Good News stories

[kernelbogey]

Yes but it would have been the 20th if there hadn’t been a Feb 29th this year! I wonder how many other early ones have been in leapyears!

Interesting point - but still good news IMV!

[cloughie]

Interesting point - but still good news IMV!

Just googling and in fact the time you quoted was for the USA - in UK it was 0349 on September 20th!

[Count Boso]

Just googling and in fact the time you quoted was for the USA - in UK it was 0349 on September 20th!

The spring equinox was in September???

[LMcD]

The spring equinox was in September???

A letter in The Times today lists reasons to be cheerful, including the fact that the clocks are going back later this month.

[Count Boso]

A letter in The Times today lists reasons to be cheerful, including the fact that the clocks are going back later this month.

Good. Something else to do while self-isolated: change all the clocks of whatever kind. Never a dull moment.

[kernelbogey]

Spring is sprung....

The spring equinox, or vernal equinox, has already happened: [see correction]

... the grass is, er, rizzing.

Edit: The spring equinox 2020 occurred on Friday 20 March at 03.49am GMT.

Thanks Cloughie. I've corrected the original post.

You and I had better not do any coast path walking in Cornwall.....

[Count Boso]

Amid all the stories of human selfishness and recklessness, there is another side to human nature. My slouching, morose, dreadlocked nephew has found a new role for himself, has given up his job and is leafleting and setting up local Facebook and WhatsApp groups to organise volunteers to help people in less advantaged areas - no partying for him. But he has his own reward: he says he's quickly found out more about his neighbours than ever before:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51979390

[LMcD]

Good. Something else to do while self-isolated: change all the clocks of whatever kind. Never a dull moment.

Should we set some back, as the letter suggested, and others forward? (This could make life very complicated for any essential workers who commute between Portugal and Spain or vice versa).

[ardcarp]

Butterfies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/warm-summer-of-2019-gives-flight-to-butterfly-numbers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Let's hope that with less human interference in the coming months they'll do even better.

[Serial_Apologist]

Butterfies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/warm-summer-of-2019-gives-flight-to-butterfly-numbers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Let's hope that with less human interference in the coming months they'll do even better.

[ardcarp]

Cheer up with The Now Show.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gn6z

Considering it was probably written in haste and delivered from the presenters' homes, it made a pretty good job of bringing a smile...and the occasional titter.

[DracoM]

Totally agree.............biggest smile for days?!

[Joseph K]

Not a news story, but it's always nice when while out on a walk you encounter someone and you move as far away from them as you can and they thank you for it.

[Serial_Apologist]

Not a news story, but it's always nice when while out on a walk you encounter someone and you move as far away from them as you can and they thank you for it.

[cloughie]

...carry on a 6'6" conversation.