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We stand in solidarity with Blighty!Plumstead_Micky said:Despite our clocks going forward we are still an hour behind most of the rest of Europe.
I thought we changed our clocks for the benefit of a few Scottish farmers? Why does the rest of Europe do it?1 -
It started in Nov 14 and is now 4 months over schedule and is clearly some way from completion. The fact that the roadworks are happening is great if the smart motorway principle works - no complaints there. The issue is the fact that the roadworks (and therefore speed restrictions) are 15 miles long. There must be a better way of completing sections at a time so that the inconvenience is limited, rather than the 30 minute ball ache it has been every morning and evening for the last two and a half years.Chippycafc said:Driving down the m3 today 15 miles of roadworks, but not one single workman.
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why don't the scottish farmers just adjust their working ours to fit the available daylight instead of inconveniencing the rest of us?Plumstead_Micky said:Despite our clocks going forward we are still an hour behind most of the rest of Europe.
I thought we changed our clocks for the benefit of a few Scottish farmers? Why does the rest of Europe do it?
I presume once they are independent we will abandon this whole system......
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Re: Daylight Savings Time
Look at the below graph. It shows where the daylight is given the shifted hours. If you want to look at where the daylight would be if we did not skip forward an hour in Summer, follow the white line. People generally prefer to be active later rather than earlier and as long as people get daylight by 8am, most people are happy. We can't do much about the fact the shortest day tends to only have daylight from 8am to 4pm but we cannot do much about that. However if we didn't shift the hour forward, we would end up have daylight from around 5am to 7pm for most of Summer, when most people would rather have it from 6am to 8pm. Hardly anyone is active between the hours of 4am and 6am, whereas loads of people are still driving and active between 6pm and 8pm. Studies also indicate there is a link between increased daylight and a reduction in traffic accidents.
Scotland is worse affected due it being further north than the rest of the UK. However it isn't just for the benefit of farmers, it helps ensure that children aren't having to go to school when it is still pitch black. Anyone who suggests moving the start of the school day back to 10 or 11am clearly has no experience with either being a working parent or the fact that children generally like to get up as early as possible.
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Dreadful... The issue i have is you rarely see anyone working. If you do its just two or thrree workmen. The government are trrying to bring in a 6 mile rule.SporadicAddick said:
It started in Nov 14 and is now 4 months over schedule and is clearly some way from completion. The fact that the roadworks are happening is great if the smart motorway principle works - no complaints there. The issue is the fact that the roadworks (and therefore speed restrictions) are 15 miles long. There must be a better way of completing sections at a time so that the inconvenience is limited, rather than the 30 minute ball ache it has been every morning and evening for the last two and a half years.Chippycafc said:Driving down the m3 today 15 miles of roadworks, but not one single workman.
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I once played golf for 24 hours in the north of scotland and it was total daylight during that time in the summer months...Fiiish said:Re: Daylight Savings Time
Look at the below graph. It shows where the daylight is given the shifted hours. If you want to look at where the daylight would be if we did not skip forward an hour in Summer, follow the white line. People generally prefer to be active later rather than earlier and as long as people get daylight by 8am, most people are happy. We can't do much about the fact the shortest day tends to only have daylight from 8am to 4pm but we cannot do much about that. However if we didn't shift the hour forward, we would end up have daylight from around 5am to 7pm for most of Summer, when most people would rather have it from 6am to 8pm. Hardly anyone is active between the hours of 4am and 6am, whereas loads of people are still driving and active between 6pm and 8pm. Studies also indicate there is a link between increased daylight and a reduction in traffic accidents.
