Conquer Club

Stopper wrote:Did this in Britain last week. I hate the time change at this time of year. Why have it so that before I even finish work at 5:30pm, it's already nearly pitch dark outside? Why can't we stay on British Summer Time all year round? Highland farmers be damned.

What my rant comes down to is this - I vastly prefer dark mornings to dark evenings. It's not as if most people were planning to do anything in the morning apart from go to school/work, is it? But they might actually be able to make more use of lighter evenings.

Stopper wrote:Did this in Britain last week. I hate the time change at this time of year. Why have it so that before I even finish work at 5:30pm, it's already nearly pitch dark outside? Why can't we stay on British Summer Time all year round? Highland farmers be damned.

What my rant comes down to is this - I vastly prefer dark mornings to dark evenings. It's not as if most people were planning to do anything in the morning apart from go to school/work, is it? But they might actually be able to make more use of lighter evenings.

static_ice wrote:I took the bus this morning and it was actually light outside!

flashleg8 wrote:The time change is a farce. Its supposedly done to stop kids having accidents on the way to school, but it kills more people every year as the accident rate increases massively when tired people are driving home from work in the dark. But they'll never change it back as guaranteed the tabloids would have a field day when the first kid was run over in the dark morning. No ones interested in the "potential" lives that would be saved, as they're faceless individuals - so politicians are too scared to effect change.

Titanic wrote:
Its not for that reason. It was originally because of the World Wars. Its just never been scrapped since then.

flashleg8 wrote:

Titanic wrote:
Its not for that reason. It was originally because of the World Wars. Its just never been scrapped since then.

Didn't know that - why did they change it in the war then?

"We've got a cunning plan to beat the Hun"
"What is it? Better tanks like the Russians? A new super bomb like the American A-bomb? A death ray? What?"
"No its simple, we'll put the clock back an hour so that our dawn raids will come before their dawn raids!"
"By jove you've cracked it! We'll catch them napping. Chalk another one up for our backroom boffins!"

Titanic wrote:

flashleg8 wrote:The time change is a farce. Its supposedly done to stop kids having accidents on the way to school, but it kills more people every year as the accident rate increases massively when tired people are driving home from work in the dark. But they'll never change it back as guaranteed the tabloids would have a field day when the first kid was run over in the dark morning. No ones interested in the "potential" lives that would be saved, as they're faceless individuals - so politicians are too scared to effect change.

Its not for that reason. It was originally because of the World Wars. Its just never been scrapped since then.

MeDeFe wrote:I propose that we all go back to using sundials again! At least during winter...

MeDeFe wrote:I propose that we all go back to using sundials again! At least during winter...

Anarkistsdream wrote:The reason time changes in the US is because of agriculture... Back in the 1700s-1800s, before electricity was invented or commonplace, farmers needed all the time they could possibly have to work. This allowed them to get the most out of their day.

Now, with the advent of so many things that allow us to see in the dark, this is no longer needed.

It is an archaic and retarded thing that should be abolished...

Put us at one time or the fucking other.

Stopper wrote: - I vastly prefer dark mornings to dark evenings.