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Newbury Today Forum _ Random Rants _ Chronograph time .
Posted by: SirWilliam Oct 27 2017, 01:43 PM
Before the weekend is upon us and the biannual rigmarole of altering the clocks descends , a quick straw poll to the 3 or 4 contributors to this forum on their thoughts .
1. Retain the present system of altering twice a year ?
2.Stay on GMT ? ( ie winter time )
3.Stay on BST ? ( summer time ).
4. Don't know ? ( admission of not caring unacceptable as an excuse ).
The pros and cons have been discussed ad infinitum and still we are stuck with something that has no relevance today .
Posted by: TallDarkAndHandsome Oct 27 2017, 01:46 PM
1. Retain the present system of altering twice a year ?
2.Stay on GMT ? ( ie winter time )
3.Stay on BST ? ( summer time ).
4. Don't know ? ( admission of not caring unacceptable as an excuse ).
The pros and cons have been discussed ad infinitum and still we are stuck with something that has no relevance today .
Stay on BST.
Posted by: Andy Capp Oct 27 2017, 02:01 PM
Number 1.
Posted by: je suis Charlie Oct 27 2017, 02:20 PM
Go to European time.
Posted by: SirWilliam Oct 27 2017, 03:55 PM
Any particular part of Europe ? Iberian peninsular for me but the old eastern block time would suit those who wish to finish work early .
Posted by: je suis Charlie Oct 27 2017, 04:01 PM
BST + 1
Posted by: SirWilliam Oct 27 2017, 05:58 PM
Is that not GMT ?
Beginning to wish I had never started this .
Posted by: Andy Capp Oct 27 2017, 06:00 PM
Good shout. Go the same as the krauts and cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
Posted by: Andy Capp Oct 27 2017, 06:02 PM
Beginning to wish I had never started this .
BST +1 = GMT +2 (or UTC +2).
BST = GMT +1 (or UTC +1).
Posted by: Biker1 Oct 27 2017, 08:58 PM
Stay with BST and stop the bi-annual farce.
The Scots, while they are still with us, would probably not agree though.
OK for us Southerners!! 
Posted by: SirWilliam Oct 28 2017, 08:30 AM
Maybe we should adopt the North Korean principle and go to a half hour difference . Please most of the people most of the time . 
Posted by: James_Trinder Oct 30 2017, 12:39 PM
We need to maintain the status quo so that we are always exactly 1 hour behind CET/CEST. This is because CET/CEST is the standard time zone of the European Union, who are still our biggest trading partner.
Posted by: SirWilliam Oct 30 2017, 04:08 PM
How is being a trading partner relevant to the position of our clocks ? Surely it is within the capability of even the most junior member of any company to add/subtract an hour in order than we don't interfere with their three hour lunch break ? Before someone cites the fact that they will be at work before us , I suggest they start work earlier and stop winging .
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