The long winter months...

[Vince G]

so what time is it at the north pole. Are there time zones there?

[veggiechicken]

Depends on which way you're facing

[SusieG]

-The Long Winter Months- it's just a saying, isn't it...?

Isn't it just because the Winter Months are all so dark, dreary, cold and miserable that makes them seem so "Long"..................

[Snadger]

Depends on which way you're facing

Does the north wind blow straight down?

[Cadalot]

The earth is not a ball it's more of an orange shape, There the geoid ellipsoid separation, Magnetic North and True North and there are bound to be a few others also the earth has a wobble then the adjustment for the curvature of the earth so that the vertical and horizontal lines on maps are parallel which they can't be.

Blimey I must have paid attention in Surveying class.

So what does straight down really mean!

So I'm guessing the answer is no only heading south from the north.

[Snadger]

The earth is not a ball it's more of an orange shape, There the geoid ellipsoid separation, Magnetic North and True North and there are bound to be a few others also the earth has a wobble then the adjustment for the curvature of the earth so that the vertical and horizontal lines on maps are parallel which they can't be.

Blimey I must have paid attention in Surveying class.

So what does straight down really mean!

So I'm guessing the answer is no only heading south from the north.

Did you and Jay-ell go to the same school?

[Penellype]

My take on the origin of "Long winter months":
Officially spring starts in March, summer in June, autumn in September and winter in December. However, because of the way the daylight and cold weather work slightly out of phase, it often feels like:
spring doesn't really get off the ground until mid April.
Summer often doesn't really start until July.
September is definitely autumn.
November can feel very much like winter because the clocks have just changed.

So we have 2.5 months of spring (mid April - June), 2 months of summer (July and August), 2 months of autumn (September and October) and 5.5 months of winter.

There, that's cheered you all up, hasn't it!

[Jay-ell]

By the way, are we talking about Meteorological Winter or Astronomical Winter?

Meteorological Winter is December, January, February
Astronomical Winter is Wnter Solstice (21st December 2017) to Vernal Equinox (March 20th 2017)

So both are about the same lengths but they start on different dates.

[Penellype]

By the way, are we talking about Meteorological Winter or Astronomical Winter?

Meteorological Winter is December, January, February
Astronomical Winter is Wnter Solstice (21st December 2017) to Vernal Equinox (March 20th 2017)

So both are about the same lengths but they start on different dates.

That's why I said "March" rather than 1st March, etc

[Cadalot]

Did you and Jay-ell go to the same school?

No idea Glastonbury High School for Boys, NESCOT then Kingston University for me.

[SusieG]

Ooh eck ~ can tell you lot is posh..!!!

Me: local mixed infants/junior .......local big, no frills comprehensive, not expected to, nor indeed 'stopped on'.
Left at 16 for job as Office Junior. Took myself off to college (day release) passed RSA examinations in (now defunct Shorthand) and typing.
Later moved into retail and Mr H. Boots put me through an extensive Dispensing exam ........and that, as they say, is that ..........

[Jay-ell]

No idea Glastonbury High School for Boys, NESCOT then Kingston University for me.

Blooming hell. The answer is YES then

Kingston as well in the 90's

[Cadalot]

Blooming hell. The answer is YES then

Kingston as well in the 90's

My NESCOT and Kingston University Days were day release, and Kingston Uni was four years and I got a B.Eng.(Hons. 2:1) Civil Engineering Degree in 1993. Did you do the land surveying at Brighton Campus with Wilf Schofield?

[veggiechicken]

Does the north wind blow straight down?

Yes, so keep your buttons and zips done up

[Jay-ell]

My NESCOT and Kingston University Days were day release, and Kingston Uni was four years and I got a B.Eng.(Hons. 2:1) Civil Engineering Degree in 1993. Did you do the land surveying at Brighton Campus with Wilf Schofield?

No I was doing Computing at Penrhyn Road