From: "Ivor Jones" 
Newsgroups: uk.adverts.computer uk.finance uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.telecom.broadband uk.telecom.mobile
Subject: Re: Whoops.. Don't forget to put the clocks back
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:08:03 +0100

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> I want the extra hour an the evening not in the morning,
> which was what I said, I fully understand the amount of
> light in any 23hr 56 minutes will be the same whether our
> clocks are on GMT,BST, CET or CEST.  That's not the
> point, because we live our time around a clock I'd rather
> have the clocks moved to provider more light at night
> than in the morning.

So change working hours not clocks.

> > That "extra" hour you want in the evening is there, but
> > it's in the morning, while you're lying in bed. Get up
> > earlier and go to bed earlier; start school/work at 8
> > instead of 9 or whatever it is. Problem solved.
>
> I come in from work at 05:00 during the summer this is
> light, during the winter it is dark, so to me moving the
> clocks forward and hour will have little affect on my
> coming home from work.

I work shifts as well, but I don't see the difference between working 8 to 
4 instead of 9 to 5. It's not that great a leap, surely..?

> > Think about it; what did people do before clocks were
> > invented..? They got up when the sun rose and went to
> > bed when it set.
>
> But clocks have been invented, and one or two people
> aren't going to be able to change their working pattern,
> maybe for those who have flex-time maybe, bt for those in
> a 09:00 - 17:00 job, I'm sure their boss is going to be
> happy if the come in at a different time, the place may
> not even be open.

So change working hours.

> Do you think my kids school is going to allow my kids to
> turn up and start school work at 07:50 ?  Come on keep it
> real!

It is real. Instead of the government saying change the clocks twice a 
year, they could just say change working hours instead.

>
> That is just a crazy thing to say, and pointless thing to
> say.

It's no crazier than adjusting every clock in the country twice a year.

Ivor