Turning the clocks back

GrandmaKT. Another excellent reason to leave the EU as soon as possible. Next thing you know, Mr Macron will be nominating Paris, rather than Greenwich, for the site of the prime meridian...

What is confusing, Rufus is that it's not all of Oz!
Callistemon; You're forgetting that you are dealing with Aussies, who never get losted when it comes to dealing with time-zones.
You are right about Q; can't speak for N.T. without Dr. G.; VIC of course is "normal" i.e. changes, but SA is always 30 min behind VIC.
As I say, this is the clever country so we can take such matters in our stride and never ever get losted!
OoRoo

We went on a trip around Lake Michigan in September and there is an hour's time difference between one side and the other. Our family who live there don't bother changing their watches as they cross zones frequently. They check their phones if they have appointments.

I have a mixture of clocks that change automatically and others which have to be changed manually. I spent at least 10 minutes searching for the manual to change my digital alarm clock, then went round the house changing all the timer light switches, remembered the Aga and the microwave - forgot about my wristwatch!!

I will spend the rest of the day mentally switching to the "real" time!

I changed my every day watch this morning, husband sorted range and microwave (no idea why he changes that as it’s in the laundry and only used for GCs bits) and I have just done his car as mine changes automatically.
I would be happy to keep GMT all year round.

Always change them on Saturday evening, otherwise I might forget. Don't like dark evenings so roll on spring!

DH and I changed most of the manual clocks last night. There is one left to do which requires me to stand on a chair to reach it. The car clock changes automatically and so do the bedside clocks.
It seemed especially light this morning because of the added bonus of bright sunshine instead of grey cloud and rain!
I'm not a fan of the early dark evenings, though.
I seem most thrown when the clocks go forward rather than back, for some reason. ?

I keep reminding myself of the Hygge word and trying to convince myself that winter and dark nights are lovely

People who love winter....why?!

I shall try and change my attitude.

I did it last night, my bedside clock and my wristwatch.

Thanks tanith I had forgotten about the microwave and my oven clock is beyond me for any time. My cleaner will do it in 20 seconds.

I had a fabulous night's sleep, apparently in a 4* hotel in London near where I live for £11 a week! Breakfast was not included which I thought a tad mean!

What is confusing, Rufus is that it's not all of Oz!

Don't Queensland and perhaps NT, remain the same all the time?

Don't think of coming to OZ! You'll have to put your devices forward 11 hours now
Goodness knows what that will do to your body-clocks!

Only problem with changing the clocks in our house is the cat can't tell the time
He'll be wanting his dinner at 4pm

I get up for work, so prefer light mornings. I hate putting on makeup in artificial light....my face is not a pretty sight that time of the morning.

Hate it, hate it, hate it! I shall now be jet lagged for the next three weeks! I was awake at five this morning instead of my customary six o’clockish. By the time I get used to it the damn things will change again and my body clock will be all up the shoot again.

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^I leave changing the clock for my husband.
It makes him feel important^ ? ??

I’m always confused, I woke up this morning and the clock said 6.10 I thought well that means it’s 5.10, so although I was ready to get up thought it was too early to get up on a Sunday morning.

Then eventually get and realise my husband must have altered the bedroom clock the night before. We have some clocks which change automatically, and some that don’t, my only reliable source is my phone!
Hope the rest of you are not as scatty as me!

This is odd. I think I started to post about the change in the clock it just as it changed. It seemed to stop for a short while.
I leave changing the clock for my husband. It makes him feel important.

I hate the day the clocks have gone back, the dark evenings are so depressing, and I don't feel like going out. The extra hour in the morning is welcome, but I never know what to do with it, as my body tells me it is time to get up.

I think I should have been born an animal that can hibernate through winter!

I usually do it the next day but I’m away so will have to remember to change just 3 manual clocks when I get home. The others are automatic. The difference in daylight is minimal as in just a few weeks it’ll be much darker at each end of the day ?

But ElaineI, if it's lighter in the mornings, it's darker in the evenings when the children are coming home from school, I believe more children walk home than walk to school (due to parents dropping them off on the way to work).

There is a reason for it! Part of the current UK remains darker in the mornings due to sunrise being later and there are studies to suggest there are more accidents to children going to school in the dark. Clocks going back means travelling to school is safer due to being in daylight. I was a schoolchild during an experiment late 60's/early 70's when they stopped it and we were all issued with high viz armbands and jackets. It was not a success and returned to the clocks changing.

I gave birth to my eldest 37 years ago the night the clocks sent back and kept screeching “ but what is the REAL time”
When the clocks sent back at 2am it felt like a wasted hour of labour!

We will alter the clocks before we go to bed.
Our old car used to put itself right, but I don't think the new one does.
(Memo to self:- read the book.)
I will also have to read the book re:- the oven clock.
I expect we'll find one, tomorrow, that we have forgotten.