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Yups its that ime of year again when rail timetable leap backwards about an hour an we get an extra hours sleep in the morning :thumbsup: and it gets darker and we loose an hour each evening.
Saturdays the evening to reset your hourglasses and burry yourself in the deep dark winter :thumbsdown:
Quote from: jonclox on October 28, 2011, 06:50:58 PM
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Yups its that ime of year again when rail timetable leap backwards about an hour an we get an extra hours sleep in the morning :thumbsup: and it gets darker and we loose an hour each evening.
Saturdays the evening to reset your hourglasses and burry yourself in the deep dark winter :thumbsdown:
Sadly I have to agree - Winter drawers on ::)
Quote from: newportnobby on October 28, 2011, 07:28:36 PM
Quote from: jonclox on October 28, 2011, 06:50:58 PM
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Yups its that ime of year again when rail timetable leap backwards about an hour an we get an extra hours sleep in the morning :thumbsup: and it gets darker and we loose an hour each evening.
Saturdays the evening to reset your hourglasses and burry yourself in the deep dark winter :thumbsdown:
Sadly I have to agree - Winter drawers on ::)
Well I often wear 'thermal draws' in the winter they are warmer than just 'winter draws' :)
YAY for autumn and winter time!!! ;D
No more stupid blazing sun, no more silly-hot sweltering days where you're too heat-knackered to do anything, and all the noisy bluddy kids b*gger off back into their houses and give the rest of us some peace. What's not to like?? ;)
Can't stand summer, never have :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Crikey I never knew you had daylight savings time back home, we have it in Oz and just changed the clocks for summer all except where I live in Queensland we stay on normal time, causes confusion plus.
Quote from: Sprintex on October 28, 2011, 08:47:12 PM
YAY for autumn and winter time!!! ;D
No more stupid blazing sun, no more silly-hot sweltering days where you're too heat-knackered to do anything, and all the noisy bluddy kids b*gger off back into their houses and give the rest of us some peace. What's not to like?? ;)
Can't stand summer, never have :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Crikey, Paul. Where the heck is Sierrashire - obviously not in the UK with weather like that :o As for the rest of it - I totally agree :thumbsup: Mind you, the best thing about summer is the light mornings/evenings. It really is a pain going out/coming back in the dark and mowing down a few cyclists with no lights/dark clothing and slapping another sticker on the side of the car :evil: We've got that awful evening to look forward to very soon when kids knock on your door and you wish you had a water cannon/88mm attached to the letter box. If they like it so much, move to the USA. Oh poo - this has developed into a rant. I might have to move it to the Angry Thread :computerangry:
They don't knock on my door, not when there's a clear notice on it saying "NO TRICK OR TREAT - Police will be called if any nuisance is caused." ;)
Not my rotten kids, don't see why I should be expected to feed them sweets ;D
Paul
With the clocks going back I have one big problem.
No one tells my bowels they can have an extra hour in bed ??? :smiley-laughing:
John.
If you get a trick or treater you have two choices...either have some chocolate covered brussel sprouts for a treat or ask for a trick,not had one yet that can do a double back somersault. ;D
Allan
I love this time of year, and especially the cold. It's the school holidays, so I've been going up the school where I work in my shorts. Partly because I don't feel the cold, but mainly because the teachers insist on the heating being on all of the time. ::) I hope it snows heavily again so I can try my new Crampons that I bought. ;D
I'm not the only one then!! ;D
At least in cold weather you can put on extra layers to get warm, or turn the heating up - in summer you can only cool down so much, unless like me you invested in an air-conditioner to sit in front of when it's 28 degrees outside ;)
Just love a cold crisp morning 8)
Paul
Quote from: Sprintex on October 28, 2011, 10:43:38 PM
I'm not the only one then!! ;D
At least in cold weather you can put on extra layers to get warm, or turn the heating up - in summer you can only cool down so much, unless like me you invested in an air-conditioner to sit in front of when it's 28 degrees outside ;)
Just love a cold crisp morning 8)
Paul
28 degrees and you reckon it is hot??? I am writing this with it 35 outside and climbing to a forecast of 39 (which going be the last few days it will reach around 3, 3.30 this afternoon). And Summer doesn't officially start until Tuesday.
I have air con too Sprintex! One of those portable units for those unbearable days of 18 degrees plus. :smiley-laughing: No, it usually goes on at about the late 20's, but I dread knowing I have to work above 18 degrees. I've worked in -22 degrees C for the last ten years, and I think I've adapted to it.
