An extra hour of lockdown tonight.

Pauliedragon

So tonight we have an extra hour of lockdown. Great stuff. I can't wait.

Xtrail14

A extra hour of patie.

Loveinapril

I don't mind. I'll be asleep anyway!

peter4918

Pauliedragon wrote: »

So tonight we have an extra hour of shutdown. Great stuff. I can't wait.

Most people will be in bed by the time the clocks go back at 2am so it won’t really be a big deal

peasant

Don't worry ..we'll have an hour less lockdown in March ...it'll even out

Quantum Erasure

Pauliedragon wrote: »

So tonight we have an extra hour of lockdown. Great stuff. I can't wait.

Makes up for the one we lost in the first lockdown

Spanish Eyes

Dark nights on the way. Not joy enducing is it?

But I always (Covid or not) say 21/22 December is the goal. It is all getting brighter after that.

Keep the faith!

Be right back

peter4918 wrote: »

Most people will be in bed by the time the clocks go back at 2am so it won’t really be a big deal

Not those on night duty!!

raclle

This is the last time this will happen

Spanish Eyes

raclle wrote: »

This is the last time this will happen

You reckon?

What time zones will we observe so. If NI don't align we are goosed. But feck that, we are our own country and they might just have to live with it.

PTH2009

Which 1am will be the best

The 1st or 2nd one ?

Zebra3

Be right back wrote: »

Not those on night duty!!

Have had the pleasure of working this night on a number of occasions.

A 12 hour shift becoming a 13 hour shift.

Be right back

Zebra3 wrote: »

Have had the pleasure of working this night on a number of occasions.

A 12 hour shift becoming a 13 hour shift.

Tell me about it! I have a long night ahead! Zz.

saabsaab

raclle wrote: »

This is the last time this will happen

About time too. Daft moving the clocks around in this day and age no need anymore to save gas light.

Harry Palmr

Its tonight?! I no longer notice this stuff approaching.

raclle

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

You reckon?

Yes, a new EU policy was brought in to scrap it from next year onwards

sheepsh4gger

Pauliedragon wrote: »

So tonight we have an extra hour of lockdown. Great stuff. I can't wait.

peter4918

Be right back wrote: »

Tell me about it! I have a long night ahead! Zz.

An hours overtime surely?

sheepsh4gger

1st world problems

Be right back

peter4918 wrote: »

An hours overtime surely?

Sadly not.

branie2

When then clocks go back, I always think that Christmas is one the way.

aaronjennings

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Dark nights on the way.

As opopsed to...? :pac:

Montage of Feck

When is Halloween? My perception of time is now completely out of whack.

mloc123

Montage of Feck wrote: »

When is Halloween? My perception of time is now completely out of whack.

It is still March... Right?

Spanish Eyes

aaronjennings wrote: »

As opopsed to...? :pac:

Shoo, you know exactly what I mean. It's 21/22 December that appeals to me, days lighten by a hen's trot every day.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

You reckon?

What time zones will we observe so. If NI don't align we are goosed. But feck that, we are our own country and they might just have to live with it.

Goosed? Why would it be that important?

Spanish Eyes

branie2 wrote: »

When then clocks go back, I always think that Christmas is one the way.

I always feel meh. For the record.

Christmas is a contrived thing to get us through the Winter. Sorry to those of faith.

January is the hardest month really. And with all that's going on now it will be so delightful as always

Strumms

Montage of Feck wrote: »

When is Halloween? My perception of time is now completely out of whack.

I’m here baby !

Spanish Eyes

raclle wrote: »

Yes, a new EU policy was brought in to scrap it from next year onwards

Not sure that it is mandatory. As in what each country wants, is it Winter Time all year or Summer Time all year or what?

But I suppose given the current situation it is a bit low on priority with Gov at the moment. They have a year to decide I suppose.

Church on Tuesday

Varadkar may get confused.

Spanish Eyes

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Goosed? Why would it be that important?

NI will not be in EU on 1 Jan, I'm sure that was just a slight oversight on your part there

So us, as EU members will decide and will be out of kilter with the Brexiteers who will not change their time zones for the EU at any cost.

But look, Portugal and Spain are in different time zones, no complaints so far as I know, so it could be done between us and NI too.

Delicate diplomacy though. Who will blink.

Montage of Feck

With the UK leaving the EU we should get together with Iceland and move to GMT +1.

Spanish Eyes

Montage of Feck wrote: »

With the UK leaving the EU we should get together with Iceland and move to GMT +1.

You see, there is the issue. Most people haven't a clue what GMT+1 is.

In fact I must look it up myself!

We just need to know what the impacts of any options are, ie lighter morning, darker morning, lighter evening darker evening and so on.

Keep the options simple and understandable for everyone.

greasepalm

At the moment my kitchen clock is still showing wrong time and same time tomorrow its still wrong.Memo to self get ladder and battery out and fit.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

NI will not be in EU on 1 Jan, I'm sure that was just a slight oversight on your part there

So us, as EU members will decide and will be out of kilter with the Brexiteers who will not change their time zones for the EU at any cost.

But look, Portugal and Spain are in different time zones, no complaints so far as I know, so it could be done between us and NI too.

Delicate diplomacy though. Who will blink.

Not an oversight at all, I’m well aware that NI are leaving the EU. I’m just wondering why we’d care, especially enough to think we’re “goosed” because of it.

Spanish Eyes

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Not an oversight at all, I’m well aware that NI are leaving the EU. I’m just wondering why we’d care, especially enough to think we’re “goosed” because of it.

