Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-04-07 Thread Tony Finch
Michael Ossipoff wrote: > > In the U.S., our astronomers have proclaimed that summer begins with the > summer solstice, and that spring begins wit the spring equinox. > ...proclaimed with absolutely no justification. It's become our national > definition of the seasons. I guess anything can mean a

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-04-06 Thread Peter Mayer
Hi, Two years ago, Tim Entwhistle, Director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, suggested, on the basis of plant 'behaviour' that in Oz we have five seasons, including two new ones: sprinter and sprummer. "I reckon there are 5 seasons. There's an early spring, which I call Sprinter - August a

RE: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-04-06 Thread R. Hooijenga
Onderwerp: Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) well, March in Phoenix can seem like summer, February like Spring. Fall in mid November, winter in December :) --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-04-06 Thread illustratingshadows
Date: 04/06/2016 14:40 (GMT-07:00) To: John Pickard , sundial list Subject: Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:52 PM, John Pickard wrote: Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere still stuck in winter), The followi

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-04-06 Thread Michael Ossipoff
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:52 PM, John Pickard wrote: > Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere still > stuck in winter), > > The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 > March 2016, p. 39) > > "Still summer in Sydney. > > It's hard not to be am

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Langley
ndial List Subject: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere still stuck in winter), The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 March 2016, p. 39) "Still summer in Sydney. It's hard not

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Mallett
On 07/03/2016 17:55, Dennis Cowan wrote: Richard says that "it's rare to see winter weather in March" Unless you are in Scotland of course. It was snowing here yesterday! Dennis Cowan Ah yes, we still (just) include the part beyond Hadrian's wall :-) -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunst

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-03-07 Thread Dennis Cowan
ckard , Sundial List Subject: Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) On 06/03/2016 22:52, John Pickard wrote: > Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere > still stuck in winter), > > The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald

Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Mallett
On 06/03/2016 22:52, John Pickard wrote: Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere still stuck in winter), The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 March 2016, p. 39) "Still summer in Sydney. It's hard not to be amused by the apparently

It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?)

2016-03-06 Thread John Pickard
Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere still stuck in winter), The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 March 2016, p. 39) "Still summer in Sydney. It's hard not to be amused by the apparently genuine surprise expressed this past week