<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Oh, they, whomever they are, decided a bunch of years ago, it might be fun to add an extra day *rolling my eyes* to mess with a kid's birthday until they were old enough to understand ....<br>
<br></div>DUH<br><br></div>*laughing*<br><br></div>The earth doesn't orbit the sun in exactly 365 days every year, so, every 4th year a day (day meaning 24 hours, not, sunrise to sunset) to even days and season out. If this weren't done, seasons would become more kattiiwampus than they are now. <br>
<div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!<br></div><div>Janesta<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>And the reason there is a February 29th every leap year is because . . . ?<div class="im"><br><br>
<div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
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<div><a href="http://Dictionary.com" target="_blank">Dictionary.com</a> says we are all correct.<p><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/day" target="_blank">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/day</a><br></p>
<p></p><h2></h2><h2>day</h2> <span><span></span> <span style="display:inline"><span>[</span><span>dey</span><span>]</span> <span style="display:inline"> </span></span></span> </div>
<span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">noun</span> </span></span> <div><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">1.</span> </span></span><div>
<span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">interval</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">light</span> <span name="hotword">between</span> <span name="hotword">two</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">successive</span> <span name="hotword">nights;</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">between</span> <span name="hotword">sunrise</span> <span name="hotword">and</span> <span name="hotword">sunset:</span> </span><span><span><span name="hotword">Since</span> <span name="hotword">there</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">was</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">no</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">artificial</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">illumination,</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">all</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">activities</span> <span name="hotword">had</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">be</span> <span name="hotword">carried</span> <span name="hotword">on</span> <span name="hotword">during</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">day.</span> </span></span> </div>
</div><div><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">2.</span> </span></span><div><span><span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">light</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">day;</span> <span name="hotword">daylight:</span> </span><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">The</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">owl</span> <span name="hotword">sleeps</span> <span name="hotword">by</span> <span name="hotword">day</span> <span name="hotword">and</span> <span name="hotword">feeds</span> <span name="hotword">by</span> <span name="hotword">night.</span> </span></span> </div>
</div><div><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">3.</span> </span></span><div><span><span><span><span name="hotword">Astronomy</span> </span></span><span>. </span></span><div>
<span><span><span name="hotword">a.</span> </span></span><div><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">Also</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">called</span> </span><span><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">mean</span> <span name="hotword">solar</span> <span name="hotword">day.</span> </span></span> </span><span><span name="hotword">a</span> <span name="hotword">division</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">equal</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">24</span> <span name="hotword">hours</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">and</span> <span name="hotword">representing</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">average</span> <span name="hotword">length</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">period</span> <span name="hotword">during</span> </span><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/which" target="_blank">which</a><span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">earth</span> <span name="hotword">makes</span> <span name="hotword">one</span> <span name="hotword">rotation</span> <span name="hotword">on</span> <span name="hotword">its</span> <span name="hotword">axis.</span> </span></div>
</div><div><span><span><span name="hotword">b.</span> </span></span><div><span><span><span name="hotword">Also</span> <span name="hotword">called</span> </span><span><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/solar%20day" target="_blank">solar day</a><span>. </span></span> </span><span><span name="hotword">a</span> <span name="hotword">division</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">equal</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">elapsed</span> <span name="hotword">between</span> <span name="hotword">two</span> <span name="hotword">consecutive</span> <span name="hotword">returns</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">same</span> <span name="hotword">terrestrial</span> <span name="hotword">meridian</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">sun.</span> </span></div>
</div><div><span><span><span name="hotword">c.</span> </span></span><div><span><span><span name="hotword">Also</span> <span name="hotword">called</span> </span><span><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civil%20day" target="_blank">civil day</a><span>. </span></span> </span><span><span name="hotword">a</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">division</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">equal</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">24</span> <span name="hotword">hours</span> <span name="hotword">but</span> <span name="hotword">reckoned</span> <span name="hotword">from</span> <span name="hotword">one</span> <span name="hotword">midnight</span> <span name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">next.</span> <span name="hotword">Compare</span> </span><a style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lunar%20day" target="_blank">lunar day</a><span>, </span><a style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sidereal%20day" target="_blank">sidereal day</a><span>. </span></div>
</div></div></div><div><span><span><span name="hotword">4.</span> </span></span><div><span><span name="hotword">an</span> <span name="hotword">analogous</span> <span name="hotword">division</span> <span name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">time</span> <span name="hotword">for</span> <span name="hotword">a</span> <span name="hotword">planet</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">other</span> <span name="hotword">than</span> <span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">earth:</span> </span><span><span><span name="hotword">the</span> <span name="hotword">Martian</span> <span name="hotword">day.</span> </span></span> </div>
</div><div><span><span><span name="hotword">5.</span> </span></span><div><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">the</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">portion</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">of</span> <span name="hotword">a</span> <span name="hotword">day</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">allotted</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">to</span> <span name="hotword">work:</span> </span><span><span><span name="hotword">an</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none" name="hotword">eight-hour</span> <span name="hotword">day.</span> </span></span> </div>
</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Donovan Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" target="_blank">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<td valign="top"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Good News!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>The days start getting longer!!!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Scott Dredge <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5">It definitely is beginning to look a lot like winter. Astronomically, 2013 winter in the Northern Hemisphere will start on Saturday December 21.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 07:48:49 -0800<br clear="none">To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br clear="none">Subject: [Vision2020] Oops, I almost forgot . . .</div></div><div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
<div><div><div class="h5">. . . it's winter.<br clear="none">
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<div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium" clear="none"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div>
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