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Posted December 14, 2014
It's not winter in Australia but the sale is still on!
Posted December 14, 2014
uh so ?
the promo still runs for 24 hours and 53 minutes
Posted December 14, 2014
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robertxx74: It's not winter in Australia but the sale is still on!
It's actually not winter anywhere in the world. It starts and ends in fall or spring, depending on your hemisphere, or during whatever equatorial people call their everyday existence (everywhere I've been had a "wet" and "dry" season.)
Posted December 14, 2014
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robertxx74: It's not winter in Australia but the sale is still on!
That's because GOG.com is based in Europe (where, incidentally, it also isn't winter yet).
Posted December 14, 2014
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robertxx74: It's not winter in Australia but the sale is still on!
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Tallima: It's actually not winter anywhere in the world. It starts and ends in fall or spring, depending on your hemisphere, or during whatever equatorial people call their everyday existence (everywhere I've been had a "wet" and "dry" season.)
its just the fall sale 2
Posted December 14, 2014
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robertxx74: It's not winter in Australia but the sale is still on!
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Badseeder: That's because GOG.com is based in Europe (where, incidentally, it also isn't winter yet).
Really?

In school in Ireland we were always thought winter was November, December and January. Although these days it seems to be December, January and February.

When would you consider Winter to start? (I'm genuinely curious as this seems to vary a lot, which I never really realised)
Posted December 14, 2014
I always considered it more of a "Holiday Sale". This thread proves the world is too damn big to pin down on one season for everyone. :P

As far as myself, it didn't snow yesterday so I'm going to go ahead and call that summer. Ah yes, December 13th 2014; what a wonderful summer it was! :D
Posted December 14, 2014
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Badseeder: That's because GOG.com is based in Europe (where, incidentally, it also isn't winter yet).
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adaliabooks: Really?

In school in Ireland we were always thought winter was November, December and January. Although these days it seems to be December, January and February.

When would you consider Winter to start? (I'm genuinely curious as this seems to vary a lot, which I never really realised)
uh 21 december ?

thats the usual start of winter in so far i know

http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons
Post edited December 14, 2014 by snowkatt
Posted December 14, 2014
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Badseeder: That's because GOG.com is based in Europe (where, incidentally, it also isn't winter yet).
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adaliabooks: Really?

In school in Ireland we were always thought winter was November, December and January. Although these days it seems to be December, January and February.

When would you consider Winter to start? (I'm genuinely curious as this seems to vary a lot, which I never really realised)
hint numero uno
Post edited December 14, 2014 by realkman666
Posted December 14, 2014
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adaliabooks: Really?

In school in Ireland we were always thought winter was November, December and January. Although these days it seems to be December, January and February.

When would you consider Winter to start? (I'm genuinely curious as this seems to vary a lot, which I never really realised)
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snowkatt: uh 21 december ?

thats the usual start of winter in so far i know

http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons
But the Solstice is Midwinter's Night. Like the Summer Solstice is Midsummer's Night.

And the Equinox's are half way through Spring and Autumn.

But clearly this is not a view point shared by many...
Posted December 14, 2014
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snowkatt: uh 21 december ?

thats the usual start of winter in so far i know

http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons
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adaliabooks: But the Solstice is Midwinter's Night. Like the Summer Solstice is Midsummer's Night.

And the Equinox's are half way through Spring and Autumn.

But clearly this is not a view point shared by many...
clearly not this is what i get from google

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The astronomical winter (Northern Hemisphere) 2014 begins on
Sunday, December 21
and ends on
Thursday, March 19
Posted December 14, 2014
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snowkatt: uh 21 december ?

thats the usual start of winter in so far i know

http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons
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adaliabooks: But the Solstice is Midwinter's Night. Like the Summer Solstice is Midsummer's Night.

And the Equinox's are half way through Spring and Autumn.

But clearly this is not a view point shared by many...
"Oh dear I've gone cross-eyed."
Posted December 14, 2014
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adaliabooks: But the Solstice is Midwinter's Night. Like the Summer Solstice is Midsummer's Night.

And the Equinox's are half way through Spring and Autumn.

But clearly this is not a view point shared by many...
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snowkatt: clearly not this is what i get from google

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The astronomical winter (Northern Hemisphere) 2014 begins on
Sunday, December 21
and ends on
Thursday, March 19
From wikipedia:
"These dates are somewhat later than those used to define the beginning and end of the meteorological winter – usually considered to span the entirety of December, January, and February in the Northern Hemisphere and June, July, and August in the Southern.[6]

Astronomically, the winter solstice, being the day of the year which has fewest hours of daylight, ought to be the middle of the season ..."

"Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures. This corresponds to the months of December, January and February in the Northern Hemisphere, and June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere"

I have never heard of anyone defining winter as starting from the shortest day of the year until people on RPS started complaining about it. It's always been the three months Dec-Feb. Except in Australia.
Posted December 14, 2014
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AnonAnom: I have never heard of anyone defining winter as starting from the shortest day of the year
Quoting from a bit lower
Astronomically, the winter solstice, being the day of the year which has fewest hours of daylight, ought to be the middle of the season, [ [[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter#cite_note-8]8] but seasonal lag means that the coldest period normally follows the solstice by a few weeks. In some cultures, the season is regarded as beginning at the solstice and ending on the following equinox [ [[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter#cite_note-10]10] – in the Northern Hemisphere, depending on the year, this corresponds to the period between 21 or 22 December and 19, 20 or 21 March. In the UK, meteorologists consider winter to be the three coldest months of December, January and February.[11]
So it does appear that seasons are subjective, similar to Daytime Saving Time ;)
Posted December 14, 2014
21 december it is then
nothing new there

and this "winter" is the weakest in years so far
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