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Winter Solstice

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posted on 20/12/23

Adapt the entrance turnstiles and make them into "free energy generators". No more electricity bills

posted on 20/12/23

Wish the whole day light savings thing would be scrapped, pointless in this day and age

posted on 20/12/23

comment by House (U17162)
posted 5 minutes ago
Wish the whole day light savings thing would be scrapped, pointless in this day and age
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Two birds woth one stone. Make the days longer n teach the stupid, spinning planet a lesson. Genius.

posted on 20/12/23

For the smaller football clubs the electricity bill for floodlighting must be a considerable financial burden even using LEDs.
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I've thought of a 3-step solution I think I might save them some money

1. Get the players to strap their mobile phones to their foreheads for training sessions

2. Invent a kind of light you strap to your head without mobile phone technology to make it cheaper

3. Schedule matches for day time

4. Lay off the bottle

posted on 20/12/23

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
For the smaller football clubs the electricity bill for floodlighting must be a considerable financial burden even using LEDs.
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I've thought of a 3-step solution I think I might save them some money

1. Get the players to strap their mobile phones to their foreheads for training sessions

2. Invent a kind of light you strap to your head without mobile phone technology to make it cheaper

3. Schedule matches for day time

4. Lay off the bottle
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get the bikes used in training hooked up to dynamo's.

pre season the place will look like Vegas

posted on 20/12/23

Teach braille at infant school

posted on 20/12/23

As House says, it is pointless nowadays. It was introduced as a "temporary measure" in WW1 with the idea that it would increase productivity as people could work for longer.
For most people in the UK the "change of clocks" makes little difference, theoretically gaining or losing an hour's sleep once each year.
No big problem apart from the fact that if you forget to change your clocks you may be an hour early or late for work on Monday.
On vessels at sea it used to be more complicated for navigational reasons on east to west or west to east ocean transits. That was before satellite navigation when the use of a sextant, nautical almanacs, Norries Tables and a clear sky was essential to establish your position without sight of land.
There were other aids such as Loran and Decca but area coverage was limited and varied.
Now my phone can tell me instantly where I am within a few metres.
Navigating Officers now probably think that spherical trigonometry is something to do with the shape of their testicles.

posted on 20/12/23

It's not pointless, it's a question of trying to have children going to and back from school in daylight.

posted on 20/12/23

It used to cost us £40 a game to put our flood lights on and that was 20 years ago

posted on 20/12/23

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
It's not pointless, it's a question of trying to have children going to and back from school in daylight.
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No it's not.

posted on 20/12/23

comment by House (U17162)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
It's not pointless, it's a question of trying to have children going to and back from school in daylight.
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No it's not.
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It used to be for farmers...but have you seen the lights they have on tractors now

posted on 20/12/23

Why would farmers care if they don't have to clock in, regularly get up well before dawn anyway, and can independently decide when to feed the cows, plough the fields, or take the sheep out to graze?

posted on 20/12/23

I thought it was on Thursday, 21st Dec

posted on 21/12/23

It is actually at about 0330 on Fri 22nd Dec.

posted on 22/12/23

According to the weather forecast, the LEAST cloud cover at Stonehenge between now and 1100 is 89% although any rain should have stopped before sunrise. Nothing worse than a soggy druid!

posted on 22/12/23

comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago
According to the weather forecast, the LEAST cloud cover at Stonehenge between now and 1100 is 89% although any rain should have stopped before sunrise. Nothing worse than a soggy druid!
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The great unwashed all in one place

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