Scotland is worse affected due it being further north than the rest of the UK. However it isn't just for the benefit of farmers, it helps ensure that children aren't having to go to school when it is still pitch black. Anyone who suggests moving the start of the school day back to 10 or 11am clearly has no experience with either being a working parent or the fact that children generally like to get up as early as possible.0 -
You must be shit at golf if it takes you that long to get round.Chippycafc said:
I once played golf for 24 hours in the north of scotland and it was total daylight during that time in the summer months...Fiiish said:Re: Daylight Savings Time
Look at the below graph. It shows where the daylight is given the shifted hours. If you want to look at where the daylight would be if we did not skip forward an hour in Summer, follow the white line. People generally prefer to be active later rather than earlier and as long as people get daylight by 8am, most people are happy. We can't do much about the fact the shortest day tends to only have daylight from 8am to 4pm but we cannot do much about that. However if we didn't shift the hour forward, we would end up have daylight from around 5am to 7pm for most of Summer, when most people would rather have it from 6am to 8pm. Hardly anyone is active between the hours of 4am and 6am, whereas loads of people are still driving and active between 6pm and 8pm. Studies also indicate there is a link between increased daylight and a reduction in traffic accidents.
Scotland is worse affected due it being further north than the rest of the UK. However it isn't just for the benefit of farmers, it helps ensure that children aren't having to go to school when it is still pitch black. Anyone who suggests moving the start of the school day back to 10 or 11am clearly has no experience with either being a working parent or the fact that children generally like to get up as early as possible.18 -
Lol i am but all for charity1
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You must have been very far north but yeah the upside of having little daylight in winter is having loads of daylight in the summer.Chippycafc said:
I once played golf for 24 hours in the north of scotland and it was total daylight during that time in the summer months...Fiiish said:Re: Daylight Savings Time
Look at the below graph. It shows where the daylight is given the shifted hours. If you want to look at where the daylight would be if we did not skip forward an hour in Summer, follow the white line. People generally prefer to be active later rather than earlier and as long as people get daylight by 8am, most people are happy. We can't do much about the fact the shortest day tends to only have daylight from 8am to 4pm but we cannot do much about that. However if we didn't shift the hour forward, we would end up have daylight from around 5am to 7pm for most of Summer, when most people would rather have it from 6am to 8pm. Hardly anyone is active between the hours of 4am and 6am, whereas loads of people are still driving and active between 6pm and 8pm. Studies also indicate there is a link between increased daylight and a reduction in traffic accidents.
Scotland is worse affected due it being further north than the rest of the UK. However it isn't just for the benefit of farmers, it helps ensure that children aren't having to go to school when it is still pitch black. Anyone who suggests moving the start of the school day back to 10 or 11am clearly has no experience with either being a working parent or the fact that children generally like to get up as early as possible.
There are parts of Scandinavia that can experience days of either no direct sunlight or always being able to see the sun.0 -
The Sky News’ Brexit countdown clock (which currently stands at 730 days, 17 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds).
If any one thing was to remind you of the tortuous, repetitive, tedious reporting ahead. Oh btw only 730 days, 17 hours, 21 minutes and 43 seconds to go ...
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The Combogesic advert. Has ensured I never want to buy their product0
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The BBC
Once they find a winning programme, they then ruin it by going overboard with spin offs!
So we now have bloody endless boring cooking, gardening,pottery,sewing,interior design, home building programmes etc,etc.,
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Trump's undoing of Obama's climate change legislation.
Bad news for the planet.
I was hoping that he'd forget this election pledge.0 -
Rochdale losing to wimbledon last night fuckers0
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The amount of precious high street space Pret a Manger takes up.
Why so many people queue up to pay the best part of 20 quid for a coffee, half a turkey sandwich and some gone off milk will forever be beyond me.7 -
I heard @ValleyGary 's got one in his bedroom as wellRaith_C_Chattonell said:The Sky News’ Brexit countdown clock (which currently stands at 730 days, 17 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds).
