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Clock going forward

So why is it that it takes a couple days after the clocks going forward, and loosing that hour of sleep, for me to have trouble getting up. This morning it was dark outside, and when the alarm went off I was so close to turning it off and going back to sleep. I was fine On Sunday and Monday mornings.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

I have never noticed this "lost" or "gained" hour.

Unless having to wake early so needing to set the alarm clock for Sunday morning I let myself sleep naturally, whether I re-set the clocks on Saturday or Sunday. So I still sleep for the same number of hours as I would have done anyway.

One myth I saw in print was "longer daylight". Rubbish! The hours of light and dark between sunrise and sunset do not change simply by our calling noon, one-o'-clock. All that happens is we adapt our lives to make a marginal difference to how we use the same length of light available.

I wish we could stick with GMT (or UTC as it's called now) and be done with it.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Rickichickie Well, that is the nub of the problem, and the higher your latitude the worse it is!

AdaXI · 41-45, T

@ArishMell

longer daylight

Haha yeah I saw BBC news saying that one the other day like there's some kind of magic involved winding the clocks forward, lolz!😅
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ArishMell · 70-79, M

@AdaXI LOL! I'd picked up on the daft comments in my local paper.

Let's be grateful we don't live in the days when they were trying to set the calendar to account for that odd quarter-day in the Earth's orbit. They'd twigged eventually why the calendar was slipping out of phase with the astronomical year, but then had all sorts of problems trying to correct it, with the accusation flying around of "shortening" everyone's lives.

SW-User

beats me ..
all i know is the gregorian calendar has many flaws that needs adjustment .. our bodies though, that's a different mystery

gol979 · 41-45, M

@SW-User 13 months of 28 days and 1 day of rest (today?)

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@gol979 We'd still need cater for the Leap Year. Two days of rest in each 4th year?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SW-User The only "flaw" I see is the uneven lengths of months, but please, let's keep it that way!

The world is already full of bureaucratic types wanting to road-roller everything into database-tidy "standardisation" and "harmonisation", replace quirky but harmless names with bland numbers, fit people into official categories, enforce fewer choices of goods and services, etc., etc... without us encouraging them!

Our bodies can usually adjust themselves easily enough if we let them, but many of us live very artificial lives that hinder such processes.

Rickichickie · 56-60, F

We were so close to end this shite but then they couldn’t decide wether it shall stay Wintertime or Summertime.

I always takes me about a week to get back into rythm.

workinghard · 51-55, M

@Rickichickie At least it is nice to know you are not alone

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Rickichickie We tried permanent summertime in the UK for a couple of years. It was popular where I come from in the south of England but not in Scotland.

angie8819 · 56-60, F

Think it's coming to an end soon

SW-User

Sleep extra make up for lost time

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SW-User

@workinghard 😜 no complaints so far

workinghard · 51-55, M

@SW-User mmm, lucky them

SW-User

@workinghard 😉 sometimes

anoderod55 · 61-69, M

I'm still trying to get over it . Usually worse in the evening . Don't like to eat after 6: pm , but clock is reading 7:00 🤔

gol979 · 41-45, M

At this point its ridiculous. Just messes with peoples circadian rhythm

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