What to do with the extra hour?

[Pacion]

:lol: British Summer Time is coming to an end next weekend (31st October) when the clocks go back an hour at 1am. Any suggestions on how to celebrate/use this extra hour?


(Do I need to add to keep it child friendly :wink: :lol: )

[pygmalion]

Hmm... What could one do that would effectively use up ONE extra hour ... that isn't child friendly? :roll: :eyebrow: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Hmm... What could one do that would effectively use up ONE extra hour ... that isn't child friendly? :roll: :eyebrow: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sagitta]

Well, I consider myself a child so nothing is really off limits as far as I am concerned. You'll have to be a little more explicit to fill me in.

[Pacion]

Hmm... What could one do that would effectively use up ONE extra hour ... that isn't child friendly? :roll: :eyebrow: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

:doh: okay :lol: I walked into that one with my eyes wide open :lol:

[DWise1]

:lol: British Summer Time is coming to an end next weekend (31st October) when the clocks go back an hour at 1am. Any suggestions on how to celebrate/use this extra hour?


(Do I need to add to keep it child friendly :wink: :lol: )
Since the change occurs in the middle of the night, everybody gets an extra hour of sleep. That's what my plan for it is (Daylight savings here).

For the kids, it will cause sunset to occur one hour earlier, so they will get to go trick-or-treating earlier on Halloween. How's that for kid-friendly?

[MacMoto]

:lol: British Summer Time is coming to an end next weekend (31st October) when the clocks go back an hour at 1am. Any suggestions on how to celebrate/use this extra hour?
Well, on 31st Oct I'll be at the Geneva Congress, and Central European Summer Time also ends on the same night. Considering the party that night is supposed to end at 3am, at which point the clock is supposed to go back, I've been wondering if that means we will be getting an extra hour of dancing time or an extra hour of sleep...

[pygmalion]

Somehow, I'm guessing it won't be sleep. :wink:

[motardmom]

[quote=Pacion] Considering the party that night is supposed to end at 3am, at which point the clock is supposed to go back, I've been wondering if that means we will be getting an extra hour of dancing time or an extra hour of sleep...

:banana: :banana: I vote dance!!! :banana: :banana:

(Like there is even a question... ROFL)

[Vince A]

Hmm... What could one do that would effectively use up ONE extra hour ... that isn't child friendly? :roll: :eyebrow: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

:doh: okay :lol: I walked into that one with my eyes wide open :lol:
Well, now you can keep the lights on!

[Sagitta]

Okay. One extra hour of dancing AT at the milonga.

[Pacion]

Hmm... What could one do that would effectively use up ONE extra hour ... that isn't child friendly? :roll: :eyebrow: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

:doh: okay :lol: I walked into that one with my eyes wide open :lol:
Well, now you can keep the lights on!

:lol: What?!? and help the electricity executives have a bigger payrise (for sitting on their hohas) with the increase profits made as a result of me switching on the lights? :P :lol:

[Pacion]

:lol: British Summer Time is coming to an end next weekend (31st October) when the clocks go back an hour at 1am. Any suggestions on how to celebrate/use this extra hour?
Well, on 31st Oct I'll be at the Geneva Congress, and Central European Summer Time also ends on the same night. Considering the party that night is supposed to end at 3am, at which point the clock is supposed to go back, I've been wondering if that means we will be getting an extra hour of dancing time or an extra hour of sleep...

Like Pygmalion, I am guessing it will be dancing, bearing in mind that the clocks go back at 1am :lol:

[MacMoto]

Like Pygmalion, I am guessing it will be dancing, bearing in mind that the clocks go back at 1am :lol:
:google:
The European Summer Timer rule stipulates that the clock goes back at 1am Greenwich Mean Time on the last Sunday of October. I take this means the clock goes back at 2am British Summer Time and 3am Central European Summer Time...
See http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/rules/eu.htm

[DancePoet]

I'm fairly certain the clock switches back by an hour around 1am in my time zone, too. This means I'll likely be getting an extra hour of sleep after dancing on Saturday.

