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Post by The Matthew on Mar 26, 2017 13:44:19 GMT
Why not deal with it properly? Why not start earlier? That's what DST is doing anyway, but why do we have to lie to ourselves about it? So are you saying that you agree with me in that we shouldn't be going about our business in the dark at 4.30 but that we shouldn't call it 4.30 but 2.30......or something? Pretty much, yes. Right now we're in a position where most people get out of bed late in the morning, start work even later in the morning, head home at the end of the afternoon, and then wonder where the daylight went. And everyone acts as though there's something inviolable about starting at those times: people will tell you that you can't possibly expect them to get up at 05:00 and start work at 07:00, but if you introduce double summer time and call those times 07:00 and 09:00 respectively then suddenly there's no problem. That seems crazy to me. The whole idea that the One True Working Day should start and finish so late seems crazy, and daylight saving time is just papering over the cracks in a fundamentally flawed concept. We try to convince ourselves that cheap lighting has divorced us from the need to pay attention to the rising and setting of the sun and then we prove it hasn't by fiddling with the clocks. What are we doing? I became so sick of suddenly discovering the one unchanged clock that I eventually gave up and made a list of everything that needed changing.
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Post by Michael on Mar 26, 2017 13:51:43 GMT
Well, I do get up early and start my work day at 6am, and yet I wish we had summer time all year round.
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Post by viserys on Mar 26, 2017 14:03:19 GMT
Now the sensible thing to do is obviously to have the block of sleep coincide as much as possible with the period of dark and the waking activity coincide with the period of light. But most people work roughly 9-5 or 10-6, so their block of work is already mostly in the second half of the day. It's something that always strikes me when I'm travelling to warmer climates like South East Asia or recently Costa Rica. People get up at the crack of dawn to take advantage of the cool morning hours and by 8-9am their day is already in full swing, then they either have a long mid-day break during the hottest hours or finish earlier and have more leisure time in the evenings. That said, all those areas are fairly close to the equator where day-time and night-time are pretty much the same throughout the year. I'm fine getting up early here when it gets light at 6am, but you couldn't drag me out of bed at that time in winter.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 26, 2017 14:50:34 GMT
I'm both a morning person and a keen walker so I long for it to be light when I set out, rather than having to start in the dark. Trouble is, at the other end of the year, I end up having to start AND finish in the dark. When I used to drive to work, I'd be doing so in the dark from about August onwards but whether walking or driving, I mind less having to start in the dark and waiting for it to get light, than having to set off in darkness, or in what remains of the daylight but knowing it will get dark on the way.
I'd prefer lighter mornings all year round but at the very least, could we please even out the interval - - before and after the new year which we currently spend on "winter" time? Makes no sense for the clocks not to go back until the late October, i.e. with only about 2 months of the year remaining, yet to have to wait nearly 3 months for them to go forward again.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 26, 2017 15:06:43 GMT
I'm terrible at getting up in the mornings whether it's light or dark. I hate having to get up to get ready for work at 6am. At the weekends if I don't set my alarm I almost lways wake up after 10am. Today, thanks to the clocks changing & me not getting home from London till half past midnight last night, I didn't wake up till just after midday!
Now catching up on yesterday's F1 qualifying.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 27, 2017 7:45:59 GMT
One of mine bought me something from a Polish shop for mothers' day. It was citrus coloured, citrus looking and of sugary appearance. I ate it.
I think I was supposed to dissolve it in the bath.
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Post by viserys on Mar 27, 2017 7:56:05 GMT
One of mine bought me something from a Polish shop for mothers' day. It was citrus coloured, citrus looking and of sugary appearance. I ate it. I think I was supposed to dissolve it in the bath. That reminds me of a friend of mine. I had got her a set of six small bottles with different kinds of peket, a speciality from the Belgian province of Liege - basically booze made of juniper berries (like the Dutch genever). It had been wrapped for christmas and she didn't unpack it while we were still together. I met her again a few weeks after christmas and she was like "umm... that stuff you gave me... am I supposed to drink it or or use it as shampoo?" Luckily she asked before putting the booze into her hair.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 8:26:43 GMT
A friend of mine recently ate a fair chunk of some 'mint flavoured candy' from Thailand before working out it was a candle...I promise I didn't laugh (too hard) at his misfortune.
