Tomorrow, one hour less of home confinement, hurrah!
Fake news! :))
Instead you get 25 hours more containment on Saturday...
Myths busted:
Myth: Daylight Saving Time is Observed Everywhere
Not all countries mess about with their clocks. Countries along or below the equator don’t implement time shifts since daylight hours don’t change much from season to season. Much of Asia and Africa, Iceland and parts of Australia don’t use DST. Arizona, Hawaii, and regions of Quebec and British Columbia also don’t observe DST either.
Myth: (insert the name of who you have been told) Invented Daylight Saving Time
Never mind who you are told came up with this idea. It was William Willett, an English builder. While on an early morning horseback ride on the outskirts of London in 1905, Willett theorized that if the United Kingdom moved its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, Britons would be able to enjoy more sunlight. Willett spent much of his own personal fortune trying to persuade Parliament to embrace the idea, but he died in 1915 without seeing his dream come to fruition.
Myth: The U.K. was the First Country to Embrace Daylight Saving Time
Certain regions of Canada had already adopted DST as early as 1908. On 1st July of that year, residents of Port Arthur in Ontario—what is now Thunder Bay—were the first in the world to turn their clocks forward by one hour. Regina, Sask. implemented DST in 1914 and Winnipeg followed suit in 1916. Germany adopted daylight saving time (DST) in 1916 to conserve energy during World War I and applied it across the whole country.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Helps Farmers
The myth is that DST helps farmers by giving them extra time to work in the fields, especially important when harvesting their crops.
Most farmers however are the loudest critics of DST, as it is more of a hindrance than a help. Retail shops are one of the main reasons DST was adopted in North America. As lighter evenings means more business, commuters leaving work while it’s daylight sun are more inclined to shop before they make their way home.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Makes You Healthy
Sunlight enables your body to generate vitamin D, so more sunlight must be good for you, but numerous studies have also linked daylight saving time to a rise in road accidents and health problems. A 2008 Swedish study in the New England Journal of Medicine—based on information collected over a 20-year period—found a higher incidence of heart attacks in the first three weekdays after clocks go forward or are put back. Some insurance companies record a significant (up to 20%) increase in road accidents when clocks change. Changes in circadian rhythm, too, can trigger cluster headaches and lead to days or weeks of discomfort.
This one is still a matter of debate: Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy
Not in the same way it once did. Lighting technology has evolved so much even over the last 20 years: LED lighting uses up to 80% less electricity than incandescent bulbs. And in an increasingly changing lifestyle, more and more people work shifts. The change in the clocks saves no energy, instead the same amount of energy is just used on a different shift.
! Standby alert !
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb!
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year :)
Tomorrow, one hour less of home confinement, hurrah!
Fake news! :))
Instead you get 25 hours more containment on Saturday...
Myths busted:
Myth: Daylight Saving Time is Observed Everywhere
Not all countries mess about with their clocks. Countries along or below the equator don’t implement time shifts since daylight hours don’t change much from season to season. Much of Asia and Africa, Iceland and parts of Australia don’t use DST. Arizona, Hawaii, and regions of Quebec and British Columbia also don’t observe DST either.
Myth: (insert the name of who you have been told) Invented Daylight Saving Time
Never mind who you are told came up with this idea. It was William Willett, an English builder. While on an early morning horseback ride on the outskirts of London in 1905, Willett theorized that if the country moved its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, Britons would be able to enjoy more sunlight. Willett spent much of his own personal fortune trying to persuade Parliament to embrace the idea, but he died in 1915 without seeing his dream come to fruition.
Myth: The U.K. was the First Country to Embrace Daylight Saving Time
Certain regions of Canada had already adopted DST as early as 1908. On 1st July of that year, residents of Port Arthur in Ontario—what is now Thunder Bay—were the first in the world to turn their clocks forward by one hour. Regina, Sask. implemented DST in 1914 and Winnipeg followed suit in 1916. Germany adopted daylight saving time (DST) in 1916 to conserve energy during World War I and applied it across the whole country.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Helps Farmers
The myth is that DST helps farmers by giving them extra time to work in the fields, especially important when harvesting their crops.
