first day of spring (was Why exactly can't you go for a ride?)

[newsgroup prunage]

In article ,
"Ken [NY]" writes:

Well, like you said, you live on the left coast where you can
ride a bike all year. Here in NY, we have had yet another brutal
winter of record snows (global cooling?) which had me using a
snowblower for almost the entire season. And it still is windy and in
the 30s and 40s here, which I just cannot handle.
My racing bike sits attached to my rollers in the sunroom, but
riding that way is just not satisfactory. So for now, running is my
only exercise, unless we get a late blizzard like a few years ago and
I have to haul out the old snowblower again.

First day of (Northern Hemisphere) Spring today. Big fat
soggy deal, eh? :-) Happy Vernal Equinox. I guess for
you East Coasters, March came in like a lion, and is going
out like the same lion, after taking a dump and making a
general mess everywhere on the way through. Here in the
PNW, March came in like a porcupine and is going out like
a sea otter.


cheers,
Tom

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Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:15:16 -0800, ,
(Tom Keats) wrote:

First day of (Northern Hemisphere) Spring today. Big fat
soggy deal, eh? :-) Happy Vernal Equinox. I guess for
you East Coasters, March came in like a lion, and is going
out like the same lion, after taking a dump and making a
general mess everywhere on the way through. Here in the
PNW, March came in like a porcupine and is going out like
a sea otter.

Happy Now Ruz!

According to Persian legend, the earth's axis spins on one horn of a
giant bull. Once a year, during the vernal equinox, the bull tosses
the earth from one horn to the other. His movements are so smooth that
this shift can only be detected by observing the movements of an egg
on a polished surface. Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.
--
zk

In article ,
Zoot Katz writes:

Happy Now Ruz!

Darn it, I'm missing out on Persian New Year again.
I like that whitefish stuff.

According to Persian legend, the earth's axis spins on one horn of a
giant bull. Once a year, during the vernal equinox, the bull tosses
the earth from one horn to the other. His movements are so smooth that
this shift can only be detected by observing the movements of an egg
on a polished surface. Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.

Equinoxen are supposed to be the only times of year an
egg can be balanced on end, too.


cheers,
Tom

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Zoot Katz wrote:

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:15:16 -0800, ,
(Tom Keats) wrote:


First day of (Northern Hemisphere) Spring today. Big fat
soggy deal, eh? :-) Happy Vernal Equinox. I guess for
you East Coasters, March came in like a lion, and is going
out like the same lion, after taking a dump and making a
general mess everywhere on the way through. Here in the
PNW, March came in like a porcupine and is going out like
a sea otter.


Happy Now Ruz!

According to Persian legend, the earth's axis spins on one horn of a
giant bull. Once a year, during the vernal equinox, the bull tosses
the earth from one horn to the other. His movements are so smooth that
this shift can only be detected by observing the movements of an egg
on a polished surface. Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.

What a bunch of bull! Sorry.

--
Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia)

wrote:
Zoot Katz wrote in part:

...Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.
--
zk

Not another one of those tapping threads.

Was even better the first time.

Zoot Katz wrote in part:

...Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.
--
zk

Not another one of those tapping threads.

Zoot Katz wrote in part:

...Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps it.
--
zk

Not another one of those tapping threads.

S o r n i wrote:
wrote:
Zoot Katz wrote in part:

...Members of the family gather to watch the egg
and, if the egg does not move at the proper time, an adult taps
it.
--
zk

Not another one of those tapping threads.

Was even better the first time.

Wow I go for weeks without being able to post
a single thing then I get two for the price of
one.

=v= _Frazz_ celebrates the Vernal Equinox:

http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/a...-20050320.html

_Jym_

P.S.: Vernal Equinox != "The first day of Spring" Your teevee
weatherperson's claims notwithstanding.