If any one thing was to remind you of the tortuous, repetitive, tedious reporting ahead. Oh btw only 730 days, 17 hours, 21 minutes and 43 seconds to go ...3 -
Not knowing what way Rothko voted on the EU Referendum7
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Typical brexit/baby boomer idiot commentValleyGary said:Not knowing what way Rothko voted on the EU Referendum
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BBC News talking to a different random Eastern European virtualy every day to ask how Brexit is going to negatively affect them. Note they ain't stopping them randomly in the street, just in case they find a couple in favour of Brexit like they did before the vote.2
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I'm sure it's been mentioned previous years but why are people so quick to shout April Fools?
Someone goes to the effort of making a really intricate story, lots of detail, then 25 seconds later, first comment/reply "what's the date" or "April fools"
Really? You worked out fairys are not really running the brexit negotiations via mind control? Quick tell everyone you worked it out all by yourself.
"April Fools!!!"
Why?
Is it that hard to play along or even to simply ignore it.5 - Sponsored links:
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TfL - rail replacement bus service at forest hill. Means jumping on 122 to lewisham (they come once a century) to get the train to Charlton to try and meet the 31 year man at the valley cafe for 9.30 ahead of Peterborough
It's currently 08.51 train leaves lewisham at 08.57 and I'm just outside what was Beatties
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Also can't get full version of the site on my mobile - I shall complain to the moderators
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They don't care, they only do the job to get their flags quashed after years of gobshittery...cabbles said:Also can't get full version of the site on my mobile - I shall complain to the moderators
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I've quoted this every year since I first posted it in 2013stackitsteve said:I'm sure it's been mentioned previous years but why are people so quick to shout April Fools?
Someone goes to the effort of making a really intricate story, lots of detail, then 25 seconds later, first comment/reply "what's the date" or "April fools"
Really? You worked out fairys are not really running the brexit negotiations via mind control? Quick tell everyone you worked it out all by yourself.
"April Fools!!!"
Why?
Is it that hard to play along or even to simply ignore it.rina said:people who every year try to show off how clever they are by posting 'april fool' or similar after every attempted april fool on the internet. it's not clever, it's irritating and it ruins everyone elses fun as it doesn't allow us to laugh at the more gullible people who would otherwise fall for the joke
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I've had this problem for a couple days too.cabbles said:Also can't get full version of the site on my mobile - I shall complain to the moderators
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Luckily none of the other networks ever does this at all, do they...sillav nitram said:The BBC
Once they find a winning programme, they then ruin it by going overboard with spin offs!
So we now have bloody endless boring cooking, gardening,pottery,sewing,interior design, home building programmes etc,etc.,0 -
I know they do but as I rarely watch any of the other networks, it was the Beeb who sprang to mind.Algarveaddick said:
Luckily none of the other networks ever does this at all, do they...sillav nitram said:The BBC
Once they find a winning programme, they then ruin it by going overboard with spin offs!
So we now have bloody endless boring cooking, gardening,pottery,sewing,interior design, home building programmes etc,etc.,2 -
BBC Final Score, specifically in relation to switching from the red button to BBC1 midway through matches. Today they switched at the end of half time, usually they do it at the even more ludicrous time of 4.30.
They then spend the first five minutes on BBC1 recapping what's happened so far, presumably for the benefit of the hoards of their viewers who refuse in principal to watch anything on the red button and will only take an interest in football scores when they are being broadcast on a proper BBC channel.
Ridiculous. Am only tolerating it this week because Chris Powell's on there.0 -
Adverts on the BBC website, and having to watch them before any news clip can be played. Don't they make enough dough harassing folk out of the 'licence' fee?
The best thing on the BBC is the program on a Saturday / Sunday morning, where members of the public moan about how shit the BBC is, compulsive viewing0 -
Adverts are only on the BBC website for users outside the UK, and rightfully so IMOi_b_b_o_r_g said:Adverts on the BBC website, and having to watch them before any news clip can be played. Don't they make enough dough harassing folk out of the 'licence' fee?
The best thing on the BBC is the program on a Saturday / Sunday morning, where members of the public moan about how shit the BBC is, compulsive viewing9
