No idea. February is my least favourite month - or used to be. Cold, dark, miserable weather, garden hunkered down, atrocious road conditions and another month to wait for things to brighten up. That was in the UK and Belgium but not so bad here. BST in February might have helped.
As for a loan, ours has insurance built in should one of us pop our clogs ahead of schedule. Barring accidents we expect to trundle along another 2 or 3 decades so maybe it's a gamble worth taking for you too.
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A little sideline. Why do we "go back" less than 2 months before the shortest day, yet it's over 3 months after it that we " go forward"? Surely going forward before that would harm nobody and help many? I've never understood why and nobody has ever explained it.
Long answer - When it was first introduced - sometime around the WWI, I think, 'summer time' was just 4 months - end of May until the beginning of October. It changed in WWII to double summertime, although I'm not sure on what dates it changed then. Then, when they changed it back, there was some argument for keeping us at GMT+1 permanently but - for reasons that I've never been clear about - parliament voted to have a longer BST instead, as a compromise. At that point they went forward a week earlier than now and back a week or so earlier, too, so still a bit skewed. Then we were aligned with Europe in the 90s, so the end of March/end of October timing comes from Europe not specifically from Britain. I don't know anything about how the European version of daylight saving started, so not sure how they ended up with that particular timing.
Short answer - it's a compromise and therefore not especially logical.
The RoSPA figures are generally undermined because last time it was actually tried, the very significant decrease in road deaths could also have been attributable to drink driving legislation, which came in at the same time. I think they are arguing now for a re-run of the experiment, so the figures can be more definite but the Government has other things on its mind.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I usually wake before dawn even with BST so I have to hang about for even longer before I get up. But the worst thing is that it feels as if I've spent an extra hour at work for a couple of weeks until I get used to it. Spare a thought for the people on night shift who were ripped off by employers not paying them for the extra hour
I cannot understand the logic of going 'back' or 'forward' one hour. There are still only 24 hours in the day so you never actually gain or lose anything!
Anyhoo it is just the going back that affects me.I normally get up at 8ish (8am GMT) so you would think I would now get up at 7ish (8am GMT) but no I was up at 9ish (10am GMT).As I say it puts me out,but the one in the spring has no effect at all,really strange!
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@madpenguin it's to do with the hours of daylight rather than the hours in the day
I was in the hairdressers once when I heard a customer say ... "I just don't understand what they mean when they say the days are getting shorter ... are there still 24 hours in the day?" ... and yes, she was being serious
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oops and another busy night as they get which direction to go in corrected. Hang on that's not right..... It does not affect us much here, but find it mildly annoying more than anything. @madpenguin . Do you go to bed at what would be your "usual" time. So you are having an hour less sleep? So it might take you longer to re adjust.
I understand the feeling, for a few days, though it does not actually affect me other than waking up an hour earlier than usual for a few days.
Going back and 'gaining' an hour in the Autumn always does my head in! It can take two weeks or so for me to get back on track,I never know if it is early or late or whatever. Going forward and 'losing' an hour in Spring never has the same effect. Anyone else get disorientated like this?
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As for a loan, ours has insurance built in should one of us pop our clogs ahead of schedule. Barring accidents we expect to trundle along another 2 or 3 decades so maybe it's a gamble worth taking for you too.
Short answer - it's a compromise and therefore not especially logical.
The RoSPA figures are generally undermined because last time it was actually tried, the very significant decrease in road deaths could also have been attributable to drink driving legislation, which came in at the same time. I think they are arguing now for a re-run of the experiment, so the figures can be more definite but the Government has other things on its mind.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
But the worst thing is that it feels as if I've spent an extra hour at work for a couple of weeks until I get used to it.
Spare a thought for the people on night shift who were ripped off by employers not paying them for the extra hour
There are still only 24 hours in the day so you never actually gain or lose anything!
Anyhoo it is just the going back that affects me.I normally get up at 8ish (8am GMT) so you would think I would now get up at 7ish (8am GMT) but no I was up at 9ish (10am GMT).As I say it puts me out,but the one in the spring has no effect at all,really strange!
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@madpenguin it's to do with the hours of daylight rather than the hours in the day
I was in the hairdressers once when I heard a customer say ... "I just don't understand what they mean when they say the days are getting shorter ... are there still 24 hours in the day?" ... and yes, she was being serious
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hang on that's not right.....
It does not affect us much here, but find it mildly annoying more than anything.
@madpenguin . Do you go to bed at what would be your "usual" time. So you are having an hour less sleep? So it might take you longer to re adjust.
I understand the feeling, for a few days, though it does not actually affect me other than waking up an hour earlier than usual for a few days.
I need a lie down.