Getting ready to fall back!

Yes, it's still a couple of weeks before the big Daylight Savings Time
switch, which I think is the first Sunday in November. We get an extra
hour to sleep, depending on how we feed the kitties. Those of us who
cleverly have the cats trained to eat when the slave is good and ready
to feed them have nothing to fear.

Alas, I am not one of them.. I get up by 6 most days to go to work, so
the cats are used to eating then. They are NOT fooled by the DST
switch. NO, they will be screaming for their food an hour before I
have to get up. I will not be a happy camper.

"dgk" wrote in message
...
Yes, it's still a couple of weeks before the big Daylight Savings Time
switch, which I think is the first Sunday in November. We get an extra
hour to sleep, depending on how we feed the kitties. Those of us who
cleverly have the cats trained to eat when the slave is good and ready
to feed them have nothing to fear.

Alas, I am not one of them.. I get up by 6 most days to go to work, so
the cats are used to eating then. They are NOT fooled by the DST
switch. NO, they will be screaming for their food an hour before I
have to get up. I will not be a happy camper.

It must be different here in the UK. We have to get up an hour earlier for
our clock switch at the end of October. Boyfie likes getting his brekkie an
hour earlier ;-)
He's not so happy in March, when he has to wait for an hour longer.
Tweed

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
.. .
Yes, it's still a couple of weeks before the big Daylight Savings Time
switch, which I think is the first Sunday in November. We get an extra
hour to sleep, depending on how we feed the kitties. Those of us who
cleverly have the cats trained to eat when the slave is good and ready
to feed them have nothing to fear.

Alas, I am not one of them.. I get up by 6 most days to go to work, so
the cats are used to eating then. They are NOT fooled by the DST
switch. NO, they will be screaming for their food an hour before I
have to get up. I will not be a happy camper.

It must be different here in the UK. We have to get up an hour earlier for
our clock switch at the end of October. Boyfie likes getting his brekkie an
hour earlier ;-)
He's not so happy in March, when he has to wait for an hour longer.
Tweed


That's odd. The expression here is Spring Ahead Fall Back. So fall
comes, we turn the clocks back.

Christina Websell wrote:

It must be different here in the UK. We have to get up an hour earlier for
our clock switch at the end of October. Boyfie likes getting his brekkie an
hour earlier ;-)
He's not so happy in March, when he has to wait for an hour longer.

You sure about that? If you put the clock ahead now, It will be pitch black
at 8:00 in the morning!

--
Joyce

audiophile, n:
Someone who listens to the equipment instead of the music.

"dgk" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
. ..
Yes, it's still a couple of weeks before the big Daylight Savings Time
switch, which I think is the first Sunday in November. We get an extra
hour to sleep, depending on how we feed the kitties. Those of us who
cleverly have the cats trained to eat when the slave is good and ready
to feed them have nothing to fear.

Alas, I am not one of them.. I get up by 6 most days to go to work, so
the cats are used to eating then. They are NOT fooled by the DST
switch. NO, they will be screaming for their food an hour before I
have to get up. I will not be a happy camper.

It must be different here in the UK. We have to get up an hour earlier for
our clock switch at the end of October. Boyfie likes getting his brekkie
an
hour earlier ;-)
He's not so happy in March, when he has to wait for an hour longer.
Tweed


That's odd. The expression here is Spring Ahead Fall Back. So fall
comes, we turn the clocks back.

So do we. Exactly why not to take much notice of me when I've had a general
anaesthetic and am on codeine ;-) sorry.

I'm fine now. I think..

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:02:31 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
...
Yes, it's still a couple of weeks before the big Daylight Savings Time
switch, which I think is the first Sunday in November. We get an extra
hour to sleep, depending on how we feed the kitties. Those of us who
cleverly have the cats trained to eat when the slave is good and ready
to feed them have nothing to fear.

Alas, I am not one of them.. I get up by 6 most days to go to work, so
the cats are used to eating then. They are NOT fooled by the DST
switch. NO, they will be screaming for their food an hour before I
have to get up. I will not be a happy camper.

It must be different here in the UK. We have to get up an hour earlier for
our clock switch at the end of October. Boyfie likes getting his brekkie
an
hour earlier ;-)
He's not so happy in March, when he has to wait for an hour longer.
Tweed


That's odd. The expression here is Spring Ahead Fall Back. So fall
comes, we turn the clocks back.

So do we. Exactly why not to take much notice of me when I've had a general
anaesthetic and am on codeine ;-) sorry.

I'm fine now. I think..


We'll let you know. But I know that I'm going to get woken up early
for several days.

dgk wrote:

We'll let you know. But I know that I'm going to get woken up early
for several days.

That's so weird. They *should* be letting you sleep an extra hour. As far
as I know, cats don't read clocks. They tell time by other cues such as
sunlight. The sun will be coming up an hour later that Sunday morning, so
they should be still snoozing when the clocks say it's time to get you up.

I guess on Monday morning, there will be other cues like the sounds of
people on the street, starting cars, leaving for work, more traffic, more
industrial noise, etc. But on Sunday I would expect them to let you enjoy
it.

Now in the spring, that's another matter. You lose an hour then, and cats
aren't especially sensitive about it.

--
Joyce

I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to
beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman

Zombie Hampster wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:09:31 +0000 (UTC), Bastette wrote:

The sun will be coming up an hour later that Sunday morning, so
they should be still snoozing when the clocks say it's time to get
you up.

I HOPE you let someone else reset your clocks!!

Why? Actually, a number of my clocks reset themselves automatically,
but I do have a couple that need assistance.

--
Joyce

The heck with top and bottom -- I want relationships with strangeness
and charm.

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote:

Zombie Hampster wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:09:31 +0000 (UTC), Bastette wrote:

The sun will be coming up an hour later that Sunday morning, so
they should be still snoozing when the clocks say it's time to get
you up.

I HOPE you let someone else reset your clocks!!

Why? Actually, a number of my clocks reset themselves automatically,
but I do have a couple that need assistance.

Because you have it backwards. We get an extra hour of sleep, but the
sun comes up when the sun comes up, and instead of being around 6am,
it will now be coming up at 5am.

So while I'm perfectly willing to sleep with the sun coming up
earlier, the cats know that it's time to eat, and they will get me up.

dgk wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote:

Zombie Hampster wrote:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:09:31 +0000 (UTC), Bastette wrote:

The sun will be coming up an hour later that Sunday morning, so
they should be still snoozing when the clocks say it's time to get
you up.

I HOPE you let someone else reset your clocks!!

Why? Actually, a number of my clocks reset themselves automatically,
but I do have a couple that need assistance.

Because you have it backwards. We get an extra hour of sleep, but the
sun comes up when the sun comes up, and instead of being around 6am,
it will now be coming up at 5am.

So while I'm perfectly willing to sleep with the sun coming up
earlier, the cats know that it's time to eat, and they will get me up.

Oh, heh. Right. The sun goes down earlier in the evening, so it had
better come up earlier in the morning.

But I still don't need anyone to reset my clocks - I know they're going
back an hour. I might need someone to reset my expectations, though.

--
Joyce

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living
creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of
worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer