It's not only Friday....
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... 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
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
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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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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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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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.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"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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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!
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
...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
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
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
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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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
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.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files" -
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
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 ...;)
We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve
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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:
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...
We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve
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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
It sure looks like spring here:wtf:, they should change these dates!!
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It sure looks like spring here:wtf:, they should change these dates!!
"If teenagers got no brains, what would I be than writing articles on C++? A genious??" :rolleyes: -DevHead
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... 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
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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lauren wrote: megan babe u havnt been there long enuff is all it means :-O although after this winter I'm feeling quite ready to move on! How did you organise working in the States? When I worked there it was just one of those 3 month youth scheme thingy's, but it seems that the only way to get in without being sponsored (and tied to) by a single employer is the green card lottery? I guess if US CPian's read this now they will probably flame me, but I'm seriously considering applying so we can work there for 2 or 3 years, travel around and see all the beautiful places in the US on our list of "places we must visit before having kids" :-D
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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lauren wrote: megan babe u havnt been there long enuff is all it means :-O although after this winter I'm feeling quite ready to move on! How did you organise working in the States? When I worked there it was just one of those 3 month youth scheme thingy's, but it seems that the only way to get in without being sponsored (and tied to) by a single employer is the green card lottery? I guess if US CPian's read this now they will probably flame me, but I'm seriously considering applying so we can work there for 2 or 3 years, travel around and see all the beautiful places in the US on our list of "places we must visit before having kids" :-D
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
im not working here as such im doing my own bizness here with investment from overseas heh i just think the uk sux these days it seems to be gettin very unsafe and frankly i got bored with it and there are so many butiful places to see here :)
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im not working here as such im doing my own bizness here with investment from overseas heh i just think the uk sux these days it seems to be gettin very unsafe and frankly i got bored with it and there are so many butiful places to see here :)
lauren wrote: im doing my own bizness here with investment from overseas Cool - and this is seen as legal? lauren wrote: it seems to be gettin very unsafe and frankly i got bored with it and there are so many butiful places to see here Precisely! The one good thing about the UK is it's cheap to see the rest of Europe from. We still have a few places we want to go to in Europe, but I'm sure other places like Thailand would be no harder to get to from the US. Of course, me having a British passport made this the obvious place for my husband and I to start out from (less than 2 years left of living here till he has citizenship too, which will liberate us to go elsewhere). But I would love to go back and work in the US for 2 to 3 years, then possibly move on to Australia for a couple of years. After that, who knows. Don't we all dream of SA being a real possibility one day? I know Brend and I do, but how much truth the dream will hold when the time comes, I don't know.
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: ... 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: spring starts on March, 21 That's correct - what shall we call the intervening days? Sprinter? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
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lauren wrote: im doing my own bizness here with investment from overseas Cool - and this is seen as legal? lauren wrote: it seems to be gettin very unsafe and frankly i got bored with it and there are so many butiful places to see here Precisely! The one good thing about the UK is it's cheap to see the rest of Europe from. We still have a few places we want to go to in Europe, but I'm sure other places like Thailand would be no harder to get to from the US. Of course, me having a British passport made this the obvious place for my husband and I to start out from (less than 2 years left of living here till he has citizenship too, which will liberate us to go elsewhere). But I would love to go back and work in the US for 2 to 3 years, then possibly move on to Australia for a couple of years. After that, who knows. Don't we all dream of SA being a real possibility one day? I know Brend and I do, but how much truth the dream will hold when the time comes, I don't know.
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
well doing an internet bizness works from anywhere so im not impacting the us market unless its thru spending money here and creating jobs yah south africa is the ultimate place to "return" to but when i dont know ... still way too many places to see and people to meet and things to do in the big wide world before i think about hanging up my boots :)
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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
My daffodils are daft - they come up in December, having no idea what time of year it is. Although Winter begins 12/21 and lasts until the vernal equinox on 3/21, we got our first winter weather last week. Prior to that it's been 20 - 25C all winter long. Rough weather, eh?:-D It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003