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  • M Megan Forbes

    Heinz R. Vahlbruch wrote: but afaik spring starts on March, 21 ... we'll have to wait another three weeks Hmmm... wierd. In the Southern Hemisphere we generally accept that each season is 3 months long, with Spring starting on 1 September (Spring Day). If that is the case I just assumed that 1 March would be "spring day" here. Possibly spring and summer are shorter here due to poor weather patterns :(( Heinz R. Vahlbruch wrote: and I thank God it's Friday :cool: Thank goodness you said that - cheered me up again...


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    I'm not really sure, but I think the meteorological spring starts on 1 March, and regarding the calender it's 21. :confused:


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      ye southerners... can#t get used to the fact that a month can start in the middle of the month ;)


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      peterchen wrote: ye southerners... can#t get used to the fact that a month can start in the middle of the month :laugh: Who would have guessed you would have spotted this huge gap in our education?


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        Megan Forbes wrote: or is this SA totally naive? For the UK weather then yes maybe just a little naive.:laugh: Just bear in mind that most UK weather forecasts are wrong and it usually snows at Easter - doesn't matter when easter is:omg: You will get used to it - or the hypothermia will get you first:wtf: JohnJ Time for a :java::java::java: but no :vegemite: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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        JohnJ wrote: For the UK weather then yes maybe just a little naive. Just bear in mind that most UK weather forecasts are wrong and it usually snows at Easter - doesn't matter when easter is Well, that doesn't only supply to UK. Seems to be a phenomenon valid all over western / northern Europe. But in fact it's fun to find the easter eggs lying in the snow instead of meadows ... ;)


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          JohnJ wrote: For the UK weather then yes maybe just a little naive. Just bear in mind that most UK weather forecasts are wrong and it usually snows at Easter - doesn't matter when easter is Well, that doesn't only supply to UK. Seems to be a phenomenon valid all over western / northern Europe. But in fact it's fun to find the easter eggs lying in the snow instead of meadows ... ;)


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          Boys and girls, boys and girls. Not only is it the last day of the month, the potential onset of spring and a Friday, it is also my last day of work after 10 months away from home. Tomorrow I return to my beloved in Cornwall, and also the house I bought in December. Ah sweet end of contract! How I love thee..... Jase :rose:

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            Megan Forbes wrote: ... but today is also officially the last day of winter in the northern hemisphere! Well, that would be great, but afaik spring starts on March, 21 ... we'll have to wait another three weeks :( But I can't wait for summer too and I thank God it's Friday :-D

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            Heinz R. Vahlbruch wrote: thank God it's Friday Eating out tonight? :) -- Uh huh. Yeah.

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            • P Profox Jase Sitel

              Boys and girls, boys and girls. Not only is it the last day of the month, the potential onset of spring and a Friday, it is also my last day of work after 10 months away from home. Tomorrow I return to my beloved in Cornwall, and also the house I bought in December. Ah sweet end of contract! How I love thee..... Jase :rose:

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              Profox Jase @ Sitel wrote: Tomorrow I return to my beloved in Cornwall, and also the house I bought in December. Congrats! :cool: Have a great first weekend back there :rose:


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                I'm not really sure, but I think the meteorological spring starts on 1 March, and regarding the calender it's 21. :confused:


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                The seasons are deemed to start on the equinoxes, so spring doesn't actually start until the vernal equinox on March 21st. Having said that, some daffodils are in bloom in my garden, and the weather definitely has a spring-like feel to it here. Debbie

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                  The seasons are deemed to start on the equinoxes, so spring doesn't actually start until the vernal equinox on March 21st. Having said that, some daffodils are in bloom in my garden, and the weather definitely has a spring-like feel to it here. Debbie

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                  Debs wrote: Having said that, some daffodils are in bloom in my garden, and the weather definitely has a spring-like feel to it here. Lucky beggar! The only thing I see in my garden is stones mixed with bare branches. And it's expected to start raining tomorrow here in Germany ...:(


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                  • M Megan Forbes

                    ... but today is also officially the last day of winter in the northern hemisphere! :jig: Ok, ok, I know they are predicting rain for tomorrow (first day of spring), and even heavier rain for Sunday - but who cares! Spring is almost upon us, and that can only bring better days! (or is this SA totally naive? :~ ). Damn I'm looking forward to the summer :-D


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                    but today is also officially the last day of winter Ummm... not really. You'll have a about three more weeks for the first day of spring, which is the vernal equinox, when there is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of sunlight. This year, it occurs on March 20th. It often occurs on March 21st, which is the day my son was born. He will be 12 this year! [edit]I just realized that link was dated 2001. However, this year the vernal equinox is on the 20th also[/edit]. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/News/2000/News-VernalEquinox.asp[^] Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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                    • M Megan Forbes

                      Heinz R. Vahlbruch wrote: but afaik spring starts on March, 21 ... we'll have to wait another three weeks Hmmm... wierd. In the Southern Hemisphere we generally accept that each season is 3 months long, with Spring starting on 1 September (Spring Day). If that is the case I just assumed that 1 March would be "spring day" here. Possibly spring and summer are shorter here due to poor weather patterns :(( Heinz R. Vahlbruch wrote: and I thank God it's Friday :cool: Thank goodness you said that - cheered me up again...


                      But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

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                      Megan Forbes wrote: Hmmm... wierd. In the Southern Hemisphere we generally accept that each season is 3 months long They are? Oh. Ok I must have missed that in the Southern Hemisphere Newsletter. I always thought it was roughly Spring = 1 month, Summer = 5 months, Autumn = 1 month, Winter = 5 months.

