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  • Re: BC: Short Days

    From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Dec 13 14:35:36 2024
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    On 12/13/24 12:34, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: Short Days
       https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn

    Easy solution move further South until
    you are comfortable with the length of days.

    bliss

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Dec 14 01:41:11 2024
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    On 2024-12-13, Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 12/13/2024 3:27 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: Short Days
        https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn

    As of now sunsets are getting later.

    William Hyde

    Are you sure about that ? Maybe for your longitude but not mine ???

    Here, tomorrow's daylight will be 19 seconds shorter than today. This
    does not change until the winter solstice on Dec 21.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice
    and
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox
    Lynn

    It's certainly true for my longitude/latitude! Yes, the days are
    absolutely getting shorter until the solstice. However, sunsets are
    getting just a little bit later already. That's due to the tilt of the
    earth and the non-circular earth orbit.

    There's a couple of weeks difference between the earliest sunset and
    the solstice every year. Eg:
    https://www.weather.gov/ilx/earliest-sunset

    Chris

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Dec 14 13:25:43 2024
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    On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    BC: Short Days
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn

    This is the truth! Be happy that you don't live in northern europe. It is horrible here!

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  • From Charles Packer@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Dec 15 08:33:37 2024
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    On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:34:59 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    BC: Short Days
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn

    Brings to mind the day I came to work on a cold January day
    in Maryland, USA. A co-worker remarked in a tone of amazement
    "here it is the middle of winter and the days are already
    getting longer." My mind blanked out on exactly what he could
    have meant so I mumbled, "Well yes, after December 21 the days
    always get longer." This conversation took place at a NASA site
    where I was employed at the time.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Dec 15 16:23:49 2024
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    In article <vjmu4q$kpr7$[email protected]>,
    Cryptoengineer <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 12/13/2024 3:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: Short Days
       https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn


    Trump has uttered something about abolising
    DST. Whether that comes to anything only
    time will tell; he's not exactly a reliable
    narrator.

    I'd prefer that over the other proposal,
    to make DST permanent year round.

    pt

    Hear me out: Double Daylight time starting in October. Forget about
    the kids going to school in the dark -- they need their own both-ways-up-hill-in-the-snow story.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Dec 15 09:12:29 2024
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    On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:55:05 -0500, Cryptoengineer
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 12/13/2024 3:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    BC: Short Days
    �� https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13

    I hate the short days also.

    Lynn


    Trump has uttered something about abolising
    DST. Whether that comes to anything only
    time will tell; he's not exactly a reliable
    narrator.

    I'd prefer that over the other proposal,
    to make DST permanent year round.

    Abolishing DST might be the highlight of his second admininstration.
    He'll need one to offset all the disasters his minions appear to be
    planning to unleash.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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