tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post7558057309367096876..comments2023-10-01T00:16:36.045+13:00Comments on Opposable thumb: Reasons for seasonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-48491840085286377212009-08-27T09:32:11.662+12:002009-08-27T09:32:11.662+12:00Do you not just mark the seasons on the equinox?
...Do you not just mark the seasons on the equinox?<br /><br />Thus, spring starts on the 23rd September and summer on the 22nd December. <br /><br />I agree though we seem to end winter proper a few weeks earlier these days.<br /><br />If I were king of the world, Schools wouldn't close until the first Friday in January. I would tidy up anniversary weekend by moving the entire country to the last Monday in January, like Auckland. I would move "Boxing day" to the second Friday in January and the "New Years" holiday to the second Monday in February. <br /><br />That would (in most years) effectively give two four day weekends one after the other - the upshot of that would be that would be when people take their annual leave, to maximise time out of the office (eight days leave equals sixteen out of the office). <br /><br />And school goes back at the end of February.Tom Semmensnoreply@blogger.com