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Post by kathryn on Mar 27, 2017 9:08:30 GMT
Well, so far I have spent nearly 2 hours on various trains and I'm not even at work yet. So, great start to the week!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Mar 27, 2017 9:46:39 GMT
Makes no sense for the clocks not to go back until the late October, i.e. with only about 2 months of the year remaining, yet to have to wait nearly 3 months for them to go forward again. We use GMT during the period of potential wintry weather.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 13:39:47 GMT
I'm having a very 'Monday' Monday- I've not been sleeping well so feeling like death warmed up, work is deader than a dead thing and highlighting that I really need to find a 'proper' job... so not helping...and currently someone has left a conference room door open that's making the rest of the floor freezing. I'd like to sleep for a week somewhere warm thanks.
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Post by CG on the loose on Mar 27, 2017 18:46:08 GMT
A late and somewhat booze night made the early alarm rather shrill, but on the whole not a bad day... until I fell over in the street (always cool). Kneecap feels like it's exploded and the bruise is blooming beautifully. And it's only Monday. Still, it's been a beautiful sunset
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 27, 2017 20:34:18 GMT
Ooh, I've finally made it to Senior Member status. That's cheered up a boring day & a stressful evening when I nearly had a nervous breakdown over a ceiling.
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 28, 2017 15:32:06 GMT
The lesson for today is: If you decant a bunch of Skittles into your lap so you'll have something to nibble while driving you will spend several minutes hunting down stray Skittles when you get to your destination.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 28, 2017 15:51:04 GMT
The lesson for today is: If you decant a bunch of Skittles into your lap so you'll have something to nibble while driving you will spend several minutes hunting down stray Skittles when you get to your destination. The trick, The Matthew, is to wear a skirt so they don't roll off between your legs. You're welcome.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 28, 2017 17:54:29 GMT
Got home. Cooked dinner: remains of Sunday's chicken in ready-made sauce on pasta. After a few mouthfuls became aware my mouth was burning. Went & checked empty sauce jar: not the usual tomato but tomato & chilli, evidently bought in error. I hate spicy food but had to eat it, as there was no more chicken left. Why can't Sainbury's sell different sauce flavours in more distinctive jars?!
What sort of box office closes its phone lines at 6pm on a show night? That would be one of my local theatres. Not impressed.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 28, 2017 18:39:11 GMT
What sort of box office closes its phone lines at 6pm on a show night? That would be one of my local theatres. Not impressed. As bad as Curzon Cinemas, who close their phone lines at 8 pm despite having showings on umpteen screens until late into the evening and for which people might still wish to book. Helpfully the recorded message referred callers to the website. Well I wouldn't be trying to ring if the blasted website was working properly, would I?!
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 28, 2017 19:19:14 GMT
What sort of box office closes its phone lines at 6pm on a show night? That would be one of my local theatres. Not impressed. As bad as Curzon Cinemas, who close their phone lines at 8 pm despite having showings on umpteen screens until late into the evening and for which people might still wish to book. Helpfully the recorded message referred callers to the website. Well I wouldn't be trying to ring if the blasted website was working properly, would I?! Mine referred me to its website too, but the website isn't going to tell me if I can switch my Wedding Singer ticket from Friday to Thursday because Jon Robyns isn't doing the performance I originally booked for. Think I might have to walk into town after work tomorrow & wave the ticket at them in person.
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 29, 2017 18:12:29 GMT
Well, I've had a good day. Met my set designer for "Bette and Joan", we both had the same vision! I have not seen him for several years so we also had a good chat over coffee. Only downside, the train from Chester to Manchester was so old and rickety I swear to god it pre-dated Stephenson's Rocket!
