whole year, it would be better. Kids would be more likely to go to school in the light, and there would be fewer road accidents in the morning (which is the busiest time for most roads and forms of transport).

It would mean more people come home in the dark though..

snodvan

26-03-2004 10:38

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Originally Posted by towny

Iceland, Ireland and Portugal aren't on Central European Time and frankly there's no argument for putting us on permanent BST just to make us like the rest of Europe - they would still be an hour ahead of us for 6 months of the year because their clocks go forward an hour this weekend too. In terms of alignment with the Greenwich meridian, France should be on the same time as us, not the other way round. And by that measure, Spain, Germany and Benelux should be as well.

Incidentally, it's not just Scotland that would suffer half a morning of darkness if we switched to permanent BST, a fair chunk of the north of England would suffer as well.

But you're right, if things were reversed we probably wouldn't care a fig about you soft southern jessies anyway. ;)

Err, THIS 'southern jessie' is a WELSHMAN - with deep family roots in Anglesey. May not live there now but I can (just) see it on a clear day. Where the ** is Balamory? It is not listed in Autoroute! :confused:

Chris

26-03-2004 10:53

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Originally Posted by snodvan

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/

snodvan

26-03-2004 10:59

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Originally Posted by towny

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/

OOPS - shows just how much TV I watch :o :o
Anyway - my 'kids' are now in their 30s and near 18 so CBees either passed them by or are just not cool.

Cheers

gary_580

26-03-2004 10:59

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Originally Posted by Julian

hmmm have deficiencies in your life? ;)

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