Most farmers however are the loudest critics of DST, as it is more of a hindrance than a help. Retail shops are one of the main reasons DST was adopted in North America. As lighter evenings means more business, commuters leaving work while it’s daylight are more inclined to shop before they make their way home.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Makes You Healthy
Sunlight enables your body to generate vitamin D, so more sunlight must be good for you, but numerous studies have also linked changing the clocks to a rise in road accidents and health problems. A 2008 Swedish study in the New England Journal of Medicine—based on information collected over a 20-year period—found a higher incidence of heart attacks in the first three weekdays after clocks go forward or are put back. Some insurance companies record a significant (up to 20%) increase in road accidents when clocks change. Changes in circadian rhythm, too, can trigger cluster headaches and lead to days or weeks of discomfort.
This one is still a matter of debate: Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy
Not in the same way it once did. Lighting technology has evolved so much even over the last 20 years: LED lighting uses up to 80% less electricity than incandescent bulbs. And in an increasingly changing lifestyle, more and more people work shifts. The change in the clocks saves no energy, instead the same amount of energy is just used on a different shift.
! Standby alert !
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb!
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year :)
Naah, I only change 2 clocks in my house. A big old fashioned clock in the kitchen and a wall clock in the computer study. Everything else changes themselves.
Computer operating systems change themselves i know that much, and I suppose many newer digital clocks do, but the ones with the hands well those have to be changed.
Not great when you've done half a bottle of bourbon.
Most clocks here are electronic ones with auto daylight saving, but I also still prefer mechanics.
My work is rather sedative, so I rarely feel blue and no lack of the sunlight, yet I always try to move as much as possible to maintain my vitality.
ZX1, you should know it better how to balance your stress level and immunity system, so don't go into this way too deeply, mate. There're different bottles, but when you see a half-empty bottle, then it is pretty enough)
I had to change the clock on my kitchen wall, a small clock in my living room, the clock on my fixed line telephone my 2 watches and my radio alarm clock :D
Not great when you've done half a bottle of bourbon.
Most clocks here are electronic ones with auto daylight saving, but I also still prefer mechanics.
My work is rather sedative, so I rarely feel blue and no lack of the sunlight, yet I always try to move as much as possible to maintain my vitality.
ZX1, you should know it better how to balance your stress level and immunity system, so don't go into this way too deeply, mate. There're different bottles, but when you see a half-empty bottle, then it is pretty enough)
I had to change the clock on my kitchen wall, a small clock in my living room, the clock on my fixed line telephone my 2 watches and my radio alarm clock :D
Its the ones you have to stand on the table to fix that get me!!
So....had to be up and on a call for 09:30 today.
Alarm went off at 09:00 and by 09:30 I was headset on and dialling into the call that was long finished....
Yep - the one clock I have that doesn't put itself forward the hour is my alarm clock......whoops.
"I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
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Nice, never thought of that.
Not great when you've done half a bottle of bourbon.
Instead you get 25 hours more containment on Saturday...
Myths busted:
Myth: Daylight Saving Time is Observed Everywhere
Not all countries mess about with their clocks. Countries along or below the equator don’t implement time shifts since daylight hours don’t change much from season to season. Much of Asia and Africa, Iceland and parts of Australia don’t use DST. Arizona, Hawaii, and regions of Quebec and British Columbia also don’t observe DST either.
Myth: (insert the name of who you have been told) Invented Daylight Saving Time
Never mind who you are told came up with this idea. It was William Willett, an English builder. While on an early morning horseback ride on the outskirts of London in 1905, Willett theorized that if the United Kingdom moved its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, Britons would be able to enjoy more sunlight. Willett spent much of his own personal fortune trying to persuade Parliament to embrace the idea, but he died in 1915 without seeing his dream come to fruition.
Myth: The U.K. was the First Country to Embrace Daylight Saving Time
Certain regions of Canada had already adopted DST as early as 1908. On 1st July of that year, residents of Port Arthur in Ontario—what is now Thunder Bay—were the first in the world to turn their clocks forward by one hour. Regina, Sask. implemented DST in 1914 and Winnipeg followed suit in 1916. Germany adopted daylight saving time (DST) in 1916 to conserve energy during World War I and applied it across the whole country.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Helps Farmers
The myth is that DST helps farmers by giving them extra time to work in the fields, especially important when harvesting their crops.
Most farmers however are the loudest critics of DST, as it is more of a hindrance than a help. Retail shops are one of the main reasons DST was adopted in North America. As lighter evenings means more business, commuters leaving work while it’s daylight sun are more inclined to shop before they make their way home.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Makes You Healthy
Sunlight enables your body to generate vitamin D, so more sunlight must be good for you, but numerous studies have also linked daylight saving time to a rise in road accidents and health problems. A 2008 Swedish study in the New England Journal of Medicine—based on information collected over a 20-year period—found a higher incidence of heart attacks in the first three weekdays after clocks go forward or are put back. Some insurance companies record a significant (up to 20%) increase in road accidents when clocks change. Changes in circadian rhythm, too, can trigger cluster headaches and lead to days or weeks of discomfort.
