Victor Buono’s Ode to Spring:.The day was dark and grimy/The dawn came in a hearse/And yesterday was slimy/And tomorrow will be worse..The laws are cataleptic/Our gods live in garages/Society’s gone septic/And the muses give massages..Our powder’s getting wetter/Yet, optimists recite/“This life could not be better”/(and I fear the bums are right.)
The equinox occurs at the same moment around the world. It is not like New Year’s. The center of the sun is directly above the equator. It will be “noon” at the exact location, ignoring for a moment that “noon” is tied to time zone definitions, so imagine that there were no time zone definitions and “noon” was a continuously moving longitude. The exact location this year will be out in the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Ecuador and Jarvis Island.
Am I the only one who remembers when Jimmy Carter extended DST? The sun didn’t rise until after 8:30! We were pelted with news reports about children waiting for school buses in the pitch dark. Widely agreed to be a bad idea, even by those in the eastern edge of their respective time zones, who generally favor DST.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 5 years ago
Wouldn’t want to start early!
whahoppened over 5 years ago
NOT where I thought I’d find the time of arrival. Nice stretch of good weather too.
pschearer Premium Member over 5 years ago
What time zone?
jarvisloop over 5 years ago
Shouldn’t there be a dancing of the nymphs?
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Arlo is barbecuing Groundhog steaks.
nosirrom over 5 years ago
Spring is here and it’s time for the annual Weber 500. Ladies and gentlemen light your grills.
LadyPeterW over 5 years ago
Let the grilling begin, Spring has sprung…well, at 4:59pm for Illinois…
Fred over 5 years ago
UTC
Skeptical Meg over 5 years ago
Wimps. We grill all winter, except when the snow’s too deep.
Cozmik Cowboy over 5 years ago
Thanks, Jimmy! I just set an alarm on my phone for 16:58, because She hates winter – and now I can tell her when it’s spring!
Enoi over 5 years ago
So… they’re in the Central Time Zone….
Tyge over 5 years ago
Do they print a separate time for readers in each time zone? Of course not!
CDT RULES!!! ;o)
ChessPirate over 5 years ago
Watch out Janis, Arlo is about to Spring Forward!
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Spring has sprung.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe over 5 years ago
our BBQ is under 2 feet of snow, melting fast, but still buried
kd1sq Premium Member over 5 years ago
19:58 in New Brunswick, 18:58 in Maine – I think…
yoda1234 over 5 years ago
Victor Buono’s Ode to Spring:.The day was dark and grimy/The dawn came in a hearse/And yesterday was slimy/And tomorrow will be worse..The laws are cataleptic/Our gods live in garages/Society’s gone septic/And the muses give massages..Our powder’s getting wetter/Yet, optimists recite/“This life could not be better”/(and I fear the bums are right.)
ScullyUFO over 5 years ago
The equinox occurs at the same moment around the world. It is not like New Year’s. The center of the sun is directly above the equator. It will be “noon” at the exact location, ignoring for a moment that “noon” is tied to time zone definitions, so imagine that there were no time zone definitions and “noon” was a continuously moving longitude. The exact location this year will be out in the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Ecuador and Jarvis Island.
ElGato over 5 years ago
All I can say is that ’SPRING FORWARD" — “FALL BACK” Sucks. One or the other, year around, would be fine for me.
Uncle Bob over 5 years ago
40F and drizzle here…D’ohmage
Da'Dad over 5 years ago
Am I the only one who remembers when Jimmy Carter extended DST? The sun didn’t rise until after 8:30! We were pelted with news reports about children waiting for school buses in the pitch dark. Widely agreed to be a bad idea, even by those in the eastern edge of their respective time zones, who generally favor DST.
micromos over 5 years ago
Now my brain hurts.