Apologies to everyone on the forum

[GURNER]

 It's happened again. It kinda crept up under the cover of the winter we have had for 9 months.

Unfortunately, it pains me to remind everybody that the nights start drawing in again from midnight TONIGHT.

 

My humble apologies for this reminder

[Padge]

38 minutes ago, GURNER said:

 It's happened again. It kinda crept up under the cover of the winter we have had for 9 months.

Unfortunately, it pains me to remind everybody that the nights start drawing in again from midnight TONIGHT.

 

My humble apologies for this reminder

Apology accepted, now set your alarm for 21st of December.

[Shadow]

Good to have the master back

[JohnM]

[Futtocks]

About bleedin' time!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Good, I hate waking up at 4 in the morning and it being bright sun outside, find it really hard to get back to sleep, finally be able to sleep for longer.

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Good, I hate waking up at 4 in the morning and it being bright sun outside, find it really hard to get back to sleep, finally be able to sleep for longer.

Good job for you that you don't live here, HG!

Lerwick Town Hall | Shetland Webcams

Shetlanders have a wonderful phrase for the almost perpetual daylight through the night at this time of year; they call it the 'simmer dim'.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

7 hours ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

Good job for you that you don't live here, HG!

Lerwick Town Hall | Shetland Webcams

Shetlanders have a wonderful phrase for the almost perpetual daylight through the night at this time of year; they call it the 'simmer dim'.

My aunt's bloke lives in Scotland and she spends half the year up there. She's been to just about everywhere in Scotland over the years including Lerwick and she has actually said about this. I don't think I'll be visiting Lerwick during the summer. I wouldn't mind going there but I think I'll be going in winter when it is perpetually dark.

[Adelaide Tiger]

……… and today marks the triumphant march towards a glorious summer for us Down Under

[GURNER]

5 hours ago, Adelaide Tiger said:

……… and today marks the triumphant march towards a glorious summer for us Down Under

like your winters are worse than our summers

[EggFace]

Like end of December and January I don't notice it's getting lighter then till the first week of February and it's the same now as August you start getting that taste of Autumm.

[HawkMan]

Solstice is June 21 , today, nights start to "draw in" from Saturday 22nd  tomorrow.

[HawkMan]

18 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Good, I hate waking up at 4 in the morning and it being bright sun outside, find it really hard to get back to sleep, finally be able to sleep for longer.

I worked nights for 8 years, it was really weird working in darkness at the start of the shift and end up in daylight. Much preferred winter, even though except 2pm to about 4.30pm ( slept 8 to 2),  spent six months living in darkness.

Edited June 21, 2024 by HawkMan

[GURNER]

2 hours ago, HawkMan said:

Solstice is June 21 , today, nights start to "draw in" from Saturday 22nd  tomorrow.

Sorry chief druid. I blame daytime tv

[Adelaide Tiger]

12 hours ago, GURNER said:

like your winters are worse than our summers

I haven’t seen snow for 17 years.  Today it is sunny with a top temperature of 16c.

Although, on a few days in winter the local radio stations go ape if the Bureau of Metrology even hint that there might be a light dusting of snow on Mount Lofty - it is really a big hill that overlooks Adelaide - through the night.

The next morning you get people ringing the radio stations ####-a-hoop that they dragged their kids out bed - still in their pyjamas- around 5am to drive up to Mount Lofty to see if any snow fell.  Bonkers!

[Mumby Magic]

Are you and Futtocks related?

[GURNER]

Brothers from different mothers

[Futtocks]

The days are drawing in now...