I know ... doesn't sound as fun as getting to dance for an extra hour ... but hey, I'll take the sleep anyway. :)

[peachexploration]

An extra hour? Hmmm....Hey DP, wanna play pool? :wink: :lol: :lol:

[Sabor]

brush my hair .. maybe

[pygmalion]

:shock: For an hour? You must have truly lovely locks. :wink:

[Sabor]

yeah .. wana feel it? :lol:

[Pacion]

Like Pygmalion, I am guessing it will be dancing, bearing in mind that the clocks go back at 1am :lol:
:google:
The European Summer Timer rule stipulates that the clock goes back at 1am Greenwich Mean Time on the last Sunday of October. I take this means the clock goes back at 2am British Summer Time and 3am Central European Summer Time...
See http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/rules/eu.htm

Edit: MacMoto, you are right. I thought it was 1am and posted as such but then at home they had put up a note saying 2am. I hope to be sleeping in any event, unlike some people who will be dancing :wink:

:shock: For an hour? You must have truly lovely locks. :wink:

:nope: :nope: :nope: He works for a ladies' wig factory :twisted: :friend:

[pygmalion]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pacion]

Okay. I know what I am going to do with the extra hour now :? work out which clocks change automatically (ie. the computer) and try to remember/read through manuals to work out how to change the time on the other "clocks" in the house - shower clock radio, alarm clock, clock on mobile/cell phone, various other clocks :roll: Thank goodness I don't collect clocks! :lol:

[pygmalion]

My lovely next door neighbor decided to use the extra hour by getting up early and mowing his lawn. Honestly, I woke up at 6:00 AM to the sounds of his edge trimmer. :x :headwall: There ought to be a law against such things. How about a little consideration for those of us who wanted to spend the hour doing something normal, like sleeping? Grr.

[Sagitta]

Spent the extra hour chatting on the phone!! Woken up from a deep sleep by the phone, at 1:00, as I forgot to switch from ringer to vibrate option, or to turn the phone off! So I chatted from 1 until 2:00 something, over two hours! How often can you say that? 1 hour actually is more than 2! :wink: :)

[NeoDevin]

I spent it grinding at a club :)

[Pacion]

What were you grinding? :roll: ice? cardamon? :wink: your teeth :twisted:

[NeoDevin]

Well, my girlfriend was there, and every now and then our teeth would brush accidentally, so I guess you could say I was grinding my teeth :)

[Pacion]

Where does the abbreviation TMI come to mind :roll: :lol:

[NeoDevin]

I dunno, but there's plenty more information available for EM's

[Pacion]

:lol: This Enquiring mind has enough info thanks :wink: :lol:

[NeoDevin]

You sure? I got hit on by this guy named Steve... It wasn't exactly a straight club I was at... :lol:

[Pacion]

:lol: Are you sure it was a guy and not a girl, by the name of Steve, pretending to be a guy :wink:

[NeoDevin]

Nope, I'm sure it was a guy, like I said, not a straight club

[Pacion]

Not a straight club? Does that mean there were curves in the walls? :wink: :lol:

[NeoDevin]

Actually there were curves in the walls, if you can believe it, but that's not what keeps it from being a straight club ;)

[Pacion]

:lol: Thanks for clarifying that one for me :wink: :lol:

[Pacion]

It is that time again. Any new suggestions as to what to do with the extra hour? ;)

Oh, and I heard/read something that the US (or was it NY) are changing the same time as the UK/Continent?

[Zaratustra shaking it]

make a sandwitch, put it on a box and mail it to your friend George.
He will thank you.

[alemana]

i intend to take the extra hour and shake my money maker.

[Pacion]

make a sandwitch, put it on a box and mail it to your friend George.
He will thank you.

Mail it to my friend George? How do you know that George and I are friends? :shock: (That's it. That is the last time I am doing a "message in a bottle" :D )

[DWise1]

Well, a guy in a couple of my dance classes is throwing his big annual all-night dance party. That way, all night is one hour longer.

[pygmalion]

Hmm. Hadn't thought about it. Probably sleep in. :cool:

[fascination]

Well, now you can keep the lights on!he needs to get more sleep in that extra hour

[fascination]

to the original question: (drum roll please...) DANCE, of course(silly)

[lynn]

sleep..... THEN dance!

[Twilight_Elena]

Oh, sleep. I need the energy.

Twilight Elena

[Sagitta]

Oh, sleep. I need the energy.

Twilight Elena
\Me too.

[Medira]

I'll add another vote for sleeping.

[Katarzyna]

Sleeping here as well.. especially today would be nice

[alemana]

i'll sleep when i'm dead.

[randomMysh]

Dance! Then sleep.

[pygmalion]

i'll sleep when i'm dead.

ROTFL!

