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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: GROWLER on February 22, 2010, 08:59:46 PM
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....why tf aren't the bloody clocks going back for another 6 weeks ey, bloody well WHY!!?
Answer me THAT one. cussing:
This is one of my favourite rants.
There is absolutely no reason why we have to wait so long imo. They could shift them back in November, and put them forward again in late January, but no, they just sit back, grin and watch us all shuffle around in the dark.
All fits in well with the common phrase for us mere sheeples.
Treat 'em like mushrooms. Feed them shit and keep them in the dark, heathen bastards. cussing:
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Or not shift them at all?
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Or not shift them at all?
Indeededo DS.
I was just thinking of a way to keep us all happy though.
Totally barkin' leaving turning them back until virtually April. Only gives us less than 12 weeks before the bloody nights start drwaing back in again ffs.
Absolutely crazy. We have to endure dark evenings far too long already imo.
I need to start a petition to get this sorted once and for all.
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I thought they were being set forward in March. rubschin:
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I thought they were being set forward in March. rubschin:
Forwards, backwards, I get confused. Whatevered...lighter nights anyway.
March 28th to be precise, which is nearly April in'it?
Don't you agree though that the date could be brought back a good couple of months?
I mean the mornings are light enough now to satisfy the farmers, cows, whatevers, which is one of the main reasons, if not the only reason in fact, for all this nonsense in the first place apparently, surely? Banghead
Everyone I speak to agrees. We want more daylight in the evenings when we get home from werk surely.
No wonder we're all sad and miserable. Banghead
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Spring forward, Fall back.... happy088
Fall as in Autumn like.... ::)
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I mean the mornings are light enough now to satisfy the farmers, cows, whatevers, which is one of the main reasons, if not the only reason in fact, for all this nonsense in the first place apparently, surely?
I thought it was so you could see the children going to school before you ran them over?
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Spring forward, Fall back.... happy088
Fall as in Autumn like.... ::)
Yea yea yea, enough of this pedantism like, whatever. ::)
I'm more concerned about obtaining agreement and support for my gripe before doing something constuctive about it.
We all moan and complain about it, but as usual, the great british sheeples do bugger all about it. We just shrug our shoulders and grumble that if that's the way it is, then we suppose we'll just have to shut up and put up. Shrugs:
Well I've had enough. Banghead
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I mean the mornings are light enough now to satisfy the farmers, cows, whatevers, which is one of the main reasons, if not the only reason in fact, for all this nonsense in the first place apparently, surely?
I thought it was so you could see the children going to school before you ran them over?
Cows, kids, who knows, who actually cares?
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I like the dark cloud9:
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I like the dark cloud9:
Well take yer light bulbs out then. ::)
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Sorry Growler, I just don't care about the the switching about of the clocks.
So what are you going to do about it? Seeing as you're the one moaning.
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Sorry Growler, I just don't care about the the switching about of the clocks.
So what are you going to do about it? Seeing as you're the one moaning.
Irrelevant if you don't give a monkeys chuff.
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Bollocks, you're going to do nowt.
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Bollocks, you're going to do nowt.
Really? Thanks for TELLING me that. ::)
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We do it here as well... twice a year you realise how many clocks and timers you really have*
* As opposed to the ones you have to reset when the power fails...
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We have a clock in the office I actually detest...some of the boys bought it at a pub auction.
It is the vilest brown, smoke stained thing that sits behind me. The hands are wonky but I am told it has character ::)
To move it forwards or backwards you have to unscrew the bloody thing. It may have a nasty accident this April eveilgrin:
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Bollocks, you're going to do nowt.
Look. I'm not one for just sitting arouind letting evryone dictate to me what they consider to be right or wrong. If I don't agree, then I'll damned well say so.
Writing a letter to my local MP is as simple as writing and starting this thread in the first place.
I probably won't succeed, granted, but at least I can say that I had the foresight to at least have a go rather than just sit back and whinge and whine if something isn't to my liking.
I'm rather proud to say, and 'wave my willy high' in the air being one of the main complainants, in the personal pleasure and victory I and my neighbours derived from kicking up an almighty stink 4 years ago via the plod and local councillers and M.P., regarding the seemingly never ending thug and lout anti social behaviour problems we all had to endure in this park that our gardens back onto.
We won. The park equipment was removed.,,,sadly, but no other viable options...the grass was left to grow long, and all of our fences were protected by several thousnad pounds worth of extremely thorny bushes.
Peace and tranquity have ruled ever since........so don't tell me that I'll do nothing.
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I agree with Growler ~ it has become a pointless exercise. Originally intended to allow more time on the land for Farmers in the North of the UK it is now largely irrelevant as all tractors are fitted with humungous searchlights and, round here, they work all through the fecking night when it suits them.
