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Half way through the year and we are all 6 months (1/160th of our lives) through another year and Dave and his website are still functioning 26 years after its founding (actually I have no idea when Dave created BBS but it was a long time ago). It's worth helping out.
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Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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I was taught in grade and high school that the vernal equinox was March 21, the summer solstice was June 21 (the longest day of the year), the autumnal equinox was September 21, and the winter solstice was December 21 (shortest day of the year). Now, they want us to know that it may be on the 22nd.
I don't really care if the new way of determining it deems that it is a few hours different. Why not just let me go on believing a "lie"? What does it really matter anyway?
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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something else to disagree about?
"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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I was taught in grade and high school that the vernal equinox was March 21, the summer solstice was June 21 (the longest day of the year), the autumnal equinox was September 21, and the winter solstice was December 21 (shortest day of the year). Now, they want us to know that it may be on the 22nd.
I don't really care if the new way of determining it deems that it is a few hours different. Why not just let me go on believing a "lie"? What does it really matter anyway? No wonder the Mayan and Aztec civilizations failed... they made all of those human sacrifices on the wrong days.
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The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are when the earth is tilted the longest toward the sun. There never was a certain date when it happened on. It can happen on June the 20th, 21st or occasionally the 22nd in the northern hemisphere. Mainly because the year is 365.242 days long. Or December 20th or 21st in the southern hemisphere. It has always been that way. 1975 was the last time it was on June 22nd. The next time will be 2203. Class dismissed. 😊
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Half way through the year and we are all 6 months (1/160th of our lives) through another year and Dave and his website are still functioning 26 years after its founding (actually I have no idea when Dave created BBS but it was a long time ago). It's worth helping out. I remember when I first joined Oscar Gaddy, Bill Wise, Larry Brown and a lot of others were on here. I thought I was one of the first ones, but I believe there was an older version before this one started. Maybe Dave will explain this to us.
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Ok ok. . .equinox, solstice, Ides of March, Lady's Day, Nowruz, Nunces, Sunstead. . .whatever. . .I accept the brick-bats. The key concept though is supporting this site.  . - given the educated responses, the case has been made. And this site has to be one of the first on the internet. . .the amount of knowledge compiled here is incredible. It needs to be preserved. (the number of insults hurled is also impressive - some of them quite imaginative). Dave getting the hang of an 8 bore black-powder Reilly rifle hammergun - kick doesn't look all that bad - other than hair flying, being knocked backwards and the eyes closed in pain: ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/76048_800x600.jpg)
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Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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If you notice, as the site gets older the first threads got deleted. So, preserving them may be difficult. It started in the fall of 2001 and the first five odd years got deleted unless Dave has them recorded somewhere. I always wondered about that.......... And by the way...... you titled the thread you started with "Summer Solstice". So, okay. Whatever. 🤷♂️
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