[pygmalion]

Oh, btw, I've decided to use the extra hour on Sunday afternoon rather than Saturday night. I'm going to get my hair done, since the salon is less crowded on Sundays. :)

[pygmalion]

So much for sleeping in. I was awake at 5:00. :(

[fascination]

I noticed it looked like you had a bit too much time on your hands (wink) hope you are well (nother virtual hug)

[pygmalion]

I noticed it looked like you had a bit too much time on your hands (wink)

Just a little. I'm not sure why, but it always seems like I have a ton of time on my hands, the first day of standard time. It's just an hour, but it seems like a whole lot more. :lol:

hope you are well (nother virtual hug)

Doing fine. Thanks for the hugs. :friend: :D

[fascination]

I have coaching this morning w/former US champ kathryn schaffer...so I am pumped...she lives out your way I think....are you still off to get your hair done toady?...also is my pros b-day so we are all celebrating...and my husband's case settled so he will be home more for a while...happy day here...

[pygmalion]

I have coaching this morning w/former US champ kathryn schaffer...so I am pumped...she lives out your way I think....are you still off to get your hair done toady?...also is my pros b-day so we are all celebrating...and my husband's case settled so he will be home more for a while...happy day here...

Wow. It sounds like you're having a great day. :bouncy:

Yep. Getting a shampoo/finish and a cut, too. There's nothing like a new haircut to bring out a different facet of my personality. :)

[pygmalion]

Tonight's the night ... in the US, anyway. What do you have planned?

Me? Sleeping in as long as possible (aka 4 AM :lol: ) followed by reading a newly-released trashy novel I got this afternoon while snuggling under the quilt and drinking chocolate, of course. :wink:


How about you?

[SDsalsaguy]

Tonight's the night ... in the US, anyway. What do you have planned?
It is??? How in the world did I miss that??? :shock: :shock: :shock: :oops:

[latingal]

I think I'll walk up the street and get a small selection of pastries from the neighborhood bakery. A quick walk home and then fix myself and the dh a nice cup of tea to go with our pastries....a leisurly mornning before hitting the gym!

[Laura]

I've been suffering horrible insomnia for the past few nights, so if I get to sleep I will enjoy sleeping the extra hour.

If not...I'm also behind on general housework, so I'll spend the time neatening and tidying up. I also need to hand-wash a ballgown, and I'd better do it tomorrow so it will drive before I pack it up Thursday to go to my next comp.

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Definitely sleep.

I just convinced my mom that the clocks are supposed to be set back an hour and not forward as she'd thought. I wonder if everyone in multiple-person households has completely coordinated the clock-setting duty: who does it, how many hours, which direction. I heard of one couple that ended up early at church because both of them (unknown to each other) set the clocks forward.

[pygmalion]

I usually set the most important clocks on Sunday when I first wake up. Setting them on Satuday seems to rob me of that extra hour -- not sure why.

There've been times when the "unimportant" clocks (like the ones in guest bedrooms) didn't get re-set for months. I'm kind of a slacker. :lol: Kind of. :rolleyes:

[Twilight_Elena]

Slept riiight through it. And my PC clock automatically switched to an hour back, so at least one clock in the house is set. :p

T_E

[fascination]

definately need to clean the house...been gone so much there is a layer of cat hair everywhere...and my open suitcase has taken up permanent residence on the kitchen floor....plus I have all of these catalogues that I plan on ordering Christmas gifts from laying all over the place ...its out of control.....

[marapets]

hmmmmmmmm well what did you do??

[fascination]

welcome to DF marapets...and, to answer your question, I can't remember now, but I did clean the house

[Pacion]

Clocks are due to go back an hour this weekend for us - 28 October. An "new" or "untried" suggestions for this year ;) :banana:

[tj]

Nothing new here, but I think we don't change our clocks here in the US until November, I think?

[MrBroadway]

In the US, Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 4 2007, at 2 am
http://geography.about.com/cs/daylightsavings/a/dst.htm
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html

[meow]

In Aust, daylight saving begins on Sunday 28 October, so we will lose 1 hour.

[reb]

Clocks are due to go back an hour this weekend for us - 28 October. An "new" or "untried" suggestions for this year ;) :banana:

In the US, Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 4 2007, at 2 am
http://geography.about.com/cs/daylightsavings/a/dst.htm
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
Thanks - where did the time go?

[Pacion]

Thanks - where did the time go?

:lol: For some people? It went in dance time! :D

Meow, yes. When Australia (Sydney) changes it clocks, what was an 11 hour gap becames a 13 hour (!) because the clocks are going in opposite directions (one forward, the other back). Certainly keeps us on our toes!

[samina]

what will i do with the extra hour? sleeeeeeeep....

[MacMoto]

Ditto - catch up with sleep since I won't have much on Friday night...

