jamesjermain
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I have always kept the ship´s clock on GMT - no-one makes a mistake with the tide tables.
But how many weather forecasts have you missed? And, crucially, have you ever arrived at the pub just as it closes?
I have always kept the ship´s clock on GMT - no-one makes a mistake with the tide tables.
I have always kept the ship´s clock on GMT - no-one makes a mistake with the tide tables.
But how many weather forecasts have you missed? And, crucially, have you ever arrived at the pub just as it closes?
But how many weather forecasts have you missed? And, crucially, have you ever arrived at the pub just as it closes?
Britain (and Portugal) are the two countries out of step with the rest of Europe by holding on to GMT and BST (GMT+1).
There will never be 100% agreement in the UK on moving to GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in the summer as for various reasons people hold differing views.
However, any business doing trade with/in Europe would benefit from being on the same time scale as their suppliers/customers/clients/partners etc.
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Looked at another way, it's only custom that decrees we work 9 - 5, or 8 - 4, or whatever. There is nothing stopping society from adjusting working hours to 6 - 2, giving hours of evening daylight, except the fuss that people would make.
As a person who works from 8:30am to 7pm then having an extra hour of light in the evening would be much appreciated.
Just a strait forward easy question.
Should we scrap British Summer time?
Would it make life and sailing easier?
Yes - adopt CET...
Only fotherington-thomas wants to be Uropeen but he is wet and weedy and sing "helo clouds, helo sky helo French time" all da
Britain (and Portugal) are the two countries out of step with the rest of Europe by holding on to GMT and BST (GMT+1).
There will never be 100% agreement in the UK on moving to GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in the summer as for various reasons people hold differing views.
However, any business doing trade with/in Europe would benefit from being on the same time scale as their suppliers/customers/clients/partners etc.