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Old 21-12-2008, 20:16   #1
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Why is December 21 the longest day of the year
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Old 21-12-2008, 20:17   #2
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I thought June 21st was classed as the longest day, (even though they all have 24hours).December 21st or there abouts is the shortest day.
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Old 21-12-2008, 20:24   #3
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Re: 21 December
It's the shortest day, in terms of daylight hours, being the day when the sun is at its furthest point away from the Northern hemisphere of the Earth. After today we start tilting, ever so slowly, back the other way so daylight gets a tiny bit longer every day and I, for one, can't wait to get back to long, light evenings.
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Old 21-12-2008, 20:33   #4
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ah well I meant like longest because of not many sunshine hours..... errrrrr oh I am mixed up now: good job I am blonde :-)
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Old 21-12-2008, 20:54   #5
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Re: 21 December
It is the shortest day, the days will now get longer (more daylight hours) by 14 minutes per week until june 21st.
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good my electric costs enough, need daylight lol
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Old 21-12-2008, 21:08   #7
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from today 2 minutes extra daylight per day till june 21st ish
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Old 21-12-2008, 23:22   #8
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... errrrrr oh I am mixed up now: good job I am blonde :-)
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Re: 21 December
and did you know that 2008 is going to be 1 second longer ........
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and did you know that 2008 is going to be 1 second longer ........
I did. Was going to post it, but didn't want to appear a geek.

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good my electric costs enough, need daylight lol


Im with panther on this one..
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I did. Was going to post it, but didn't want to appear a geek.

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Thanks Rindy ... im a geek am i .... now am i insulted or am i happy you put me in the same geeky status as neil, entwisi etc ........

i know what i think ... karma deduction coming up .....
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Ooooppppps it wont let me do it .... will have to wait a while ... more than likely i'll forget ...
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Ooooppppps it wont let me do it .... will have to wait a while ... more than likely i'll forget ...
I'll send you a reminder.

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ooooooooooooooo thank you rindy ..... you are so kind ........


you getting dave to make me a mug for chrimbo with that on?
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