This one is still a matter of debate:
Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy
Not in the same way it once did. Lighting technology has evolved so much even over the last 20 years: LED lighting uses up to 80% less electricity than incandescent bulbs. And in an increasingly changing lifestyle, more and more people work shifts. The change in the clocks saves no energy, instead the same amount of energy is just used on a different shift.
Mark
Repair Guides. Spanish Hardware site.
WoS - can't download? Info here...
former Meulie Spectrum Archive but no longer available :-(
Spectranet: the TNFS directory thread
! Standby alert !
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb!
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year :)
Instead you get 25 hours more containment on Saturday...
Myths busted:
Myth: Daylight Saving Time is Observed Everywhere
Not all countries mess about with their clocks. Countries along or below the equator don’t implement time shifts since daylight hours don’t change much from season to season. Much of Asia and Africa, Iceland and parts of Australia don’t use DST. Arizona, Hawaii, and regions of Quebec and British Columbia also don’t observe DST either.
Myth: (insert the name of who you have been told) Invented Daylight Saving Time
Never mind who you are told came up with this idea. It was William Willett, an English builder. While on an early morning horseback ride on the outskirts of London in 1905, Willett theorized that if the country moved its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, Britons would be able to enjoy more sunlight. Willett spent much of his own personal fortune trying to persuade Parliament to embrace the idea, but he died in 1915 without seeing his dream come to fruition.
Myth: The U.K. was the First Country to Embrace Daylight Saving Time
Certain regions of Canada had already adopted DST as early as 1908. On 1st July of that year, residents of Port Arthur in Ontario—what is now Thunder Bay—were the first in the world to turn their clocks forward by one hour. Regina, Sask. implemented DST in 1914 and Winnipeg followed suit in 1916. Germany adopted daylight saving time (DST) in 1916 to conserve energy during World War I and applied it across the whole country.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Helps Farmers
The myth is that DST helps farmers by giving them extra time to work in the fields, especially important when harvesting their crops.
Most farmers however are the loudest critics of DST, as it is more of a hindrance than a help. Retail shops are one of the main reasons DST was adopted in North America. As lighter evenings means more business, commuters leaving work while it’s daylight are more inclined to shop before they make their way home.
Myth: Daylight Saving Time Makes You Healthy
Sunlight enables your body to generate vitamin D, so more sunlight must be good for you, but numerous studies have also linked changing the clocks to a rise in road accidents and health problems. A 2008 Swedish study in the New England Journal of Medicine—based on information collected over a 20-year period—found a higher incidence of heart attacks in the first three weekdays after clocks go forward or are put back. Some insurance companies record a significant (up to 20%) increase in road accidents when clocks change. Changes in circadian rhythm, too, can trigger cluster headaches and lead to days or weeks of discomfort.
This one is still a matter of debate:
Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy
Not in the same way it once did. Lighting technology has evolved so much even over the last 20 years: LED lighting uses up to 80% less electricity than incandescent bulbs. And in an increasingly changing lifestyle, more and more people work shifts. The change in the clocks saves no energy, instead the same amount of energy is just used on a different shift.
Mark
Repair Guides. Spanish Hardware site.
WoS - can't download? Info here...
former Meulie Spectrum Archive but no longer available :-(
Spectranet: the TNFS directory thread
! Standby alert !
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb!
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year :)
LOL, i think unless maybe one is a druid, most people have to change them manually!!
Moggy sings...
"you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille with two hungry children and a clock in a field...."
(Sorry the whisky's kicking in.)
My work is rather sedative, so I rarely feel blue and no lack of the sunlight, yet I always try to move as much as possible to maintain my vitality.
ZX1, you should know it better how to balance your stress level and immunity system, so don't go into this way too deeply, mate. There're different bottles, but when you see a half-empty bottle, then it is pretty enough)
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...rather sedative, or rather sedentary? :-D
Its the ones you have to stand on the table to fix that get me!!
Haha, now that is funny.
Alarm went off at 09:00 and by 09:30 I was headset on and dialling into the call that was long finished....
Yep - the one clock I have that doesn't put itself forward the hour is my alarm clock......whoops.