Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #224

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Believe it or not, we've already done this thread.  I'll
never forget the great
"what-day-does-spring/autumn-begin-in-Australia-vs.-the-USA"
debate.  It was possibly the most heated debate to ever
take place on the Miata list.
I only hope that hostilities do not break out again.

-Kevin

--- "Dennis B. Swaney" <romad@jps.net> wrote:
> Ah, Jeff, I know the seasons are reversed in the bottom
> half of the 
> world, BUT they are still based on the equinox &
> solistice dates. So 
> your Spring equinox and our Autumn equinox are the same
> date, o/a 
> Sept 22. Does OZ have different official and traditional
> season start 
> dates? Here in these U.S., the traditional summer start
> date is the 
> Memorial Day weekend near the end of May with the
> traditional end 
> date being Labo(u)r Day, the first Monday in September.
> The official 
> dates are around 22 June & 22 Sept, respectively.
> 
> 
> 
> At 6:45 -0400 9/2/99, Jeff Gehrig wrote:
> >It could probably only happen on the first day of
> spring! I was waiting to
> >make a turn yesterday and looked in my rear view
> (actually we say rear
> >vision) mirror and there it was  a black '69 Cadillac
> Convertible and no,
> >there certainly aren't many of those here. The driver, a
> pretty young lady,
> >wearing 60's sunglasses and a leopard skin print scarf
> to keep her locks in
> >place, I couldn't see much below her shoulders but I'll
> bet she was wearing
> >"pedal pushers". I couldn't help thinking that there had
> to be a camera car
> >somewhere, that it was a promotional stunt for something
> but no, I think she
> >was just out, as was I, enjoying the first day of spring
> and a magnificent
> >day it was too, bettered only by today.
> >    How could anyone, at any time, drive a car that
> wasn't convertible?
> >
> >Jeff Gehrig
> >MX5 Club NSW #169
> >'99 Grace Green
> >Oz TeamVoodoo
> >Team Grandpa
> >http://mx5.com.au/nsw
> 
> 
> 
> Miataly,
> Dennis
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