tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post7815234640670532148..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: An Express clock-upMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-53001234497376383932010-10-29T16:12:20.789+01:002010-10-29T16:12:20.789+01:00Me and my partner have had discusions bout clock c...Me and my partner have had discusions bout clock changing many times..... We think its clock changing that has caused havoc with the weather/seasons.... Put them back an hour october then leave them alone..... Even the bees/wasps dont no what planet there on anymore!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-52308940193095434872010-08-18T19:11:40.838+01:002010-08-18T19:11:40.838+01:00How about putting the clocks 1/2 hour back this Oc...How about putting the clocks 1/2 hour back this October...and never changing again? It's a compromise with the benefit of not having to change the times of our clocks twice a year a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-38016661504645132002010-08-15T07:39:48.581+01:002010-08-15T07:39:48.581+01:00"Why must we be plunged into darkness every w..."Why must we be plunged into darkness every winter?"<br />errrr, because it gets dark early in the middle of winter?<br />I have never got the point of BST in the first place, but reading up on its history.....<br />Starting on 30 April 1916, Germany and its World War I allies were the first to use DST.<br />Oh dear. Someone tell the Express, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-79876664721531581502010-08-13T20:57:04.504+01:002010-08-13T20:57:04.504+01:00Just leak a story to them that the EU plan to unif...Just leak a story to them that the EU plan to unify time across Europe and Britain is going to be forced to adopt “European” time and watch them to do a u-turn quicker than you can say…..Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859156617412550724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-69448807601818580602010-08-13T19:47:35.470+01:002010-08-13T19:47:35.470+01:00Haha, I saw this "fury" on the front of ...Haha, I saw this "fury" on the front of the Scottish Daily Express today (it was lying around somewhere, I didn't buy it!) but I didn't realise the English edition had the dismetrically opposite take on the subject. Fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-54287383178785541202010-08-13T17:45:57.127+01:002010-08-13T17:45:57.127+01:00@sianandcrookedrib
It's not just "famil...@sianandcrookedrib <br /><br />It's not just "families" they do it with, it's "homeowners" too.<br /><br />I once wrote to the Guardian to complain after they ran a story that said homeowners would be hit hard by an increase in council tax - apparently those of us who rent don't have to pay it!Primly Stablehttp://primlystable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-34460820471935309872010-08-13T16:52:43.521+01:002010-08-13T16:52:43.521+01:00But but... what would happen to Greenwich time!
T...But but... what would happen to Greenwich time!<br /><br />The answer is obvious, we should just adopt Mecca time, after all it would make some residents of that place happy; what better motivation?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776403336919618136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-60250468387762645612010-08-13T16:44:05.687+01:002010-08-13T16:44:05.687+01:00Good grief, not this hackneyed old chestnut again....Good grief, not this hackneyed old chestnut again.<br /><br />I'm just surprised no one seems to have made the realisation that if we didn't put the clocks back in autumn, we'd essentially no longer adhere to GMT - or GREENWICH mean time. That's Greenwich in London, of course, the home of the zero meridian and from where all the world's time zones are worked out. <br /><br />Or are the Express suggesting that we essentially move GMT on by 1 hour? In which case, would this mean all the world's time zones also have to move on by 1 hour so that their time zones remain correct relative to GMT?<br /><br />It's obvious they've not thought this through...but then, what else would you expect from the Express.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-87345458744983793522010-08-13T16:43:33.039+01:002010-08-13T16:43:33.039+01:00Even better, on their website, they link the Scott...Even better, on their website, they link the Scottish story, <a href="http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/192959/Don-t-keep-us-in-the-dark" rel="nofollow">Don't keep in the Dark</a>, as one of the related stories to the English story, <a href="http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/192893" rel="nofollow">Time for Change</a>. Whoops...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-58671252723534687542010-08-13T15:19:17.297+01:002010-08-13T15:19:17.297+01:00Why can't the Scots just start school an hour ...Why can't the Scots just start school an hour later in the winter thus it isn't any change from the daylight hours of now, just a different time to do things.<br /><br />With the global economy people are already getting used to working at different times compared to everyone else. I don't see a problem with getting kids used to that idea from a young age.Shaun McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553005098009873884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-30399633647636483642010-08-13T15:13:25.871+01:002010-08-13T15:13:25.871+01:00@sianandcrookedrib Indeed. I would have thought th...@sianandcrookedrib Indeed. I would have thought the Express would want us to go back an hour.Robhttp://carryonsysadmin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-52886252950410829332010-08-13T13:55:27.560+01:002010-08-13T13:55:27.560+01:00Haha, the first six comments (I couldn't be bo...Haha, the first six comments (I couldn't be bothered to read any more) on the online article totally slam the idea, one amusingly headed "Not this stupid experiment again."<br /><br />The online article too, is very poorly written, repeating itself every third paragraph or so. Is this a mistake, or is this the quality of the Express?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-60881542648476466672010-08-13T13:51:01.751+01:002010-08-13T13:51:01.751+01:00....and we all know that it was under cover of lat.......and we all know that it was under cover of late-summer darkness that MI5 did the brakes on Diana's Merc.......Andy Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441557191138845101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-81957116753518822032010-08-13T13:32:27.938+01:002010-08-13T13:32:27.938+01:00Putting the clocks back, it's PC gone mad, isn...Putting the clocks back, it's PC gone mad, isn't it? Another case of NuLab making us bend over backwards so that ethnics can have their supper an hour earlier during Ramadan. It's an outrage!Robbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-88279835193896437582010-08-13T13:20:40.564+01:002010-08-13T13:20:40.564+01:00'give families one hour more of daylight in th...'give families one hour more of daylight in the evenings.'<br /><br />why only families? will single people still have to abide by the old hours?<br /><br />i hate the way tabloids put everyone in families. it's only a little thing, but it's very frustrating.sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-66630477901397908042010-08-13T13:19:13.525+01:002010-08-13T13:19:13.525+01:00woa woa woa
the express actually says:
bringing ...woa woa woa<br /><br />the express actually says:<br /><br />bringing the country into line with much of the rest of Europe.<br /><br />they want the UK to be the same as the rest of europe?<br /><br />i never thought i would see the daysianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.com