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FlyingHigh wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Daylight savings, it's like The Walking Dead at work this morning.

Yep. Get rid of it for October and March. Ruins the best mornings of the year.

October I'm ok with, going to the end of March is too long, IMO.

Booney wrote:

FlyingHigh wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Daylight savings, it's like The Walking Dead at work this morning.

Yep. Get rid of it for October and March. Ruins the best mornings of the year.

October I'm ok with, going to the end of March is too long, IMO.

Agree. October to March is 7 months of the year....

Although I would take the European daylight hours. Daylight until 9 pm in summer even without shifting the clocks. Only downside is broad daylight at 4 am

Booney wrote:

FlyingHigh wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Daylight savings, it's like The Walking Dead at work this morning.

Yep. Get rid of it for October and March. Ruins the best mornings of the year.

October I'm ok with, going to the end of March is too long, IMO.

March is definitely worse, given DSL goes past the Equinox, but at this time of year the mornings are becoming nice after the cold winter mornings and we are put back an hour again.
This calendar year there will be more days of DSL than "normal" time.

Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

Spargo wrote:Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

you cant understand having daylight at a more usable time of the day?

well go inside and let the rest of us enjoy some daylight time out of working hours

This is becoming too regular for comfort, but I agree with B-Mac.

I like getting home before it gets dark, and can actually enjoy part of my day. Also, training in natural light is much better than under lights.

September is the best month
Sunrise is nice and early

bennymacca wrote:

Spargo wrote:Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

you cant understand having daylight at a more usable time of the day?

well go inside and let the rest of us enjoy some daylight time out of working hours

That's just it though - less & less people are working the traditional 9-5 working day.
Earlier starts/later finishes at work is on the increase - a lot of people don't like DLS.

Spargo wrote:

bennymacca wrote:

Spargo wrote:Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

you cant understand having daylight at a more usable time of the day?

well go inside and let the rest of us enjoy some daylight time out of working hours

That's just it though - less & less people are working the traditional 9-5 working day.
Earlier starts/later finishes at work is on the increase - a lot of people don't like DLS.

Sounds like a you problem.

Suits my 8-5 workday just fine

Spargo wrote:

bennymacca wrote:

Spargo wrote:Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

you cant understand having daylight at a more usable time of the day?

well go inside and let the rest of us enjoy some daylight time out of working hours

That's just it though - less & less people are working the traditional 9-5 working day.
Earlier starts/later finishes at work is on the increase - a lot of people don't like DLS.

except for driving to work in the dark, which i accept is more dangerous, especially if peak hour was in the dark, i cant see why having daylight at night negatively affects anyone.

my preference would be to try and have sunrise at 7.30 every morning. and move the time with that

It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

Spargo wrote:It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

1. im still not sure i understand their problem
2. the farmers on the west cost would be <1% of our population - not that it doesnt make them important.

Spargo wrote:It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

Do they drop dead? Do their animals drop dead? Do the crops wilt? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN! WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!

Booney wrote:

Spargo wrote:It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

Do they drop dead? Do their animals drop dead? Do the crops wilt? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN! WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!

They do. Far West Coast kids (think Ceduna) catch the school bus in the dark in March. These kids have over an hour on the school bus each way every day.

A solution could be to run their own unofficial time by starting school later during these times.

Ignorance is bliss.

heater31 wrote:

Booney wrote:

Spargo wrote:It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

Do they drop dead? Do their animals drop dead? Do the crops wilt? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN! WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!

They do. Far West Coast kids (think Ceduna) catch the school bus in the dark in March. These kids have over an hour on the school bus each way every day.

A solution could be to run their own unofficial time by starting school later during these times.

They'd be in the dark in the depths of winter, when it's freezing too, yes?

*edit*

So when it's 44° they get their bus ride in the morning in the dark, before it heats up, yes?

Spargo wrote:

bennymacca wrote:

Spargo wrote:Piss it off altogether - can't stand it.

you cant understand having daylight at a more usable time of the day?

well go inside and let the rest of us enjoy some daylight time out of working hours

That's just it though - less & less people are working the traditional 9-5 working day.
Earlier starts/later finishes at work is on the increase - a lot of people don't like DLS.

Agreed, but if you start at 4am, it's dark either way, yes? If you finish at 10pm it's dark either way, yes?

Booney wrote:

heater31 wrote:

Booney wrote:

Spargo wrote:It's not just a "me problem". Ask our farmers on the west coast for example what they think about it.

Do they drop dead? Do their animals drop dead? Do the crops wilt? WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN! WOULD SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!

They do. Far West Coast kids (think Ceduna) catch the school bus in the dark in March. These kids have over an hour on the school bus each way every day.

A solution could be to run their own unofficial time by starting school later during these times.

They'd be in the dark in the depths of winter, when it's freezing too, yes?

*edit*

So when it's 44° they get their bus ride in the morning in the dark, before it heats up, yes?

Would think so but in the height of summer they are on Holidays anyway.

Think over there they have far more pressing issues that are a threat to public safety like reliable electricity supply and adequate back up supply for instance......

And the farmers are forced to start work an hour later due to the darkness, extending their time out in the 44 degree temp - yes?