Daylight saving starts tonight...
Oct 3rd 2010, 7:42 am
#31
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
I like Victoria, I like the warm, I like DS and longer evenings. 
I put up with the winter. 
But all in all, I like it. Guess that's why I'm here.
I put up with the winter. But all in all, I like it. Guess that's why I'm here.
Oct 3rd 2010, 7:46 am
#32
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
Nah - lack of DST in Brisbane is a godsend. The last thing you want is to travel home from work still in the heat of the day and have to wait an extra hour before it cools down sufficiently to wander outside away from the ever comforting air-con.
As it is in summer our dog only gets a lap of the block after about 10pm. If we had DST we'd almost have to set the alarm for middnight just to get up and walk the dog! <-- ok partly joking, but you get the point
As it is in summer our dog only gets a lap of the block after about 10pm. If we had DST we'd almost have to set the alarm for middnight just to get up and walk the dog! <-- ok partly joking, but you get the point
Brisbane temps, unlike Melbourne often peak very early in the day - not sure anyone would really notice the difference in the evening.
Oct 3rd 2010, 8:14 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
Middle of summer near Melly; civil twilight ends at around 9.15. Civil twilight is the point at which you can no longer work by natural light. I feel it doesn't get dark until 9.30 but then maybe I get a few more minutes for being a man 
In London I only got half and hour more so I don't miss that at all.
The only problem here is that you have to keep the kids up late to see the Christmas lights.
In London I only got half and hour more so I don't miss that at all.
The only problem here is that you have to keep the kids up late to see the Christmas lights.
Oct 3rd 2010, 8:30 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
Middle of summer near Melly; civil twilight ends at around 9.15. Civil twilight is the point at which you can no longer work by natural light. I feel it doesn't get dark until 9.30 but then maybe I get a few more minutes for being a man
In London I only got half and hour more so I don't miss that at all.
The only problem here is that you have to keep the kids up late to see the Christmas lights.
In London I only got half and hour more so I don't miss that at all.
The only problem here is that you have to keep the kids up late to see the Christmas lights.
Oct 3rd 2010, 8:31 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
Nah - lack of DST in Brisbane is a godsend. The last thing you want is to travel home from work still in the heat of the day and have to wait an extra hour before it cools down sufficiently to wander outside away from the ever comforting air-con.
As it is in summer our dog only gets a lap of the block after about 10pm. If we had DST we'd almost have to set the alarm for middnight just to get up and walk the dog! <-- ok partly joking, but you get the point
As it is in summer our dog only gets a lap of the block after about 10pm. If we had DST we'd almost have to set the alarm for middnight just to get up and walk the dog! <-- ok partly joking, but you get the point
Oct 3rd 2010, 8:45 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
It all comes down to whether you like being woken up at around 5am to 5:30am in summer with the sun streaming in and birds calling and then not being able to get back to sleep, or whether you would prefer to get up closer to sunrise with duller light around 6am to 6:30am and have more time later in the day.
Without daylight savings you are at risk of having less sleep but also less time after work to do anything. One of the worst parts of winter is coming home in the dark and then having nothing to do but sit in front of the TV or a computer when you've probably been in front of a computer all day anyway.
It is a health related issue the way I see it, both physical and mental health.
Without daylight savings you are at risk of having less sleep but also less time after work to do anything. One of the worst parts of winter is coming home in the dark and then having nothing to do but sit in front of the TV or a computer when you've probably been in front of a computer all day anyway.
It is a health related issue the way I see it, both physical and mental health.
Oct 3rd 2010, 9:05 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
So.... I was walking the dog along the beach today, at about 7.30pm, watching the great big orange sun setting into a very flat sea, loads of families on the beach making sandcastles, having picnics, lots of people in swimmers even at this time in the evening, it was 26 degrees and I was thinking - it doesn't get much better than this.
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Oct 3rd 2010, 9:40 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
So.... I was walking the dog along the beach today, at about 7.30pm, watching the great big orange sun setting into a very flat sea, loads of families on the beach making sandcastles, having picnics, lots of people in swimmers even at this time in the evening, it was 26 degrees and I was thinking - it doesn't get much better than this.
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What makes me laugh is not the apparent temperature but the UV - winter - fairly cold and dull at times - a weekend of spring sun and above 20 temps can make the whole joint feel hot..push a mower around and boy - time for a beer!
The sky was still orange at 8pm...which tells people how light it stays in Melbourne.
Oct 3rd 2010, 9:43 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
No DST = more outdoor time in the evenings!
Oct 3rd 2010, 9:56 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
Curses!!! Am jealous of all of you that have Daylight saving
Meanwhile ....here in Queensland (the special state).... after much deliberation it has just been announced that the strange looking white thing in the sky is in fact not Anna Bligh's Teeth but the moon... Also that if you stay out after it gets dark you do not REPEAT do not turn in to a Pumpkin....
IN THE NAME OF SANITY PLEASE BRING DAYLIGHT SAVING TO QUEENSLAND............!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QUEENSLAND- The confused, very special and mentally challenged state.... with a bit of sunshine
Meanwhile ....here in Queensland (the special state).... after much deliberation it has just been announced that the strange looking white thing in the sky is in fact not Anna Bligh's Teeth but the moon... Also that if you stay out after it gets dark you do not REPEAT do not turn in to a Pumpkin....
IN THE NAME OF SANITY PLEASE BRING DAYLIGHT SAVING TO QUEENSLAND............!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QUEENSLAND- The confused, very special and mentally challenged state.... with a bit of sunshine
Oct 3rd 2010, 9:58 am
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
What is bizarre about the lack of DST in Queensland is that Adelaide is half an hour ahead of Brisbane.
Oct 3rd 2010, 10:17 am
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Right, so who is sitting outside right now in the sunshine apart from QLDers?
Oct 3rd 2010, 10:23 am
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Oct 3rd 2010, 12:24 pm
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Re: Daylight saving starts tonight...
I wish we had it and to be honest the old excuses of 'the kids wont sleep at night' or 'the curtains fade' or 'the cows wont milk' seem a tad feeble to me. Really, tell your kids to sleep FFS, buy curtains that wont fade and as for cows not milking, what a crock of shite.
I miss late summer evenings when it was daylight for ages, now its 4.30am daylight, well I hope your shitting stupid kids get you up at dawns crack.
Please tell me that they were not the REAL reasons that this vote was based on?
I miss late summer evenings when it was daylight for ages, now its 4.30am daylight, well I hope your shitting stupid kids get you up at dawns crack.
Please tell me that they were not the REAL reasons that this vote was based on?
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