Awww, I hate this time of year,

25 past 5 and it's chuffing dark.

 

Why the hell do they interfere with the time, any body know?

 

Probably because they can.

 

Its because of Scotland. If we didn't they wouldn't see daylight!!!! So blame them

 

RE: Its because of Scotland. If we didn't they wouldn't see daylight!!!! So blame them

said on tele other day its because agers ago the farmers needed more daylight so they put clocks back/forward. and its just carried on.

 

We lurve it, lurve it!

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.344


Save it still being dark at 9am

 

we was told at School cos Scotland gets less daylight cos obviously how far north it is.

 

Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

who has wrote a book on the subject!

Goes back to 1916 and done for factories in war....farmers don't really care as they would just work when it's light regardless

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

Didn't they experiment in the war by turning it back an hour in Autumn and forward 2 hours in spring? They were harvest making through to 11pm in daylight.

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

Yep....the link I posted elsewhere in thread says they used that in WW2.

 

Most of December, there are around just eight hours of daylight. When do people want them?

One plus of Toronto winters - we get around an hour more of daylight. Silver linings.

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

I think you mean &quot;written a book&quot;.</p>

YES! Get in!</p>

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

 

So in summary

if Scotland are the only people who are interested in changing the clocks, can't they have their own time, -1 hour?

 

But...

Then I may get jetlag when I travel down to watch the reds!

 

So in summary

.........wintery.

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

I think I meant "wrote"
Both past tense of write and both are correct.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/written

 

RE: Not acccording to a bloke on BBC News this morning

Pedantic moment: It doesn't quite say that both are correct. It says "writ" is an archaic form of "wrote" and "written". However, it doesn't say that "wrote" is an acceptable form of the past participle - in other words, "He has wrote" or "It is wrote that..." are not standard forms.

 

Correct

Only &quot;written&quot; is correct.

 

The Cambridge dictionary would appear to disagree!

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=91728&dict=CALD