[meow]

:lol: For some people? It went in dance time! :D

Meow, yes. When Australia (Sydney) changes it clocks, what was an 11 hour gap becames a 13 hour (!) because the clocks are going in opposite directions (one forward, the other back). Certainly keeps us on our toes!


Yes, but in a way I am used to it. My Dad lived in the States for over 30 years while I lived here in Ozland so I have learned to change with the daylight saving changes.:neutral:

[meow]

Oh, I'm in Melbourne. But we change at the same time as Sydney. Tasmania changes a week before us. I think QLD may begin a trial of D/light saving this year; until now they haven't done it. So, for our relatively small 'island' sometimes we would have 4 time zones.

[MissBallroomBear]

I can't adapt to the time change as easily as meow.. Im losing an hour's sleep! I'm going to be as grouchy as hell tomorrow so I'd better warn everyone not to talk to me..

[MrBroadway]

Does that mean that you're going to be un-bear-able? :lol::lol:

[LucyDiamond]

We get our extra hour this weekend. :banana: Besides the extra sleep, I'm going to enjoy the morning sunlight.

[Pacion]

Does that mean that you're going to be un-bear-able? :lol::lol:

:doh: :lol:

[Peaches]

Sleep!

[elisedance]

fretting about being early/late for the comp that day (Maple Leaf in Toronto) as I inevitably get confused!

[elisedance]

wait a minute, is the extra hour today or sunday??

[pygmalion]

Sunday.

I spent my hour lying abed, periodically checking the clock and saying to self. "No. It's not 6:30. It's 5:30." etc. Must say I enjoyed myself. It's the little things that make all the dfference. *grin*

[j_alexandra]

Walking the Piermont Pier (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/16qpJ_Grjhcqazx2aa_RDA) in cold, windy, beautiful weather. Did I mention windy? Wind so strong it pushed me off my feet more than once. Waves thrown on the pier that sprayed all the way across; I got wet. And cold. Did I mention cold?

[pygmalion]

My God! That's beautiful. :-D

[fascination]

over here...(why do I do this to myself?)...because it is my busy season at job number two...the one that actually pays a living wage...I am using the extra hour to do laundry and prepare to go to indy tomorrow b/c I have to spend the entire rest of my day today with engaged couple's counseling and facilitating our holiday grief group...why does this always happen just before ohio star?...like I had to throw a party this week...really?...lolz...guess I like a certai amount of crazy...guess that's okay as long as it stops at people

[waltzgirl]

My plan was to sleep. But, wouldn't you know, I woke up at 6:30. On a Sunday. That never happens!

[LaWa]

Drink cocktails.

We discovered it was half-price Happy Hour and decided to stay a little longer. Fortunately I wasn't planning to dance the next day (or rather, the same day ;) )

[flashdance]

I slept and that was it. Didn't really notice as I usually spend a bit of time in bed at weekend anyway :)

Not a lover of clocks going back or forwards as it has the potential to create a time paradox! :D

[j_alexandra]

My God! That's beautiful. :-D

It is. Any season, any weather.

Birdwatchers paradise, too.

[Lioness]

I usually spend it sleeping.

This year, my clock was so used to waking up at 7, and we gained an hour, and I woke up at 8. :(

[pygmalion]

I admit I'm very tired, but I fnd this confusing. Are you saying that you got the same amount of sleep as usual, despite the change?

[Lioness]

I think so.

But I'm not sure...time changing confuses me.

Wait...there's the problem. We lost an hour.

[pygmalion]

Oh!

Here it's spring forward/fall back, so we gained an hour. It sounds like you're saying it's spring forward/fall back there as well. So you'd have lost an hour.

Now I get it. :cool: Took me long enough. :lol:

[Joe]

Yes, since our fall is their spring!

[Peaches]

Tried to sleep.

[pygmalion]

Yes, since our fall is their spring!


It just never occured to me that the southern hemisphere does things opposite of the North. Should have. Eh. *shrug*

[dlgodud]

Extra hours? What is it? If I have some, I need to clean the apartment. :(

[Joyful Dancer]

I used my extra hour to go to the studio yesterday PM and practice my showcase routine.

[katherinejh]

I got four hours of sleep instead of three.

[wonderwoman]

DST Fail!! Because I live in a house where I agree to be in before 1 am, I would have been home Saturday night by 1. In fact I didn't go out that night, but if I were a normal 25 year old, I would have stayed out for an extra hour of dancing. But I did get TOO MUCH sleep and the good old dehydration headache... been months since I slept more than 6 hours before getting up (salsaddiction)