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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17415 on: June 20, 2017, 02:50:19 PM »
Happy Solstice, everyone! (it's kinda gross and cloudy/chilly here but that's what juneuary will do to you I guess)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17416 on: June 20, 2017, 03:18:03 PM »
Quote from: Noodles on June 20, 2017, 02:50:19 PM
Happy Solstice, everyone! (it's kinda gross and cloudy/chilly here but that's what juneuary will do to you I guess)

Happy Solstice to you too! It's pretty clear skies over here as far as I can tell - haven't looked out a window recently but last I did the weather was good. ::)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17417 on: June 20, 2017, 06:37:22 PM »
Joyful Solstice to everyone! It's a bleak foggy midwinter morning here, but from today there will be a bit more light each day. And happy summer to the northerners!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17418 on: June 20, 2017, 07:03:39 PM »
Happy Solstice! Today marks a great day for me, as it means that the hill of summer has been crested and that blissful time known as autumn when I can enjoy my favored temperature is approaching.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17419 on: June 20, 2017, 07:14:17 PM »
Happy solstice all! Slightly melancholy for me as a creature of cold and darkness - from now on the days get longer and brighter.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17420 on: June 20, 2017, 07:27:14 PM »
Merry solstice to all, whichever one you're celebrating!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17421 on: June 21, 2017, 03:31:08 PM »
Quote from: GunmanRex on June 20, 2017, 07:03:39 PM
Happy Solstice! Today marks a great day for me, as it means that the hill of summer has been crested and that blissful time known as autumn when I can enjoy my favored temperature is approaching.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17422 on: June 21, 2017, 04:53:47 PM »
Quote from: GunmanRex on June 20, 2017, 07:03:39 PM
Happy Solstice! Today marks a great day for me, as it means that the hill of summer has been crested and that blissful time known as autumn when I can enjoy my favored temperature is approaching.

There's quite a bit of lag in the seasonal system. Just as you don't get the highest daily temperature at high noon, even though the sun is at its zenith 12:00, the average reversal of daily mean temperature is typically in early August (or late July, depending on local conditions) in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17423 on: June 21, 2017, 05:11:26 PM »
Quote from: JoB on June 21, 2017, 03:31:08 PM
Umh ... you sure?

Quote from: Fimbulvarg on June 21, 2017, 04:53:47 PM
There's quite a bit of lag in the seasonal system. Just as you don't get the highest daily temperature at high noon, even though the sun is at its zenith 12:00, the average reversal of daily mean temperature is typically in early August (or late July, depending on local conditions) in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17424 on: June 21, 2017, 07:11:15 PM »
At length the day length change happens, even if the temperature one doesn't come straight away. I like Autumn myself.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17425 on: June 21, 2017, 10:10:07 PM »
One of my happiest childhood memories revolves around the Solstice. My parents said I could play outside till it got dark and of course it just stayed light for so very long. All the parents were probably getting sloshed on martinis so I got stay out until it was just about pitch black. Ahh, the simple joys of childhood...
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17426 on: June 21, 2017, 11:18:42 PM »
Long warm evenings, lying on the grass feeling the crickets sing, watching as the swallows hunting overhead change shift with the bats....the nicest part of Summer.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17427 on: June 22, 2017, 04:23:30 PM »
Starlit evenings with a good bottle of wine.  The best.  And the beach. That's the best too.

Of course, autumn has lots of the best moments. So does winter. And spring.

I guess I'm pan-seasonal
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17428 on: June 22, 2017, 06:59:31 PM »
I had a horrible migraine last night so I took the rather powerful pills my GP has prescribed. They kind of stopped the headache, but had a the rather interesting side effect of giving me what I presume to be a kind of dyslexia/aphasia.

I could read if I concentrated on each word one by one, but otherwise everything was totally scrambled. Words somehow read as other words even though I could see that they weren't, and if I tried reading out loud it was complete gibberish. For instance...

Text as written - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate"

Text as read - "Shalt of the comrade ta at sorted ded tar at more loving and most temperature"

Text as spoken - "Shart art a compart tata tara summat data? Tah-ra ah mata lala lala art ta tata"

It was very weird, but absolutely fascinating at the same time!

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17429 on: June 22, 2017, 09:22:58 PM »
Quote from: Purple Wyrm on June 22, 2017, 06:59:31 PM
I had a horrible migraine last night so I took the rather powerful pills my GP has prescribed. They kind of stopped the headache, but had a the rather interesting side effect of giving me what I presume to be a kind of dyslexia/aphasia.

I could read if I concentrated on each word one by one, but otherwise everything was totally scrambled. Words somehow read as other words even though I could see that they weren't, and if I tried reading out loud it was complete gibberish. For instance...

Text as written - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate"

Text as read - "Shalt of the comrade ta at sorted ded tar at more loving and most temperature"

Text as spoken - "Shart art a compart tata tara summat data? Tah-ra ah mata lala lala art ta tata"

It was very weird, but absolutely fascinating at the same time!

That is really weird, and kinda funny! Must have been interesting for sure. :))
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