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Two things have moved me to write this. One is that we have reached the time of year when I go to bed in the dark and get up in the dark. The other is that we are being told that Europeans are deciding not to buy British made cars because of Brexit.
Time, as you know, is a man-made construct and mostly we don?t have enough of it. Across an area as vast as the continental United States there are different time zones. Here on our Greenwich Mean Time islands, caught in a weather trap between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, we don?t have that problem.
We do, however, have the problem of different nations.
United Kingdom
This is another name for Great Britain because we are an amalgamation of four different countries and cultures. In general, we rub along okay but there are some strong differences of opinion. Because we have the same time nationally, it was decided that like America, twice a year, our clocks would ?spring? forward and ?fall? back. This is very irritating and I blame Benjamin Franklin who first suggested the notion. In the UK this was begun in the early 20th Century because it benefited people who lived in northern Scotland. No matter that it was just a nuisance to the rest of us. Twice a year I rediscover just how many time-sensitive devices exist around the house, all quietly ticking away until I have to fiddle about with them. Do politicians not realize how hard it is to rush around a property stri...