Another moan I know but who the hell is so desperate as to need to be harvesting grass at midnight? Perhaps DS can answer that one as none of those who do it will Banghead
The defence that it prevents accidents involving children walking to and from school down the dark lanes in the frozen north is bollox ..... When did you last see a child walk more than 200 yards to get to school? ~ It's all into Mummy's 4X4 to travel the half mile down our high street.
When my two used to attend the local school the walk took 3 minutes. The catchment area is this village + any other Denbighshire child whose parents can convince the head that they have some connection with the village. The school had 182 kids on the register ranging from two and a half to twelve years of age. I sat down there waiting for my lads one evening and counted 77 cars picking up, quite a few collecting two or more children, PLUS two mini buses from local after school nurseries that rounded up another dozen or so to be looked after until parents come home from work.
No amount of clock changing needed at all. Either we go the whole way and join the continent (move by two hours), which would at least solve a lot of problems catching ferries etc, or we forget it altogether . Forget it would get my vote.
Oh and since it is my first post of the day I still feel like shite TBH so I prolly go back to bed later.
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Thank you Snoops.
I knew I could rely on you to make a sensible reply rather than just slag me off and have me permanently marked down as some sort of bone idle whinger that does absolutely nowt other than complain. ::)
Equally, I would expect and respect any critisism forthcoming for any daft suggestions, ideas or unjustifiable rants that you don't agree with. We can't all have the same opinions, and that would be downright boring anyway.
I am NOT a wilting wallflower, hiding and quivering in the corner next to the potting shed, and it's just tough shit if anyone doesn't like me because of that. Don't read or bother replying to my posts if that's the case.
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Thank you Snoops.
I knew I could rely on you to make a sensible reply rather than just slag me off and have me permanently marked down as some sort of bone idle whinger that does absolutely nowt other than complain. ::)
Equally, I would expect and respect any critisism forthcoming for any daft suggestions, ideas or unjustifiable rants that you don't agree with. We can't all have the same opinions, and that would be downright boring anyway.
I am NOT a wilting wallflower, hiding and quivering in the corner next to the potting shed, and it's just tough shit if anyone doesn't like me because of that. Don't read or bother replying to my posts if that's the case.
Calm down... you dole scrounging Northerner.... lol:
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Thank you Snoops.
I knew I could rely on you to make a sensible reply rather than just slag me off and have me permanently marked down as some sort of bone idle whinger that does absolutely nowt other than complain. ::)
Equally, I would expect and respect any critisism forthcoming for any daft suggestions, ideas or unjustifiable rants that you don't agree with. We can't all have the same opinions, and that would be downright boring anyway.
I am NOT a wilting wallflower, hiding and quivering in the corner next to the potting shed, and it's just tough shit if anyone doesn't like me because of that. Don't read or bother replying to my posts if that's the case.
Calm down... you dole scrounging Northerner.... lol:
Oh I am perfectly calm, perfectly. happy088
Just get a bit irritated and don't like being thought of as an all talk no action whinger.
Some things are petty, granted, but they just get on me tits.
I like to see things getting sorted not just 'brushed under the carpet', no matter how seemingly trivial. Banghead
Most GB sheeples don't do anything 'cus they think it'll be a total waste of time, so, they simply 'go with the flow'. ::)
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
Fancy Gargoyle thinking summat sensible like me ey, just fancy that, and on the same day too! eeek:
For once, and once only, the cretin has my full support and backing.
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
Fancy Gargoyle thinking summat sensible like me ey, just fancy that! eeek:
He probably thought of it because he is Scots and doesn't want to risk wearing out the adjust button on his wrist watch.
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
Fancy Gargoyle thinking summat sensible like me ey, just fancy that! eeek:
He probably thought of it because he is Scots and doesn't want to risk wearing out the adjust button on his wrist watch.
Perhaps he is a member here! eeek:
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
Fancy Gargoyle thinking summat sensible like me ey, just fancy that! eeek:
He probably thought of it because he is Scots and doesn't want to risk wearing out the adjust button on his wrist watch.
I notice from the report that it's the Jocks...as usual...that are resisting, cus they live nearer the North Pole...FFS. Banghead
Simples. Rebuild Hadrians Wall, keep the tossers in there, and let them change their bastard clocks back and forth 24 times a day if they want. cussing:
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It would seem that Gordon Brown is on side Growler ~ he wants to stop changing the clocks apparently ~ so that's a good idea fvcked then ::)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7188232/British-Summer-time-could-be-extended-all-year-round-Gordon-Brown-says.html
yeah... it's never gonna happen now Growler... noooo:
We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
Fancy Gargoyle thinking summat sensible like me ey, just fancy that! eeek:
He probably thought of it because he is Scots and doesn't want to risk wearing out the adjust button on his wrist watch.
