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Happy Solstice!!!

Posted on 12/21/2013 9:16:19 AM PST by djf

Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, arrived officially this morning about 5 minutes ago, at 9:11 PST.

The days get longer from here!


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1 posted on 12/21/2013 9:16:19 AM PST by djf
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How could they possibly get any longer with the “lyin’ king” in office? LOL! Looks like we may be a little safer since he’s on vaca. Glad we could pony up the $$$ to pay for them to get some much needed rest.


2 posted on 12/21/2013 9:19:57 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: djf

Woohoo!


3 posted on 12/21/2013 9:20:19 AM PST by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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The good news is that the days will now start to get longer as we move to Spring!


4 posted on 12/21/2013 9:22:11 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: djf

When I lived in Alaska I always considered today as the first day of Spring. Now that I live in N. Idaho I still consider it the first day of Spring. WooHoo! C’mon back Sun.


5 posted on 12/21/2013 9:22:40 AM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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I’ve been taking grief from in-laws ever since Grandma and I were married on this date because “only an engineer would pick the longest night of the year for a wedding.”

LOL

Grandma’s the one picked the date. I just followed orders.


6 posted on 12/21/2013 9:25:01 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (Needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.)
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To: djf

Mom’s birthday.

God rest you in peace, sweetheart.


7 posted on 12/21/2013 9:25:13 AM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: 43north

Yes, the irony always get me. Just as the 1st day of summer marks the decline of the sun. Strange.


8 posted on 12/21/2013 9:25:43 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: 43north

I don’t mind cold so much, but the short days during winter drive me crazy.

Summer and spring, I can take a short nap in the afternoon, get up and still have four or five hours outside to do stuff.

But when the sun goes down at 4:30, and it’s pitch black by 5, that don’t work!


9 posted on 12/21/2013 9:27:54 AM PST by djf (Global warming is a bunch of hot air!!)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Thanks...THAT brightened up..My Day!!


10 posted on 12/21/2013 9:27:57 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: djf; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

:’)


11 posted on 12/21/2013 9:28:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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Cool.

Now that that’s over with we can celebrate Christmas!!

Merry Christmas FReepers!!


12 posted on 12/21/2013 9:31:24 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: djf
For those who are interested, here is a solstice-related fact indicating God's loving provision for us.

First, note that the great majority of earth's habitable land, and therefore the great majority of its human population, lies north of the equator. Second, the earth's orbit, like those of all planets, is elliptical rather than circular. Third, when it's summer in the northern hemisphere the earth is at its greatest distance from the sun, and it is nearest during the northern winter.

Thus does God moderate both the summer heat and the winter cold for most humans.

13 posted on 12/21/2013 9:31:27 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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I’ve always been the opposite. I love yard work, but evening is the time to sit in the yard with some booze, and watch the moon and the stars, and listen to the wind in the huge willow. Evening is heaven, and if kills me to wait until 8 or 9pm to begin the festivities. And if you don’t start boozing until 9pm, it’s tough to get up for work the next day!


14 posted on 12/21/2013 9:32:46 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
I’ve been taking grief from in-laws ever since Grandma and I were married

Well I should think so!

Marrying your grandma is sick and twisted.

15 posted on 12/21/2013 9:34:37 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: djf

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/

Follow directions for a satellite picture with sunrise and sunset at different times of year shown.


16 posted on 12/21/2013 9:35:26 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: djf

Yes, it’s very welcome when the days start getting longer again. Yesterday afternoon a bunch of snow slid off the roof into the driveway, and I was out there shoveling in the dark, before it froze again overnight.

You know it’s winter when you’re out there shoveling snow in the dark. Even if it’s not officially winter.


17 posted on 12/21/2013 9:36:18 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Doctor 2Brains

Start of Winter and it’s 75 here in GA.


18 posted on 12/21/2013 9:36:41 AM PST by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
I'm already noticing the brighter sun this afternoon as it's now just a little bit closer to my part of the world.

I've always liked walking in the woods this time of year when the sun is at its lowest angle. The sun throws off a harsh light and the shadows are long - even at high noon! If I get too deep in the woods in mid afternoon, I have to rush back to my car before it gets too dark to see!

It's hard to go into the woods at the summer solstice because you will get eaten up by mosquitoes and black flies.

I do hope that more people go south of the Equator to live. If too many people live up here, the weight of them will eventually cause the earth to wobble. We need to balance things out just a little bit.

19 posted on 12/21/2013 9:37:01 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: djf; nuconvert

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20 posted on 12/21/2013 9:37:29 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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