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Messing about with the clocks

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watermeadow Mon 30-Oct-17 19:53:22

Spring is bad enough but I can’t bear the autumn one. People keep asking, “So do we get up an hour earlier or later? Is 6 o’clock now what was 5 o’clock before?”
I wake up at 4 am, want lunch at 11 and dinner at 5. The animals take a fortnight to stop pestering for meals too early. I’m falling asleep and the clock says 10 to 8.
How do some people ignore what is a massive issue to me, twice a year, every year?
Where can I emigrate to where they don’t do this?

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KirbyGirl Wed 01-Nov-17 10:59:05

Enjoyed your explanation though Elegran!

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Elegran Wed 01-Nov-17 11:06:33

The beach ball demo was done with a class of ten-year olds many years ago, KirbyGirl, I think they understood^ ! I remember it being explained in words not beach balls to thirty teachers-in-training and at least a quarter of them were no wiser about the mechanics afterwards. It is a very three-dimensional concept.

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watermeadow Wed 01-Nov-17 19:53:22

Ok, off to Poland.

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Lisalou Thu 02-Nov-17 07:38:33

For those interested in the origin of daylight saving

www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

It would appear it is quite an old idea, and according to the stats, saves electricity!
On a personal level, it doesnt bother me in the least

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NfkDumpling Thu 02-Nov-17 08:09:16

This is the first morning I’ve woken properly. I suffer jet lag whenever we travel east or west and the clock change has the same effect. It takes three days to feel right. Usually I just feel a bit fuzzy and muddled, but I have had a couple of occasions when returning from the USA when I’ve just not been on the same planet!

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Spangles1963 Fri 03-Nov-17 19:14:55

It's only an hour!

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