Perhaps he is a member here! eeek:
Pirate is the only one with an eye-patch ~ perhaps it's him!
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I agree with Growler and - I am loathe to say it, the one-eyed Scotch bullycunt.
The world has moved on and it is simply stupid now.
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I agree with Growler and - I am loathe to say it, the one-eyed Scotch bullycunt.
The world has moved on and it is simply stupid now.
Tar lah! happy088
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Another moan I know but who the hell is so desperate as to need to be harvesting grass at midnight? Perhaps DS can answer that one as none of those who do it will.
Most people hire the baler by the day, or part thereof, and it is cheaper to pay Vlad the illegal another ?10 to operate it all night.
Next question?
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Vlad the baler... rubschin:
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Another moan I know but who the hell is so desperate as to need to be harvesting grass at midnight? Perhaps DS can answer that one as none of those who do it will.
Most people hire the baler by the day, or part thereof, and it is cheaper to pay Vlad the illegal another ?10 to operate it all night.
Next question?
Thank you kind sir ~ that has been puzzling me for several years.
Another question on the same subject.
Farmer A has his main farm on the North East slope of the mountain and his fields spread out into the valley below.
Farmer B has his main farm on the South West side of the same mountain with fields spreading across the valley.
As you will have worked out the mountain rises up in the middle of the valley.
The local "estate" has closed down operations of its Home Farm and leased some fields on the south west side of the valley to Farmer A. He grows grass in them. His sheep graze them for part of the year and for the remainder of the year he grows and harvests the grass.
The same "estate" also owns land on the other side of the mountain which it leases out to Farmer B who makes exactly the same use of it as Farmer A makes of his leased land.
With me so far?
Farmer A cuts his grass late into the night and transports great trailer loads of it (not baled but loose) behind the hoogest tractor I have ever seen, through the village to his farm.
Farmer B does the same, with a similarly hooge tractor ~ at the same time but in the opposite direction
They pass one another on the High Street outside of my house. This goes on from early morning and late into the night for three weeks every year.
Why can't they swap grass and stop all the haulage?
I published this question in the magazine a couple of years ago and one of their wives called me to say that both wives have been asking their husbands this question for ten years without satisfactory answer. They did it again last Autumn Banghead
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Another moan I know but who the hell is so desperate as to need to be harvesting grass at midnight? Perhaps DS can answer that one as none of those who do it will.
Most people hire the baler by the day, or part thereof, and it is cheaper to pay Vlad the illegal another ?10 to operate it all night.
Next question?
Thank you kind sir ~ that has been puzzling me for several years.
Another question on the same subject.
Farmer A has his main farm on the North East slope of the mountain and his fields spread out into the valley below.
Farmer B has his main farm on the South West side of the same mountain with fields spreading across the valley.
As you will have worked out the mountain rises up in the middle of the valley.
The local "estate" has closed down operations of its Home Farm and leased some fields on the south west side of the valley to Farmer A. He grows grass in them. His sheep graze them for part of the year and for the remainder of the year he grows and harvests the grass.
The same "estate" also owns land on the other side of the mountain which it leases out to Farmer B who makes exactly the same use of it as Farmer A makes of his leased land.
With me so far?
Farmer A cuts his grass late into the night and transports great trailer loads of it (not baled but loose) behind the hoogest tractor I have ever seen, through the village to his farm.
Farmer B does the same, with a similarly hooge tractor ~ at the same time but in the opposite direction
They pass one another on the High Street outside of my house. This goes on from early morning and late into the night for three weeks every year.
Why can't they swap grass and stop all the haulage?
I published this question in the magazine a couple of years ago and one of their wives called me to say that both wives have been asking their husbands this question for ten years without satisfactory answer. They did it again last Autumn Banghead
Superstition or wife-swapping is the answer to most such questions.
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We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
So, how did the letter writing go? and have you had a reply yet?
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We shall see. Letter to be constructed tonight after I've had lashings of Crimbo CAKE cloud9:
So, how did the letter writing go? and have you had a reply yet?
Local MP yes, but suprise suprise, no reply yet.
He's probably too busy cooking his books. ::)
Happy now? Shrugs:
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Happy now? Shrugs:
More to the point, are you?
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Happy now? Shrugs:
More to the point, are you?
Is the Pope Jewish?
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Happy now? Shrugs:
More to the point, are you?
No. Still waiting. evil:
Have you noticed that a week tomorrow, the Sunday after next to be precise, seeing as next Sunday is in fact tomorrow at this moment in time, being Saturday at the moment of posting this like, is in fact the first day of Spring. cloud9:
So, please can someone tell me why the clocks aren't going forward next weekend instead of the week after. Banghead
We will in effect be running on Winter time in Spring. evil: