Clocks going back

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122765976#Comment_122765976

we just have to get on with it and hope for a mild winter.

TheRiverman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767428#Comment_122767428

I was around in the late 1960's early 1970's when it was trialled on permanent "Summertime". I was going to Secondary School at the time.It was awful having no sunrise until almost 10am.

Calahonda52

Don't care

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122769136#Comment_122769136

No Viagra back then?

pauly58

We should leave the bloody things alone, the dogs are barking for their dinner early, it's going to be hell tomorrow morning, they'll want to get up at six rather than their usual seven, sick of it already.

creedp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122765997#Comment_122765997

It must be very frustrating that you can't travel beyond our time zone for holidays

Mannesmann

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122770826#Comment_122770826

Not at all. I always holiday within the time zone.

Mannesmann

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767509#Comment_122767509

The crime is from a US study. I'll just quote the relevant conclusion.

'We present the first rigorous empirical estimates of the effect of ambient light on violent
crime. We find DST lowers robbery rates by 7%, with the largest results occurring during the
hours most affected by the shift in daylight. This effect is large but not unreasonable relative
to other interventions that operate primarily by increasing the probability of capture. For
instance, Ayres and Levitt (1998) find that the availability of LoJack anti-theft technology
reduces auto theft by 10%; and Kilmer, Nicosia, Heaton, and Midgette (2013) find that
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requiring frequent breathalyzer tests as a condition of community release or probation reduces
DUI arrests by 12% and domestic violence arrests by 9%.
The impact of DST on robbery rates is the net effect of several factors, particularly if the
“prime time” for crime is when most people are on their way home after work: (1) Daylight
itself could discourage offenders from committing crime because they are more visible and
easier to identify; (2) DST might increase foot traffic at key times due to the later sunset,
which might increase the number of potential witnesses in addition to increasing visibility,
though this could also increase the number of potential victims; (3) Changes in offenders’
schedules due to the later sunset (later family dinners or sports practices, substitution for
their own leisure, etc.) might make them unavailable to commit crime until after most
potential victims have gone home. The first two explanations imply DST has a deterrent
effect on crime, while the third explanation implies an incapacitation effect that does not rely
on incarceration. Regardless of the mechanism, it is clear the relationship between daylight
and clock time matters when it comes to crime.
One must compare the benefits of avoided crimes, along with the potential health benefits
found in Wolff and Makino (2012), with cost increases associated with DST. In addition
to potentially increasing energy consumption, DST appears to have several other negative
consequence'

Mannesmann

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

And business

https://www.medius.com/blog/daylight-saving-time-is-it-good-or-bad-for-business/

amacca

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122765967#Comment_122765967

No....on account of making it up for my own amusement.