Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> >
> > Why is it always said winter _begins_ on the solstice.
> > Shouldn't the solstice be exactly dead center in the
> > middle of winter? Shouldn't the first day of winter
> > be exactly halfway between the fall equinox and the
> > winter solstice?
>
> Funny, I've always thought the same thing. Whoever made the rules
> hundreds of years ago didn't consult me. What's funnier, I grew up in
> Miami and went to college in New Orleans. I didn't feel the changing
> of the seasons in the same way those farther from the equator do.
> I had no reason to be aware of the solstices except as a blip
> on the calendar. I was actually well into college before
> I realized that the way you said WASN'T the way it worked.

And somebody should inform Mexico that they
are on the continent of North America.
They _are_ "norte americanos", so they should
stop using that term to refer to us.