Greenwich Mean Time... or UTC as its now called.. Last night we in the UK reverted back to the dreaded GMT.. The worst decision since Olaf the Hairy ordered 5000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside..
Ive hated GMT ever since I was a kid... What gives, someone back in the last century said :
"Errr yeah, its now late October, the evenings are real short, I know lets make them even shorter! Cool, if we put the clocks back an hour, it'll be dark by 4pm...."
They probably never used the word "cool" back then, but you get the point. I just dont get it, the days are short enough here in the UK during the winter, why on earth do we need to put the clocks back so that we get an extra hour in an already pitch black morning.
During the war, we had a thing called double british summer time, which basically was GMT+2... My Dad says it was great. Between 68 and 71 we trialed British Standard Time which was GMT+1 all year round. During this period 2500 fewer people were killed as a result of there being less accidents. We now have 10 times the number of cars, imagine how many lives could saved now...
As I get older, I stare from my office window during a pitch black, wet, windy and mild afternoon in late October (with more of the same for the next 6 months) and think - "Im sure it could be better living somewhere else".. Dont get me wrong, Ive travelled the world and I cant think of a better or nicer place to be than to be in England in the summertime ... (I feel a song coming on... lol...... ).. But the winters, you can keep them... What could possibly be worse than Mild (lots of bugs floating around), wet (kills going outside), windy (the ruiner of all business meetings) and dark (just depressing) days. Give me snow, ice, freezing weather anyday.. Scrub that give me warm and sunny..
Oh and ps.. If you thought the thread said GMTV sucks then "yes", thats also true.
Ive hated GMT ever since I was a kid... What gives, someone back in the last century said :
"Errr yeah, its now late October, the evenings are real short, I know lets make them even shorter! Cool, if we put the clocks back an hour, it'll be dark by 4pm...."
They probably never used the word "cool" back then, but you get the point. I just dont get it, the days are short enough here in the UK during the winter, why on earth do we need to put the clocks back so that we get an extra hour in an already pitch black morning.
During the war, we had a thing called double british summer time, which basically was GMT+2... My Dad says it was great. Between 68 and 71 we trialed British Standard Time which was GMT+1 all year round. During this period 2500 fewer people were killed as a result of there being less accidents. We now have 10 times the number of cars, imagine how many lives could saved now...
As I get older, I stare from my office window during a pitch black, wet, windy and mild afternoon in late October (with more of the same for the next 6 months) and think - "Im sure it could be better living somewhere else".. Dont get me wrong, Ive travelled the world and I cant think of a better or nicer place to be than to be in England in the summertime ... (I feel a song coming on... lol...... ).. But the winters, you can keep them... What could possibly be worse than Mild (lots of bugs floating around), wet (kills going outside), windy (the ruiner of all business meetings) and dark (just depressing) days. Give me snow, ice, freezing weather anyday.. Scrub that give me warm and sunny..
Oh and ps.. If you thought the thread said GMTV sucks then "yes", thats also true.
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