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From: Jim A on 17 Mar 2010 14:29
JNugent wrote:

> You don't need daylight right up until News At Ten has finished, surely?

The evening news should be at nine o'clock! Mutter grumble.

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From: Jim A on 17 Mar 2010 14:36
Jethro wrote:
> Bad form to reply to oneself, but another factor of flexible working,
> is where offered, it can equate to a pay rise ... if an employee
> spends less time on the roads, their work-life balance improves, and
> less money on fuel. A days homeworking can be a �10/week pay rise for
> some.

If I worked a day at home I would save nothing (except some time) and
miss out on an enjoyable bike ride. Flexi-time would be good though.

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From: Nick Finnigan on 17 Mar 2010 16:37
boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote:
>
> Whats the point of having clocks if they don't tell the correct time?

The railways originally felt it was a good idea, apparently.
From: Derek C on 17 Mar 2010 23:23
On Mar 17, 6:22 pm, Jim A <j...(a)averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I agree entirely.  I think it's idiotic that we fiddle the clocks every
> summer.  If people want to go to work an hour earlier in the summer to
> enjoy a longer evening, then why not just let them get on and do that?
>

Unfortunately it's not quite as easy as just starting work an hour
earlier, because many people have contracts of employment, or other
contracts, that stipulate starting work or delivering goods at or by a
certain time. The easiest way to get around this is to change the
clocks.

Derek C



From: Derek C on 18 Mar 2010 05:34
On Mar 17, 6:17 pm, Jim A <j...(a)averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> Jethro wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > If you can just shift 5% of the road traffic away from the
> > 7-9 and 4-6 slots, you will halve congestion overnight. Think of how
> > much quieter the roads are in half-term.
>
> Shut down all the schools.  Simples!
>

When I was a child attending junior and secondary school back in the
1950s and 60s, I always walked, or later on cycled, to school by
myself, so no traffic congestion caused. These days mothers are so
scared of paedophiles etc, that their dear little mites have to be
taken to school in an armoured 4x4 (slight exaggeration). Hence the
numbers of unfit and obese children. I think we did have paedophiles
in those days, but we called them dirty old men. Most of them were
pathetic individuals who we laughed at and made fun of.

Also I had to attend the nearest appropriate school, however good or
bad, rather than all the social engineering and 'choice' that goes on
these days, which often involves lots of unnecessary travel.

Derek C
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