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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        but today is also officially the last day of winter Ummm... not really. You'll have a about three more weeks for the first day of spring, which is the vernal equinox, when there is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of sunlight. This year, it occurs on March 20th. It often occurs on March 21st, which is the day my son was born. He will be 12 this year! [edit]I just realized that link was dated 2001. However, this year the vernal equinox is on the 20th also[/edit]. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/News/2000/News-VernalEquinox.asp[^] Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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                        Marc Clifton wrote: He will be 12 this year! 6 more and we can offer him a :beer: Marc Clifton wrote: However, this year the vernal equinox is on the 20th also Interesting! I would love to know where we got the thing of 1 September then. It went so far that at school we had a big lunch (I was at boarding school), wore civvies instead of uniform, etc, to celebrate Spring Day on 1 September. But if the equinox is generally accepted this should have all occured on 21 September!


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                          Debs wrote: Having said that, some daffodils are in bloom in my garden, and the weather definitely has a spring-like feel to it here. Lucky beggar! The only thing I see in my garden is stones mixed with bare branches. And it's expected to start raining tomorrow here in Germany ...:(


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                          The dafodils are all coming out here too, but I fear they may have been fooled. If another cold snap comes along I wonder if they will survive.


                          But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

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                            Marc Clifton wrote: He will be 12 this year! 6 more and we can offer him a :beer: Marc Clifton wrote: However, this year the vernal equinox is on the 20th also Interesting! I would love to know where we got the thing of 1 September then. It went so far that at school we had a big lunch (I was at boarding school), wore civvies instead of uniform, etc, to celebrate Spring Day on 1 September. But if the equinox is generally accepted this should have all occured on 21 September!


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                            ...more importantly, he can buy you a beer.:-D Jase :rose:

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                              The dafodils are all coming out here too, but I fear they may have been fooled. If another cold snap comes along I wonder if they will survive.


                              But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

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                              It would take a really hard frost to spoil the blooms on the daffs in my garden. I have one variety that are normally out in January, and I've never had any real problems with the weather spoiling them. Other plants aren't so hardy: I had one magnolia which looked awful if it got frosted. Debbie

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                                It would take a really hard frost to spoil the blooms on the daffs in my garden. I have one variety that are normally out in January, and I've never had any real problems with the weather spoiling them. Other plants aren't so hardy: I had one magnolia which looked awful if it got frosted. Debbie

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                                Heh, I always notice spring by the start of the usual time of year daffs, and if they are too early, then crocus is the sign. :rose: Jase :rose:

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                                  It would take a really hard frost to spoil the blooms on the daffs in my garden. I have one variety that are normally out in January, and I've never had any real problems with the weather spoiling them. Other plants aren't so hardy: I had one magnolia which looked awful if it got frosted. Debbie

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                                  I sense a gardener among us :) I am once again attempting to keep a potplant happy, not as easy as it sounds. Between my husband and I we tend to kill them with too much love. We've now had 3 cacti make it through 6 months and flourish, so last Saturday we were brave and adopted a potplant again :-O Any advice gratefully accepted...


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                                    Marc Clifton wrote: He will be 12 this year! 6 more and we can offer him a :beer: Marc Clifton wrote: However, this year the vernal equinox is on the 20th also Interesting! I would love to know where we got the thing of 1 September then. It went so far that at school we had a big lunch (I was at boarding school), wore civvies instead of uniform, etc, to celebrate Spring Day on 1 September. But if the equinox is generally accepted this should have all occured on 21 September!


                                    But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

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                                    6 more and we can offer him a :beer: Wouldn't that be fun to actually do! [edit]meaning, actually all meet somewhere in 6 years on 3/21![/edit] I would love to know where we got the thing of 1 September then I have no idea. But I did find an interesting document. Based on Greenwich Mean Time, spring this year is on the 21st, 58 minutes into the new day. But since I was looking at a US calendar, here it would be on the 20th, -5 to -10 (if you include Hawaii) GMT. London is GMT though, so it's 3/21 for you, I guess! Timezones must drive astronomers nuts, but they probably have all the tz's of the big telescopes memorized, like bit-pushers have many hex values memorized. http://wilstar.com/holidays/seasonsbegin.txt[^] Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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                                      I sense a gardener among us :) I am once again attempting to keep a potplant happy, not as easy as it sounds. Between my husband and I we tend to kill them with too much love. We've now had 3 cacti make it through 6 months and flourish, so last Saturday we were brave and adopted a potplant again :-O Any advice gratefully accepted...


                                      But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

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                                      Megan Forbes wrote: I am once again attempting to keep a potplant happy, not as easy as it sounds. Between my husband and I we tend to kill them with too much love. We've now had 3 cacti make it through 6 months and flourish, so last Saturday we were brave and adopted a potplant again Any advice gratefully accepted... Only think I know: cacti don't like swimming ...;)


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                                        Boys and girls, boys and girls. Not only is it the last day of the month, the potential onset of spring and a Friday, it is also my last day of work after 10 months away from home. Tomorrow I return to my beloved in Cornwall, and also the house I bought in December. Ah sweet end of contract! How I love thee..... Jase :rose:

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                                        Profox Jase @ Sitel wrote: Not only is it the last day of the month, the potential onset of spring and a Friday, it is also my last day of work after 10 months away from home. Tomorrow I return to my beloved in Cornwall, and also the house I bought in December. Ah sweet end of contract! How I love thee..... Sounds like you start easy-living now. ;) Beside that you're a really happy guy cause many people would celebrate the beginning of a contract instead of it's end...


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                                          Don't worry the world is still in order, at least as far as the seasons are concerned: spring starts March 21st. Bernd

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                                          It sure looks like spring here:wtf:, they should change these dates!!


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