Winter solstice, hooray!

Diddums · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:00

Bout bloody time. Thse dark days do my head in, bloody depressing. At least now we're starting to get longer days again.

And that concludes my pointless post of the day.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY ALL!

tom_e · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:03

Now all we need is to get the cold snap out of the way.

Sliver · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:07

Fascinating read, I shall be referring this most intriguing thread to my colleagues at the university of wtf.

dcsarge · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:08

Bloody hippies, get a haircut!

Too many lights around here to consider it dark. More likely to suffer a light induced migraine.

This concludes my pointless moan of the day

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Thekwango · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:12

Diddums said:
Bout bloody time. Thse dark days do my head in, bloody depressing. At least now we're starting to get longer days again.

And that concludes my pointless post of the day.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY ALL!

tom_e said:
Now all we need is to get the cold snap out of the way.

Give me tha dark and cold/snow any time! I hate them crappy long drawn out days with 5 minutes of fleeting pointless sunshine appearing here and there.

russell664 · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:14

tom_e said:
Now all we need is to get the cold snap out of the way.

And go for a ride every day - how it should be without worrying about ice :cool:

ttaskmaster · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:15

Nah, it's great - It's dark, so many people leave work early (because sitting in traffic with daylight is somehow better?) and by the time I go home the roads are pretty clear!

Diddums · 21 Dec 2016 at 17:19

Sliver said:
Fascinating read, I shall be referring this most intriguing thread to my colleagues at the university of wtf.

It's nice to be appreciated by my fans :cool:

Pawnless Endgame · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:03

I'll be saying the same, but on the 21st of June as I don't like the light and the heat that goes with it. Migraine alert.

You win some and you lose some.

Eurofighter · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:20

yay. lighter nights to look forward to.

Participant · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:28

Sliver said:
Fascinating read, I shall be referring this most intriguing thread to my colleagues at the university of wtf.

When you say colleagues do you mean lecturers

tom_e · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:58

russell664 said:
And go for a ride every day - how it should be without worrying about ice

This guy understands.

robfosters · 21 Dec 2016 at 19:01

It's funny because it's officially the first day of winter but because the evenings are getting lighter, it seems like we're over the worst.

MR_Punk · 21 Dec 2016 at 20:21

robfosters said:
It's funny because it's officially the first day of winter but because the evenings are getting lighter, it seems like we're over the worst.

I've always thought this too.

The_Abyss · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:38

robfosters said:
It's funny because it's officially the first day of winter but because the evenings are getting lighter, it seems like we're over the worst.

The evenings have been getting lighter for a while already, but the dawn will continue to be later until into January. Just because the days are getting longer doesn't mean that you'll feel that change, particularly if you're a 9-5 worker and will be going home in the dark anyway for a while yet.

MR_Punk · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:41

The_Abyss said:
The evenings have been getting lighter for a while already, but the dawn will continue to be later until into January. Just because the days are getting longer doesn't mean that you'll feel that change, particularly if you're a 9-5 worker and will be going home in the dark anyway for a while yet.

The evenings have gotten lighter by 2 mins so far so not really noticeable.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:51

I'd be happy if we had permanent darkness. Can't stand the light.

jas72 · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:53

shortest day or longest night which is it? We need a poll

EGuitarStar · 21 Dec 2016 at 21:54

I love the cold, dark days we have. So much better than hot days with light.

I'm in Poland at the moment and loving it even more, very cold.

randal · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:04

Welcomed our son into the world at 2:22am this morning after a long and traumatic labour for my Mrs, we're beyond happy and means all the more knowing that his birthday brings longer and warmer days.