Shortest day tomorrow

pinno

Only 3 months to clock change...or:

I have hatched this plan: I am going to Brisstle docks and I will find me a container from Martinique. I will then hide in there with the familly, then claim to be illegal immigrants and then they will send us (back) to Martinique. Someone is going to have to post my bikes out, any takers?

arran77

Do you actually look or sound like you're from Martinique

pinno

arran77 wrote:

Do you actually look or sound like you're from Martinique

I'll get a Thierry Henry mask from the joke shop.

team47b

He sounds foreign, well he don't speak English proper

capt_slog

pinarello001 wrote:

Only 3 months to clock change...or:

So the clocks went 'back' on Oct 26th which will 8 weeks ago on Saturday 21st Dec,
but they won't go forward again until March 30th which is more than 12 weeks away.

Any idea why this is so? because it obviously has nothing to do with hours of daylight.

meursault

Yes 38 months until the better weather, does seem a long way off. I think you can book your bikes into a container for an extra 12.73, or you can place in the guards van.

goonz

Capt Slog wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

Only 3 months to clock change...or:

So the clocks went 'back' on Oct 26th which will 8 weeks ago on Saturday 21st Dec,
but they won't go forward again until March 30th which is more than 12 weeks away.

Any idea why this is so? because it obviously has nothing to do with hours of daylight.

I feel robbed!

Mikey23

Thatcher is to blame...

briantrumpet

Rejoice - the evenings are already getting lighter (as they have been for a week). But don't rejoice too much: the darkest morning is still a week away.

Confused?

Mikey23

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/a ... =-11&day=1

A useful site here...

Mikey23

In Plymouth we lose 4s today but gain 2s tomorrow... Awesome

Mikey23

... And we get about ten minutes more daylight than they do in London

team47b

...and we get 104 minutes more daylight than Plymouth today

arran77

Mikey23 wrote:

In Plymouth we lose 4s today but gain 2s tomorrow... Awesome

4 seconds less in Plymouth is a good thing surely

As for the shortest day of the year, that's a good thing too, it's pi$$ing it down and blowing a gale, I'll get blown away when we go on the Santa cruise on our local canal later :shock:

seanoconn

arran77 wrote:

Mikey23 wrote:

In Plymouth we lose 4s today but gain 2s tomorrow... Awesome

4 seconds less in Plymouth is a good thing surely

As for the shortest day of the year, that's a good thing too, it's pi$$ing it down and blowing a gale, I'll get blown away when we go on the Santa cruise on our local canal later :shock:

Basingstoke Santa cruise. Sounds classy

AlexMac1973

arran77 wrote:

I'll get blown away when we go on the Santa cruise on our local canal later :shock:

Mrs Santa must have you on the nice list

I don't really notice the difference with the shortest day, at worse we still get 8 hours of daylight where I am.

sloppyschleckonds

Is it less than 24 hours or have I got the wrong end of the stick (again)?

Mikey23

@a77.. Def a good thing. Don't live there but nearest place that the prog recognises
Seasickness could be an issue the... Green Santa?

@ss ... Is what less than 24 hours?

pinno

briantrumpet wrote:

Rejoice - the evenings are already getting lighter (as they have been for a week). But don't rejoice too much: the darkest morning is still a week away.

Confused?

Oh go on then, explain.

briantrumpet

pinarello001 wrote:

briantrumpet wrote:

Rejoice - the evenings are already getting lighter (as they have been for a week). But don't rejoice too much: the darkest morning is still a week away.

Confused?

Oh go on then, explain.

Although the shortest day is on 21 December, the evenings start getting lighter from about week before the winter solstice, though the mornings are still getting darker at a slightly faster rate. The mornings are darkest at about a week after 21 December. More fully explained here.

pinno

briantrumpet wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

briantrumpet wrote:

Rejoice - the evenings are already getting lighter (as they have been for a week). But don't rejoice too much: the darkest morning is still a week away.

Confused?

Oh go on then, explain.

Although the shortest day is on 21 December, the evenings start getting lighter from about week before the winter solstice, though the mornings are still getting darker at a slightly faster rate. The mornings are darkest at about a week after 21 December. More fully explained here.

I see.

arran77

Mikey23 wrote:

@a77.. Def a good thing. Don't live there but nearest place that the prog recognises
Seasickness could be an issue the... Green Santa?

@ss ... Is what less than 24 hours?

The place is indeed a shite hole Mikey, I spent 3 years at Uni there

team47b

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

arran77

team47b wrote:

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

Pretty well respected for the degree I have :P

sloppyschleckonds

Mikey23 wrote:

@ss ... Is what less than 24 hours?

The shortest day…..

Mikey23

@ briantrumpet... Interesting explanation, I didn't know that. Not sure I understand it even now but I can pretend to be clever like what I usually do...

@ss .. Pay attention at the back

@arran77 .. One of the most depressing places on earth but a necessary weevil when vittals are needed

pinno

Plymouth - more slappers per square foot of paving slab than anywhere else in Britain, not such a bad place

team47b

arran77 wrote:

team47b wrote:

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

Pretty well respected for the degree I have :P

I know, largest in south west, 9th largest uni in England etc, blimey you're touchy today

Marine...?

seanoconn

team47b wrote:

arran77 wrote:

team47b wrote:

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

Pretty well respected for the degree I have :P

I know, largest in south west, 9th largest uni in England etc, blimey you're touchy today

Marine...?

Basket weaving?

arran77

team47b wrote:

arran77 wrote:

team47b wrote:

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

Pretty well respected for the degree I have :P

I know, largest in south west, 9th largest uni in England etc, blimey you're touchy today

Marine...?

Time of the month, sorry

There are lots of them in Plymouth, you have to be careful of them on Union Street but it you don't wind them up they leave you alone

pinno

arran77 wrote:

team47b wrote:

arran77 wrote:

team47b wrote:

you had a university educashion :shock:

It's OK I went back and read the rest of the thread, I'd missed the part that said we were talking about Plymouth

Pretty well respected for the degree I have :P

I know, largest in south west, 9th largest uni in England etc, blimey you're touchy today

Marine...?

Time of the month, sorry

There are lots of them in Plymouth, you have to be careful of them on Union Street but it you don't wind them up they leave you alone

Clockwork prossies! Whatever next?