[S_RICHARDSON]

I don't know about your end but in gwynedd today it has been pretty mild and calm no rain no wind and bit of sunshine. trust it to be a sunday. Guarentee that monday it'll be raining. I Bet.

P.S I hope you remembered to put your clocks back last night!!

[Mike_G]

Frosty by wednesday according to the forecast.

[Jeff Brimble]

Just been to dump the compost at our local tip and they were closing early 4pm - its the first day of winter opening hours.   I never alter my wrist watch, just to remember how it used to be  End of October and it was T shirt weather !

[S_RICHARDSON]

I HATE WINTER!!!!

[supernova77]

I HATE WINTER!!!!         

Time to change your Avatar then 

Andy

[Jeff Brimble]

OK I fell for it  I just tried to do a search in your little search box 

[Sir Squeaky]

I think my avatar sums that one up...

[supernova77]

OK I fell for it   I just tried to do a search in your little search box

LOL - I wonder how many others have tried that

Andy

[jeff1]

OK I fell for it   I just tried to do a search in your little search box

LOL - I wonder how many others have tried that

Andy

Me 

[P®oPole™]

Can someone please tell me what the point is in putting the clocks back?

ProPole

[windows_chepstow]

Can someone please tell me what the point is in putting the clocks back?

ProPole

I've heard a story that it stems from some rich buisness bloke from the begining of the last century.

Apparantly this guy liked to play golf early in the morning before work, but was always hampered because of the darkness.

He somehow wangled the clocks to be put back, so he had an extra hour of daylight.

I think this story is true also, but I can't be more specific about it.

[S_RICHARDSON]

i've certainly tried it . what a COOL  Avatar

[P®oPole™]

Can someone please tell me what the point is in putting the clocks back?

ProPole

I've heard a story that it stems from some rich buisness bloke from the begining of the last century.

Apparantly this guy liked to play golf early in the morning before work, but was always hampered because of the darkness.

He somehow wangled the clocks to be put back, so he had an extra hour of daylight.

I think this story is true also, but I can't be more specific about it.

Tosh,

Cheers for the reply,

That is absoulte madness if thats true, I have allways wondered why the hell they put them back, whats the point, there isnt one.

Someone once told me it was for the farmers, so they could have extra hours for some reason or other, but if you think about there still is no point.

Does any other country in the world put clocks back or foward?

ProPole

[fishman]

Oh dear. some rich business man changed the clocks.
The clocks were altered during the 2nd world war so that the Germans (the ones that bombed our chippies) had less daylight to bomb acurately! come on guys! you are more intelligent than that surely

[scrimit2]

regarding the weather the forecast for the week looks dry, but getting colder

[Johnboyfree]

The advance of the hour was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in an article he wrote,it became into bieng in 1916 under an act of Parliament,during the second world war it was an advancement of 2 hours untill 1968 when it reverted to 1 hour.......The Summertime Act of 1972 merely told us what days the clocks turned,ie 2nd or 3rd saturday in march depending when Easter was.....So now you know

[brett walker]

OK I fell for it   I just tried to do a search in your little search box

LOL - I wonder how many others have tried that

Andy

 

[windows_chepstow]

Oh dear. some rich business man changed the clocks.
The clocks were altered during the 2nd world war so that the Germans (the ones that bombed our chippies) had less daylight to bomb acurately! come on guys! you are more intelligent than that surely

Fishman,

Have a look at this link which explains in better detail the story which I put up earlier.

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ref/DdeCarle.html

An extract from the link:

WILLIAM WILLETT, born 1857, died 1915, a successful London builder, was, in the early part of this century, of the opinion that sufficient advantage was not taken of the beauty of the early hours of the summer mornings. Willett was a keen horseman and golfer, and it would often occur to him, when riding in the early morning sunshine during the summer months at Petts Wood -his home-and over Chislehurst Common, what the multitude were missing by not taking advantage of this health-giving sunlight. And further, being an enthusiastic golfer, it always seemed to him a pity to have to give up play say at 8o'clock because of the failing light,

Fishman, surely you're intelligent enough to use Google to find out that our hour change took place before the WW2 bombings.  Come on guy!

[Johnboyfree]

Hi Tosh,He did indeed try to alter the time but his bill put before Parliament in 1907 was defeated,so never became law.and as He died in 1915 A Year Before the Act was passed (1916)how could of he agreed to it?the full Chronology of events is available online from The Royal Observatory  Greenwich.

[Neil Williams]

But messing about with the clocks doesn't actually achieve anything. there will still be the same amount of daylight hours no matter what you do with putting the clocks back or forward.
German bombers