Happy first day of summer.Mother nature is giving us a high of 80 degrees today.Csx was jamming up the Toledo sub last night.Sounded like the I&O was caught in their loop in Ottawa and a PTI van was going to pick them up.Things went good at the historical society meeting as well.Taking Matt into town today to do yardwork.Tomorrow taking sister out for her 29th birthday again.Breakfast is ready.
stay safe
joe
Ahh, summer. Better get out there and mow the lawn…
Ah, summertime and the fishin’ is easy (bass) and that is exactly where he is.
He, I presume, is your driver? I didn’t know he played the guitar. [8D][8] I think Paul McCartney played bass in some band. That seemed to work out for him in the long run.
The Google main page refers to today as the summer solstice. Is it uncool to say the word summer now or what?
I would say that north of the equator, summer is now quite hot[tup]
[:)]Someone in politics is trying to get rid of political correctness ??
You are correct on both counts - he fishes and also is taking guitar lessons. EDIT - no, not at the same time. Maybe if you talk really sweet to the “boss” she will let you take the rest of the day off from work - maybe go watch trains? [8)]
Mookie,
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high but the latter does not apply in Michigan. We are surrounded by the Great Lakes and have enough inland lakes to challenge Minnesota. Plenty of those finned critters to go around but there are few of them I will eat. Just the thought of fish bones turns me off and most here have lots of them. Cod filets are my preference.
The solstice is a specific point in time, in this case, that point when the sun “touches” the Tropic of Cancer (ie, is directly overhead at 23°26′13.3″ North). That occurred at 0424 UCT (Greenwich), or just after noon EDT. The day containing the summer solstice has the longest period of daylight of the year. But you knew that…
Of course, it’s not the sun that moves, but the fact that the earths rotational axis is tipped with relation to the sun.
The season following the summer solstice is still known as summer and will continue until the vernal equinox…
I have met a couple of people that thought the sun revolved around them…
I am with you, Norm. No cotton here - mostly just dirt and I hate fish bones, also! But no fish ever come home any more - altho I did catch some really nice ones in Minnesota many years ago. They were good eating if you cleaned them right. Crystal clear water then, too.
Isn’t 0424 UCT 4:24 after midnight? That would be 00:24 Atlantic Standard Time, or 00:24 EDT, which is based on the 60th meridian west…
Ah, yes - crossing 12 hour clocks and 24 hour clocks. I use 24 hour clocks a lot between ham radio and the fire service, so didn’t notice that they meant 1624 UCT, which would be 1224 EDT.
You are forgiven–for this year.[:)]
But the earth still wobbles[(-D] (in the case of my late Finnish Geodesy professor from all those years ago, it “vobbles”)
Even though this is the longest day believe it is not the latest day ?. Something about wobble that this poster doesn’t understand ?
The wobble that mc brought up is something that the astronomers call precession. The earth’s axis maintains a fairly constant inclination but it wobbles like a top that is slowing down. The axis currently points to Polaris as the pole star but it has pointed to different stars at different times.
I thought he was talking about the way the earth wobbles when I leave the bar late at night.
Um, Officer, I’m fine - something else is wobbly? hic…