It is a diplomacy issue. We don't want to rock the boat for our Irish passport holding friends North of the border who work down here, and there are many of them (some spreading Covid here too I reckon).

Seems to me we are terrified of making any decisions that would enhance our lives for fear of upsetting those Up There. That's all.

raclle

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Not sure that it is mandatory. As in what each country wants, is it Winter Time all year or Summer Time all year or what?

I hope its not mandatory as it will be Winter time all year round. I'd rather they just keep DST and be done with it. The only problem as you mentioned is the UK as they certainly wont change for anyone. I've also read that if they do indeed do away with DST that countries will get to decide which time zone to be in. All speculation of course :rolleyes:

dxhound2005

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

You see, there is the issue. Most people haven't a clue what GMT+1 is.

In fact I must look it up myself!

We just need to know what the impacts of any options are, ie lighter morning, darker morning, lighter evening darker evening and so on.

Keep the options simple and understandable for everyone.

If they cannot understand what GMT+1 is, there is no hope of making anything understandable for them. It's very simple. Keep the clocks on the same setting all year round. Choose what we have now, or what we will have tomorrow as the permanent setting.

There is zero chance of everyone agreeing which of those is best, but in the long run it is better than changing twice a year. I would wager money that if it ran for 10 years, only a small minority would want to go back to what we have now.

When there are less than 8 hours daylight for a few weeks every year, it is not hard to know the impact, regardless of what the big hand says.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

It is a diplomacy issue. We don't want to rock the boat for our Irish passport holding friends North of the border who work down here, and there are many of them (some spreading Covid here too I reckon).

Seems to me we are terrified of making any decisions that would enhance our lives for fear of upsetting those Up There. That's all.

Anything that puts more of a wedge between Ireland and NI can only be a good thing.

Badly Drunk Boy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

But look, Portugal and Spain are in different time zones, no complaints so far as I know, so it could be done between us and NI too.

I think there have been loads of complaints about it over the years. General Franco changed to CET in 1940 so that the country could be line with Nazi Germany. He was in power until the 70s and after he was gone, they didn't get around to changing it, even though people wanted it changed.

I'm sure it is something you could get used to...but it'd be better if you didn't have to.

Spanish Eyes

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Anything that puts more of a wedge between Ireland and NI can only be a good thing.

LOL.

In fairness I agree, we are ROI they are part of UK, leave them at it. But I think you are having a laugh anyway. But who cares, what you say is true.

Spanish Eyes

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I think there have been loads of complaints about it over the years. General Franco changed to CET in 1940 so that the country could be line with Nazi Germany. He was in power until the 70s and after he was gone, they didn't get around to changing it, even though people wanted it changed.

I'm sure it is something you could get used to...but it'd be better if you didn't have to.

Yes I read recently about Franco changing to align with Germany. But all other mainland European countries (AFAIK) are in the same time zone as Spain now.

Portugal is the outlier, as are the Canary Islands I think.

dxhound2005

Life must be really tough in Finland. Stuck between Sweden and Russia. Sweden is in the "Western" Europe time zone. Finland is in the "Eastern" Europe time zone. As EU members both change their clocks twice a year.

But Russia is in another time zone and they never change their clocks. Up north the three countries are very close to each other, so people have to cope with being surrounded by three time zones, two of which go back or forward every six months

Then again there are plenty of US states, even as small as Kentucky, which have two or more time zones. I think the people of Donegal and Derry would survive somehow if their clocks did not show the same time.

Normal One

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Life must be really tough in Finland. Stuck between Sweden and Russia. Sweden is in the "Western" Europe time zone. Finland is in the "Eastern" Europe time zone. As EU members both change their clocks twice a year.

But Russia is in another time zone and they never change their clocks. Up north the three countries are very close to each other, so people have to cope with being surrounded by three time zones, two of which go back or forward every six months

Then again there are plenty of US states, even as small as Kentucky, which have two or more time zones. I think the people of Donegal and Derry would survive somehow if their clocks did not show the same time.

Finns are tough. They like their drink a lot, but make no mistake, they'd chuck the bottle away and take up arms to fight the Russians at a moment's notice.

PARlance

Clock in the kitchen will be correct again, nice.

Signore Fancy Pants

Zebra3 wrote: »

Have had the pleasure of working this night on a number of occasions.

A 12 hour shift becoming a 13 hour shift.

How about a 24hr shift becoming a 25hr shift? FML.

Badly Drunk Boy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

But all other mainland European countries (AFAIK) are in the same time zone as Spain now.

Portugal is the outlier, as are the Canary Islands I think.

Well, it's the other way around really, Spain are in the same as the mainland European countries rather than them being in the same as Spain. Portugal's time zone is probably closer to 'natural time' than Spain's is.

un5byh7sqpd2x0

raclle wrote: »

Yes, a new EU policy was brought in to scrap it from next year onwards

It needs to be agreed by all 27 member states. Ireland won’t agree unless the UK also changes, ergo it’s not happening.

Atlantic Dawn

Lindsey Victorious Babushka wrote: »

It needs to be agreed by all 27 member states. Ireland won’t agree unless the UK also changes, ergo it’s not happening.

If it turns out we have no trade agreement with the UK we should just go with the EU time changes. Plenty of neighbouring states in US with different time zones, it's not an issue.

Poor Uncle Tom

Pauliedragon wrote: »

So tonight we have an extra hour of lockdown. Great stuff. I can't wait.

Shut the fuck up and enjoy the extra hour in bed you ungrateful cunt.

Signore Fancy Pants

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Shut the fuck up and enjoy the extra hour in bed you ungrateful cunt.

Brilliant :pac: