Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo
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Probably a Danish lorry driver.
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson) -
The very chance would be a fine thing, it might then have been Carlsberg Specials all round ...Originally posted by Pianorak View PostProbably a Danish lorry driver.
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it seems to be "waste yeast" now ............ was it ever actually marmite?
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Ah - so it didn't just affect the yeastbound carriageway after all - it also affected the wastebound one; I wonder why it took the newspeople so long to tell us that? Too busy dealing with the Autumn statement, I suppose...Originally posted by mercia View PostComment
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Amazing how these things spread...Originally posted by mercia View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I've only just twigleted what people are talking about.Comment
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Really, really sorry to go way off-topic yet again ... but why on earth is it called the 'Autumn Statement' ... aren't we now firmly in mid-winter? ...
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That depends ...I'm 'old school' as far as the seasons are concerned, i.e. Autumn = 21/9-20/12, Winter = 21/12-20/3 etc.Comment
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Interesting, NB. I've always had trouble thinking of December was 'autumn'. Though October and November certainly are 'autumn' in my mind."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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And you're just crackers!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I don't know, but where I'm sitting, there are still plenty of leaves on plenty of trees and there has not yet been any suggestion of a frost (thank goodness). For an authentic answer, perhaps you'd be best advised to ask Gideon himself.Originally posted by scottycelt View PostReally, really sorry to go way off-topic yet again ... but why on earth is it called the 'Autumn Statement' ... aren't we now firmly in mid-winter? ...Comment
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Agreed on both counts and, after all, were October and November to be thought of as "winter", when would autumn be?Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Originally posted by ahinton View Post
If each season has to have 3 months, then in my mind it's
Autumn: September, October, November
Winter: December, January, February
Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
The 'official days' always seemed too late to me... although September does usually seem like late summer, and March (and sometimes April) seem increasingly like late winter recently!!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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We have had this subject fairly recently I think - and Calibran is right in his allocation of 'meteorological seasons' - from wiki:Originally posted by Caliban View Post
"Meteorological seasons are reckoned by temperature, with summer being the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year. Using this reckoning, the Roman calendar began the year and the spring season on the first of March, with each season occupying three months. In 1780 the Societas Meteorologica Palatina, an early international organization for meteorology, defined seasons as groupings of three whole months. Ever since, professional meteorologists all over the world have used this definition. Therefore, in meteorology for the Northern hemisphere, spring begins on 1 March, summer on 1 June, autumn on 1 September, and winter on 1 December."
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