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 28, 2011, 09:02:29 PM
Crikey I never knew you had daylight savings time back home, we have it in Oz and just changed the clocks for summer all except where I live in Queensland we stay on normal time, causes confusion plus.
I believe the daylight saving was introduced over here during WW1 and has become 'tradition'.
The French now want to make Paris the prime meridian and change to a single time zone for all of the EU >:(
Greenich has been the prime meridian for centaries now and rewriting the worlds maps/locations/positionings etc would cause chaos as all countries accept and rely on Greewich as a base line.
The Scots back last year even said they would refuse any time change so chaos will reign over here if so :( :(
Here is a map showing who does, who did and who does not save daylight ;)
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/Scotsoft/NGF/76108210.jpg)
cheers John.
Daylight saving time? Wassat??? We have British Summer Time or Greenwich Mean Time. During the war we had Double Summer Time. I remember in the 70s when we had that horrible British Standard Time going to work in the dark. Hated it. :thumbsdown:
Bikeracer, you have it wrong. If you watch Charlie Brown you'll see that the kids ask for a 'trick' or a 'treat', they don't perform a trick on you. While all of Charlie Brown's pals get a treat (sweets), because Charlie Brown's Haloween costume is always so awful, he gets a 'trick' (stone).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIhwITwhSg
Quote from: Sithlord75 on October 29, 2011, 04:34:45 AM
Quote from: Sprintex on October 28, 2011, 10:43:38 PM
I'm not the only one then!! ;D
At least in cold weather you can put on extra layers to get warm, or turn the heating up - in summer you can only cool down so much, unless like me you invested in an air-conditioner to sit in front of when it's 28 degrees outside ;)
Just love a cold crisp morning 8)
Paul
28 degrees and you reckon it is hot??? I am writing this with it 35 outside and climbing to a forecast of 39 (which going be the last few days it will reach around 3, 3.30 this afternoon). And Summer doesn't officially start until Tuesday.
Hah - here in Lancashire we regularly have 28,35 and 39 degrees. Trouble is it's Fahrenheit ::) :'(
Quote from: Tank on October 29, 2011, 09:31:48 AM
I have air con too Sprintex! One of those portable units for those unbearable days of 18 degrees plus. :smiley-laughing:
That sounds about right! ;D
Paul
I wish I could train my dog - she will wake me up at 5 a.m. instead of 6 for the next week, until she gets used to it! :sleep:
Quote from: Sprintex on October 28, 2011, 09:19:25 PM
They don't knock on my door, not when there's a clear notice on it saying "NO TRICK OR TREAT - Police will be called if any nuisance is caused." ;)
Paul I hope you don't mind but I've plagerised that for our notice - the Police logo at the bottom corner doesn't have much effect >:(
My computer clock went back by two hours instead of one. ??? :sleep:
Quote from: Kipper on October 29, 2011, 08:07:22 PM
I wish I could train my dog - she will wake me up at 5 a.m. instead of 6 for the next week, until she gets used to it! :sleep:
The dog was so confused, she did not wake me up until 7:30. :)
Quote from: newportnobby on October 29, 2011, 02:51:36 PM
Hah - here in Lancashire we regularly have 28,35 and 39 degrees. Trouble is it's Fahrenheit ::) :'(
When I lived in Tyne & Wear we called that summer and everyone got out the BBQ's!
Anything above 48f/9c was considered a heat wave... :smiley-laughing:
As to times, my computer set itself back an hour.
My phone is supposed to but hasn't and the rest of the clocks in the flat will be done eventually.
Probably a month before they go forward again!
And 'trick or treat' callers never bother me thankfully.
Might be something to do with the steep flight of steps to the front door.
I live 3 floors above that so if they were that adventurous I can open a window to
pour boiling oil look out of and see who it is.
Then ignore them! :evil:
I'm glad for the clocks change, I've been going to work and having to joint telephone cables in the dark for a few weeks so it'll be nice to be able to see what I'm doing for a bit longer as we're not allowed to fire up a genny for lighting rigs before 9am and torch/headlamp light is useless at best for this job. Roll on winter! I can deal with 50 degrees if its dry heat, been there, done that on a road trip through Southern Tunisia and the Atlas Mountains but I can't stand the smothering humid heat we get in this country, anything over 25 degrees is just plain nasty...
Trick or Treaters? We call them dog snacks round here...the brats are wise to the hounds now and keep a wide berth, we haven't had a single knock at the door for a few years now and don't have to put up any 'fek orf' signs :thumbsup: