Trick or Treat?

[AtW]

How about no ****** clock changes? At least not backwards - getting -25MB/sec reading from SKAs log file in the middle of the night isn't fun!

[configman]

Guess, the rainy/grim weather has something to do with it.

..or my dog sitting by the doorstep. He's growled twice already.

[TimberWolf]

Exactly how far back did you turn your clock?!

Well spotted. I may have had spring on my mind. It felt springlike this evening.

[RichardCranium]

How about no ****** clock changes?

There's about 25 million households in the UK. With all the central heating timers, watches and clocks, let's say it takes 20 minutes per household. Assume a 40 hour week and 48 weeks a year, that's the equivalent of over 4,300 person-years of effort, twice a year.

At minimum wage - £5.93 I think - that is just under £50,000,000.

That does not include all the time spent in the workplace changing clocks.

Then there is a cost in wear & tear on the mechanical devices, some of which get broken. This is a cost in people missing meetings / being late for work and other such inconveniences.

There is a cost in designing systems to work with the clock changes or ...

At least not backwards - getting -25MB/sec reading from SKAs log file in the middle of the night isn't fun!

... wasted in trying to fix the problems caused when they're not configured correctly.

Then there is the wasted time twice a year, every year, of people arguing whether it should be scrapped or go to double summer time or match France's time.

The real solution is to leave the clocks alone and implement flexible working.

[shaunbhoy]

We used to go round "guising" as kids. Mind you, we were expected to do something for it, like telling jokes or singing a song. Mrs SB however is dead set against it (nasty american habit!), so all the little SBers have never really been allowed to do it.
It does seem incredible that we spend most of the year telling young children not to talk to, or accept sweets from strangers, then on a dark night in late October we should unleash them on the streets to essentially do just that!

[MarillionFan]

Just back from our run, the kids are still out.

Had about 13 groups so far. We left a bucket of sweets outside when we went out, but some scote decided to knick the whole bucket!!! Quite a few older children around here.

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No 15. I cant even write this thread.

We get about

[MarillionFan]

25 groups. But then ours is a corner house, it has pumpkins in all the windows, a witch on the door, a ghost bobbing off the top of the house and Im in a scream mask, cloak and flashing pink dreadlocks.

[Zippy]

Just back from our run, the kids are still out.

Had about 13 groups so far. We left a bucket of sweets outside when we went out, but some scote decided to knick the whole bucket!!! Quite a few older children around here.

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No 15. I cant even write this thread.

We get about

Sending the kids out to ponce beer is not good parenting.

We haven't had any visitors yet. Despite my bah humbug attitiude we have a few sweets in.

[MarillionFan]

Sending the kids out to ponce beer is not good parenting.

We haven't had any visitors yet. Despite my bah humbug attitiude we have a few sweets in.

18 now.

[suityou01]

It's fast approaching that time of year when young children seem to think they are in the states and trot around door to door begging for sugared treats and then if they don't get any doing some mischief to your house.

Do you generally ignore the incessant doorbell chimes, close the curtains and put trip wire and landmines outside your house?

Or do you get into the spirit of Halloween and decorate your doorway with carved pumpkins and bake cookies for the little 'uns?

Or are you off down the coven to celebrate new year?

SY02 and the kids were just off to do some trick or treating with the next door neighbour's kids. I do not really approve. As she stood on the doorstep of the neighbour she spotted some trick or treaters visit our house (I was inside with SY05) and stamp on our pumpkin on the doorstep. Then ring the bell and sweetly ask for trick or treat.

I was unaware as to what had happened and reached for the bowl of treats. She called out to me what had just happened and told the kids to get lost. They walked round to the neighbours drive and hurled a bottle of lager at her, just smashing inches from her feet and showering her and the kids in broken glass.

I totally flipped and gave chase. They legged it.

We called the police, and gave an account with descriptions of kids in halloween costumes (like this would do any good).

No doubt they will be back later, mob handed to put my windows through and stab me.

**** Halloween, serioulsy.