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Kintyre News wrote:Folks remember to put your Clocks forward tonight 1 hour for the official start of Spring Time!

I thought the traditionally accepted First Day of Spring coincided with the Vernal Equinox, which was last Tuesday by my reckoning.

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Gary

Gary

It was decided to make the clock change at 2am on the last Sunday of March. I don't think the workers who have to get up to go to work care about being too pernickity regarding the first day of spring being pushed back a few days but would be really annoyed at losing an hours sleep through the week.

jeanette

That's nothing to do with Spring though, is it?

That's the start of British Summer Time (BST).

Wikipedia

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Gary

Aye gary

Your English time is different from the locals in Kintyre. Farmers always looked at the changing of the clocks as the start of Spring 'cause any fool knows that summer doesn't start 'till late May early June.

bubbly

GarySutherland wrote:That's nothing to do with Spring though, is it?

That's the start of British Summer Time (BST).

Wikipedia

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Gary

Hmmmm....we teach kids in the States to "Spring" forward, and "Fall" back.
For a week, though, you will be 8 hours ahead instead of 7.

bubbly jock wrote:Your English time is different from the locals in Kintyre.

There's me thinking that Kintyre was part of Great Britain. Silly me.

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Gary

dgraves wrote:we teach kids in the States to "Spring" forward, and "Fall" back.

Yes, that's the way I remember which was to change the clocks, too.

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Gary

GarySutherland wrote:There's me thinking that Kintyre was part of Great Britain. Silly me.

Aye garry

That is the shame of it. Hopefully in my lifetime that will change. It annoys me when I go abroad and because I have a British Passport I am sometimes mistaken for English Thank God most passport controls know the difference and don't insult me


bubbly

bubbly jock wrote:

GarySutherland wrote:There's me thinking that Kintyre was part of Great Britain. Silly me.

That is the shame of it. Hopefully in my lifetime that will change.

You need to check what it says on your passport, Bubbly: "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Great Britain simply refers to the larger of the two main British Isles; Ireland being the other.

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Gary

GarySutherland wrote:You need to check what it says on your passport, Bubbly: "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Great Britain simply refers to the larger of the two main British Isles; Ireland being the other.

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Gary

Well to be honest I have been taken for an Irishman and found that a compliment but I think you will find that Britain doesn't have two main islands, just one. Ireland is not part of Britain. The small part in the north is associated with Great Britain but I am sure if anyone from the south of that island over the border reads this they will be greatly insulted that you, an Englander are insinuating they are part of Britain.

BTW it is all about politics.

bubbly jock wrote:

GarySutherland wrote:You need to check what it says on your passport, Bubbly: "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

Great Britain simply refers to the larger of the two main British Isles; Ireland being the other.

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Gary

Well to be honest I have been taken for an Irishman and found that a compliment but I think you will find that Britain doesn't have two main islands, just one. Ireland is not part of Britain. The small part in the north is associated with Great Britain but I am sure if anyone from the south of that island over the border reads this they will be greatly insulted that you, an Englander are insinuating they are part of Britain.

BTW it is all about politics.

to be sure , to be sure

I'll be slitting this when I can as its now off topic

bubbly jock wrote:I think you will find that Britain doesn't have two main islands, just one.

BTW it is all about politics.

I strongly suggest you refer to an atlas, or if you can't do that try following this weblink: Wikipedia: British Isles

Just because you try to bring politics into everything doesn't mean to say the rest of us do, and I'd be very surprised if any of my friends would take offense at someone saying they live in the British Isles; except perhaps the ones that live in France.

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Gary

thep wrote:I'll be slitting this when I can as its now off topic

Fine by me, Davie

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Gary

GarySutherland wrote:I strongly suggest you refer to an atlas, or if you can't do that try following this weblink: Wikipedia: British Isles

You appear to rely on that particular publication quite a lot. Just you keep reading it gary you might learn something The locals are well enough educated already Don't need your counsel. Keep it for those you know who might need it but I doubt if anyone will ask.


bubbly

GarySutherland wrote:Just because you try to bring politics into everything doesn't mean to say the rest of us do, and I'd be very surprised if any of my friends would take offense at someone saying they live in the British Isles; except perhaps the ones that live in France.

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Gary

Funny thing about that comment is that there are a lot of people who would prefer people not talk about politics or religion, and when you really stop to think about it, everything boils down to those two things in one way or another.

Happy Springtime, and we'll catch up with you next week