Just trying out alternative lubes.
Should have come back a week later!
Unfortunately, couldnât as husband had a hospital appointment to attend this week.
See the EU/Spain are trying to push for abolition of the time change again.
Seems to be an enduring tradition that people moan and herrumph about it for about a week after the hour change in October. Then there are promises to review and scrap it. A week later everyone forgets about it till the end of March when everyoneâs delighted they can go home from work in the daylight once again. 
Rinse and repeat.
The EU has already done their job. At one time Member States were required to have daylight savings time at specific periods. They have removed that requirement and it is now up to MS to decide themselves.
Of course it is not something to be decided in a vacuum. Spain could decide tomorrow but what about their neighbours (other than PT that is).
Airport slot timings is just one small example of why any time changes, or not, occur on the same day.
Spain is always asking for an abolition, but I would like them to explain first why they maintain UTC+1 while being located largely to the left of England.
The fact that DST was introduced to save energy, does not mean it does not have other advantages that merit its continuation. The problem is the impact is very location-dependent, in some parts DST can have a positive impact, in other places the impact is non-existant.
Almost 10 years ago, the EU did an anonymous online survey (yes, online survey) and based on that said, well, everyone is OK to remove this, letâs make a law. But legislation should not operate via instragram. Of course, the survey was nowhere near representative. Academics and politicians seeking publicity every year quote âcar accidents increase around octoberâ hand-picking statistics (some dubious) and ignoring other parts of healthcare which may benefit (vit D), or the fact that despite the purported spike (which btw does not exist every year or everywhere) there could be a net saving via reduction of accidents in the period oct-march.
I like the DST changes in Switzerland, as for example, next week children can walk to school in daylight. This has been mentioned before, and the argument of pro-abolition-ists is âyou can do this with timetable changes, where needed, ie, in winter schools would start laterâ. But this is exactly what DST achieves, and as a bonus all timetables are synchronized (ie, we adjust not only school timetables, but also parentâs work schedules, shop opening times etc). In an era where everything is online, changing clocks should no-longer be an issue.
Or we could go bananas and just gradually change the time over the year and avoid a sudden change.
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Not only school kids, but also KiGa kids, which is even more important.
One should abolish time completely.
We happen to exist along time. No time, no existence.
But there is no requirement to stick with the 24 hour clock. In 1793 the French implemented a decimal 10 hour clock, with 100 minutes and 100 seconds. Decimal hours are more than twice as long as standard hours, and decimal seconds are shorter than standard seconds.
Or you could go for Internet time invented by Swatch with 1000 beats in a day.
Go for it, although donât expect anyone else to follow you.
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Our company works to this time when we have a Teams meeting.
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Such an event I have yet to witness! And have no desire to either.