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Old Mar 6th 2009 | 7:55 am
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Time to turn the clocks forward one hour Saturday night or early Sunday morning if you insist on waiting until 2:00am.

Some also use this time to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...ight-time.html
 
Old Mar 6th 2009 | 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
Time to turn the clocks forward one hour Saturday night or early Sunday morning if you insist on waiting until 2:00am.

Some also use this time to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...ight-time.html
I'm putting my clocks forward early - I think i'll do it at 4pm this afternoon
 
Old Mar 6th 2009 | 10:44 am
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There are a bunch of Air Cadets that are very happy to lose an hour this weekend - they are off on winter excersise and will be sleeping outside in makeshift lean to thingies. Just packed my Air Cadet up and put a load of those hand warmer things in her bag so she can stuff the sleeping bag with them
 
Old Mar 6th 2009 | 11:11 am
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I hate this weekend!!!
 
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Don't mean nothing to me here in Saskatchewan
 
Old Mar 6th 2009 | 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by AlvicSK
Don't mean nothing to me here in Saskatchewan
I been waiting for a flatlander to make that comment.
 
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I think it's really cute how Newfies are a half hour different and SK refuses to change at all ..... vive la difference!!!!
 
Old Mar 6th 2009 | 6:11 pm
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It means you get an extra hour in bed before you have to get up and watch the footy !
 
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Yippee...one hour less on my night shift
 
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Default Re: Daylight savings this weekend

Originally Posted by Steve_P
Some also use this time to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...ight-time.html
What a good idea to change them at this time, never even crossed my mind!
Surprised really as it isnt that far to cross
 
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Originally Posted by Morwenna
I think it's really cute how Newfies are a half hour different
It's because God took half an hour more creating Newfoundland.
 
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The only difference it makes to me is that if I want to chat to my sister in BC its only an hour behind instead of two.
 
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
I been waiting for a flatlander to make that comment.
Sorry I couldnt resist
 
Old Mar 7th 2009 | 3:17 am
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Originally Posted by destinationnovascotia
Yippee...one hour less on my night shift

One house less for me too
 
Old Mar 7th 2009 | 11:17 pm
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Default Re: Daylight savings this weekend

We're also an hour less behind the UK now, at least until March 29.
AST is GMT-3
EST is GMT-4...etc

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dstevents.html

Originally Posted by Steve_P
Time to turn the clocks forward one hour Saturday night or early Sunday morning if you insist on waiting until 2:00am.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...ight-time.html
 

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