"really shouldn't be let out by herself" department

[leedy]

Frantic cycle to work this morning, absolutely convinced that I was going to miss a phone meeting with my manager, because she's in London, right? But the mail she sent me with the time was in US time! And it definitely said 5, so that's 9 am here, yes? It was only when I was half-way down the canal that it occurred to me that the west coast of the US is in fact eight hours behind us, not eight hours ahead, and a more rational interpretation of the mail would be 1 in the afternoon. Duh.

On the other hand, if I hadn't been racing in at such speed, I mightn't have arrived at Leeson St. at the same time as a man who had a score out on his handlebars and was sightsinging while waiting for the lights to change. Now that's dedication.

Comments

[biascut.livejournal.com]

I was quite happily nodding along with you at the "so that's 9am here, yes?" so I would have probably done the same thing. Despite spending 18 months co-ordinating phonecalling times with a girlfriend in Illinois, I still have to shut my eyes and imagine I'm looking down at a map that's slowly moving to my right to work out which way's which. And I really have to think to figure out which way daylight saving time goes.

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Spring forward, fall back!

But yeah, I still have to think about it. And I'm totally with you on the map thing.

[biascut.livejournal.com]

But is it me who springs forward and leaves the clocks behind, or the clock which springs forward and leaves me behind? Or does that question not make any sense at all?

[leedy.livejournal.com]

The clock springs forward! Though you have now provided me with a new layer of potential confusion.

[cigogne.livejournal.com]

Think of it this way: winter's crap, so to compensate you get an extra hour in bed.

[barsine.livejournal.com]

But I sometimes mix up this handy mnemonic, 'fall forward, spring back', I tell myself ...

[radegund.livejournal.com]

But! But! If you picture yourself actually doing that, it wouldn't work. If you fall forward, it's a really awkward scramble to get up so you can spring back, whereas if you spring forward, you're already on your feet and can fall back with grace and ease (unless you, like, landed really clumsily or something).

Hmm. Perhaps I overthink these things.