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 29, 2017 20:24:52 GMT
Think I might have to walk into town after work tomorrow & wave the ticket at them in person. Think the box office may read this and close early in sympathy with the phone room? Humph! No, they were there alright. Spent over an hour and I half in John Lewis's cushion & curtain departments today. That's an hour and a half of my life wasted.
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Post by Marwood on Mar 29, 2017 21:22:45 GMT
On my way to see Henning Wehn at Leicester Square Theatre tonight, saw Simon Callow sitting by the window of the Prezzo just off Trafalgar Square with a laptop, I'm presuming he was taking a break from preparing The Philanthropist but 😀 all the same...
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Post by Michael on Mar 30, 2017 4:11:36 GMT
Fun fact: He's completely unknown in Germany. If you asked 100 Germans who Henning Wehn was, 100 would say "Who?". I only know him because I once saw him in QI.
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Post by mallardo on Mar 30, 2017 6:44:56 GMT
As a member of the Writers Guild of America I was informed by email this morning that negotiations for a new contract have broken down so a strike vote has been called. Strike vote in April followed by a strike in May when our contract expires. It's pretty much guaranteed because the WGA always strikes - by contrast, the Directors (DGA) have never had a strike in their history. Clearly the writers are the social conscience of show business, the directors simply pawns of the establishment.
So, once again, the film and television industries will be shut down for a few months and I can look forward to another picket line. Usually I'm assigned to the CBS Hollywood studio where James Corden does his crosswalk musicals so this year we might have some entertainment!
Just thought I'd share.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 8:23:08 GMT
Read that letter we filed over "Article 50" over breakfast. Anyone else agree that we could have saved ourselves a lot of time and trouble by just "ghosting" them on Facebook instead? Angela who? sorry new phone who is this?
After a lovely day in London (Friend's birthday, we went for tea and cake after Hamlet, had a catch up etc) reminded me that a) I do love London b) I miss my friends who seem increasingly to live not in the same city as me.
After a long day, of course then insomnia struck, and starting work at 8 in order to finish early and fetch the Mother from a hospital appointment means I feel like death warmed up. Anyone got a coffee IV?
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Post by dippy on Mar 30, 2017 11:25:12 GMT
So, once again, the film and television industries will be shut down for a few months and I can look forward to another picket line. Usually I'm assigned to the CBS Hollywood studio where James Corden does his crosswalk musicals so this year we might have some entertainment! Interesting, I know far too little about what's going on in the industry, oops. Possibly about to start a job where the director is the writer and there would normally be lots of script revisions, that'd be interesting. Hope you get some entertainment on the picket line!
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Post by mallardo on Mar 30, 2017 12:02:55 GMT
Dippy, the Guild situation in the UK is quite different - or so I'm told. No strikes here. There are, of course, a lot of writer/directors and writer/producers which means a lot of people are on both sides of the negotiating table. You'd think that would help - but, no.
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Post by dippy on Mar 30, 2017 15:23:45 GMT
Good to know, I probably didn't explain well enough though (American writer/director) but it probably won't be affected like you say. Good luck with everything over there. Hope the strike doesn't last too long (if it happens). I remember the short TV seasons because of the 2007-2008 one.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 30, 2017 18:28:33 GMT
At the theatre for The Wedding Singer. Interesting how audiences can differ in the same city for different shows. This audience is far more common than those I am used to for plays & operas.
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Post by Marwood on Mar 30, 2017 22:18:11 GMT
On my way back from seeing Factory Floor at Heaven tonight(excellent as always, not likely to trouble the top 40 any time soon but sometimes you want to see a band that not every Tom,Dick & Harry wants to see) : off to Brighton tomorrow then seeing Sean Lock at the Dome on Saturday
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Post by infofreako on Mar 30, 2017 22:23:56 GMT
On my way back from seeing Factory Floor at Heaven tonight(excellent as always, not likely to trouble the top 40 any time soon but sometimes you want to see a band that not every Tom,Dick & Harry wants to see) : off to Brighton tomorrow then seeing Sean Lock at the Dome on Saturday Enjoy my delightful home city
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