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Working on Computer systems from the early eighties I dreaded the two clock changes it was an absolute mare with mainframe systems and all the programmes that ran on them , the impact now I imagine is negligible given what our phones...

Changing the time on clocks twice a year was an easy bit of Sunday overtime for a few BT engineers. In the large telephone exchange (large towns and cities) so that they ran accurately, all the clocks in the building were 'powered' by a...

Just back from Malaga and their edible cousins are being roasted on every corner really popular with the Spanish . There is a myth that conkers if kept in the house they would repel flies and spiders but sadly there is no evidence that...

We attached our sticks to a rope if we had a good one so we wouldn’t lose it :)

You lost your map didn't you?

Working on Computer systems from the early eighties I dreaded the two clock changes it was an absolute mare with mainframe systems and all the programmes that ran on them , the impact now I imagine is negligible given what our phones...

I know most clocks do it automatically now but I never do the car clock so it's right half the year but isn't it time we stopped this nonsense now? It's not like the majority of us need to work in the fields when it's lighter.

That's informative Tony.

You lost your map didn't you?

Hmmmm......

When my husband worked at a large factory on Sunday morning shift starting at 6am they used to sit in the canteen and take bets on who would be late because of the clock change and it was usually the same people but at the other end it...

I know most clocks do it automatically now but I never do the car clock so it's right half the year but isn't it time we stopped this nonsense now? It's not like the majority of us need to work in the fields when it's lighter.

I agree Pearl, for as many years as I can remember the so called powers that be discussed scrapping this, I have seen farmers dealing with crops gone 10 pm with lighting from machines that would light a stadium, I have seen children at...

I agree, it's an utterly pointless exercise and the fact it occurs at 1am just makes it even dafter!

I agree Pearl, for as many years as I can remember the so called powers that be discussed scrapping this, I have seen farmers dealing with crops gone 10 pm with lighting from machines that would light a stadium, I have seen children at...