Spirit of the Season
Re: Happy New Year 2017
Folks,
I'm feeling optimistic about 2017. Hope it favours us all in some way.
A.
I'm feeling optimistic about 2017. Hope it favours us all in some way.
A.
- Miss_Faucie_Fishtits
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Re: Happy New Year 2017
Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a very valid point. Why do we pick Jan. 1st to celebrate a new year? It's somewhere in the middle of meteorological winter for many places but neither at the beginning nor the end. So winter is broken into two parts distributed between two consecutive years. durr...... why???.......'>.......
She irons her jeans, she's evil.........
Re: Happy New Year 2017
I would argue that the having the new year start coincide with the Winter Solstice, after which the days start to lengthen, would be a natural time point.Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a very valid point. Why do we pick Jan. 1st to celebrate a new year? It's somewhere in the middle of meteorological winter for many places but neither at the beginning nor the end. So winter is broken into two parts distributed between two consecutive years. durr...... why???.......'>.......
However, Christmas would then be early in the new year.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Happy New Year 2017
interestingly enough australia has 6 seasons, with high summer dry hotness and mid winter cold wetness split off from the less miserable portions of those seasons and this makes january quite a good split from decemberMiss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a very valid point. Why do we pick Jan. 1st to celebrate a new year? It's somewhere in the middle of meteorological winter for many places but neither at the beginning nor the end. So winter is broken into two parts distributed between two consecutive years. durr...... why???.......'>.......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenou ... an_seasons
ultracrepidarian
Re: Happy New Year 2017
Sorry about the Southern Hemispherism.
I was in the NTs during January once. It was the Big Wet. Rained non-stop for a week. Topped off by a cyclone that cut off Darwin for a few days.
Not large enough to cause any major damage, so I enjoyed myself the entire time.
I was in the NTs during January once. It was the Big Wet. Rained non-stop for a week. Topped off by a cyclone that cut off Darwin for a few days.
Not large enough to cause any major damage, so I enjoyed myself the entire time.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Spirit of the Season
Happy Lunar New Year
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
- Nonc Hilaire
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Re: Spirit of the Season
Gong hee fat choy! That is the only Chinese I know.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila
Re: Spirit of the Season
One would think that if HP watched this, he would never doubt the superiority of Western culture ever again.....noddy wrote:we had straya day on thursday.
- Nonc Hilaire
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Re: Spirit of the Season
Straya is racist. They only call the white sharks great.Simple Minded wrote:One would think that if HP watched this, he would never doubt the superiority of Western culture ever again.....noddy wrote:we had straya day on thursday.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila
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Re: Spirit of the Season
Simple Minded wrote:.
One would think that if HP watched this, he would never doubt the superiority of Western culture ever again.....noddy wrote:.
we had straya day on thursday.
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.. true
In fact , that is how I learned water ski
Back in Iran, summers we used to go to Europe .. in Felden lake, Austria, there was something similar for water ski .. it was much cheaper than using a boat .. but more difficult as you were circling (though bigger radius)
That's how I learned water ski
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Re: Spirit of the Season
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In light of lack of any congratulation to Azari for Iranian New Year , I am congratulating myself
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In light of lack of any congratulation to Azari for Iranian New Year , I am congratulating myself
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Re: Spirit of the Season
Halash showma chattorask!Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
In light of lack of any congratulation to Azari for Iranian New Year , I am congratulating myself
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Sorry, but it is tough for us heathens to keep up with the lunar calendar. It's like tracking your wife's menstrual cycle.....
Re: Spirit of the Season
Sorry about that.Heracleum Persicum wrote:.
In light of lack of any congratulation to Azari for Iranian New Year , I am congratulating myself
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Happy belated Vernal Equinox to all and a سال نو مبارک to Azari.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Spirit of the Season
Happy Passover to all who celebrate.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Spirit of the Season
Happy Easter to all who celebrate.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Re: Spirit of the Season
note: in my area all liquor stores must be shut on good friday, this triggers an absurdity of panic buying the day before.
ultracrepidarian
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Re: Spirit of the Season
Happy Memorial Day
Re: Spirit of the Season
Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks. The 150th.
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Re: Spirit of the Season
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila