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eslaine
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It's Solstice! Whoo-hoo!

Break out the Pagan rights and the sunscreen!

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Damien
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Teshi
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(Isn't it tomorrow?)

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eslaine
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8:57 EDT tonight.

(We had this argument at home last night.)

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Erik Slaine
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(Whoops! Better switch names.)

That's better. Party on Sun-Lovers!
[Party]

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Teshi
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But... but...(splutter!) it says on my calendar, AND here.

Explain how it can be at a particular time... I'm confused...

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Erik Slaine
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It's the actual point at which the orbit of the Earth reaches Solstice point. It varies with our inaccurate calendar (and the fact that the days are not exactly 24 hours long.) But I will google it to find a link.

Some calendars show it today, some tommorrow, so the confusion is understandable.

(off to google...)

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Teshi
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But if I'm going by what is the longest day of the year, that is tomorrow? Sometimes, I presume, both interpretations of 'soltice' happen on the same day, but that only works if the sun soltice is in the morning (I think), right?

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Tstorm
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Well, my source says it's today.

United States Naval Observatory, courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

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Summer Solstice Jun 20 2004 8:57 PM EDT

Linky

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Erik Slaine
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Unexpected: Universal Time?

This link shows it at 00:48 GMT tomorrow. I'd go with that.

Well. This is still a good thread about that point. EDT would be 5:47pm today, so GMT would be about 12:47am tomorrow.

That does put it on the 21st. Cool! [Cool]

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kwsni
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My sister is at Stonehenge today.

STONEHENGE. on the SUMMER SOLSTICE.

::jealous::

Ni!

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Shan
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Can no longer think of Stonehenge seriously - all I can see in my mind's eye and hear in my ear is Spinal Tap singing "Stonehenge" while dwarves danced around a miniature henge . . .

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Erik Slaine
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AHHH! That is the only movie I'm missing from my Christopher Guest collection.

*wishes that he had asked for This is Spinal Tap for Father's Day*

Oh, well. It's a nice tie. [Smile]

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Anna
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Tomorrow is Music Fiest in all France ! Woohoo !

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Erik Slaine
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Qu'est-ce que c'est, Anna?

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TomDavidson
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"STONEHENGE. on the SUMMER SOLSTICE."

Is she dancing naked with flowers in her hair?

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Anna
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It's the day everyone can go in the streets and play an instrument if they know how, or sing, or dance... It is every year and it's a big fiest everywhere in France. My choral group is going to sing !

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Erik Slaine
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Oooooh! Sounds like fun. Wish we had something like that here!

Hmmmm....

*plots*

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Erik Slaine
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Oh. And break a leg, lady!

You are representing Hatrack, after all.

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Elizabeth
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Wait a minute. Shouldn't we crown someone king for a day, and then sacrifice him? I believe some sacrifice is in order here.

Off to check.

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Erik Slaine
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o_0

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Elizabeth
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They did the king for a day thing in Sumer, in the spring, but I forget if it was at solstice time. Then, one day, the real king died on the day the sacrifical king was "reigning," and the sacrificial king became the king.

The Aztecs were also big on sacrifice at just about any time of year, so I am sure they had a special occasion at solstice.

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Kama
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Its raining. It shouldn't be raining.

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Erik Slaine
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Is it humid too?

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Anthro
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Who do we want to sacrifice?

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Anna
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You.

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Anthro
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But I'm nice.

ANd I nearly exorcised Zotto! too.

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Anna
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Wa have to kill the first who asks who we will kill. [Evil Laugh]

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Anthro
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No, we have to kill the guy who finds a bean in his food tonight.

Pers'nally, I always wondered about that. If that were me, I'd just eat the bean real quick.

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Anna
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As you like it. We'll have to kill you to find the bean then. [Big Grin]

[ June 21, 2004, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]

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