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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Roses on October 27, 2018, 04:20:20 PM

Title: Clocks
Post by: Roses on October 27, 2018, 04:20:20 PM
Don't forget to put your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight.

Most of ours are time controlled, which saves me the bother of doing so.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Steve H on October 27, 2018, 06:02:48 PM
If you've got mechanical clocks, stop them for an hour and then re-start them. It's not a good idea to turn the hands backwards, especially if they strike.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Roses on October 27, 2018, 06:44:35 PM
If you've got mechanical clocks, stop them for an hour and then re-start them. It's not a good idea to turn the hands backwards, especially if they strike.


I never turn the hands the hands of mechanical clocks backwards, I always go forwards until the correct time is reached.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Roses on March 28, 2020, 08:46:44 AM
BST the clocks go forward one hour. It is so easy to forget!
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Harrowby Hall on March 28, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
BST the clocks go forward one hour. It is so easy to forget!

Spring: forward        Fall: back
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: jeremyp on March 28, 2020, 10:59:40 AM
Spring: forward        Fall: back

Spring forward autumn back.

We'll have none of your stinking Americanisms here.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 28, 2020, 11:04:53 AM
Spring forward autumn back.

We'll have none of your stinking Americanisms here.
As with many Americanisms, it is an archaic English usage.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Steve H on March 28, 2020, 11:23:17 AM
As with many Americanisms, it is an archaic English usage.
In Shakespeare's day, both were in use. The early American settlers took both with them, but eventually, they dropped "autumn", while we dropped "fall".
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 28, 2020, 12:26:22 PM
In Shakespeare's day, both were in use. The early American settlers took both with them, but eventually, they dropped "autumn", while we dropped "fall".
I would be interested in a rewrite of Keats with an Ode To Fall
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 28, 2020, 12:27:45 PM
BST the clocks go forward one hour. It is so easy to forget!
Yes, the normal reminders are overwhelmed by the virus news, and the fact that I keep on thinking today is Sunday.
Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Walter on March 28, 2020, 12:44:01 PM
In Shakespeare's day, both were in use. The early American settlers took both with them, but eventually, they dropped "autumn", while we dropped "fall".
Herc
were you dropped at any time? ???