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Old 18-11-2007, 04:44 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Winter has arrived

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In article g3Z%i.8230$cD.2738@pd7urf2no,
"graham" writes:
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| The seasons here, in western Canada, are extremely well marked. Wags will
| say we have 3 months of summer and 9 of winter but Spring and Fall are well
| delineated. Because of this, time seems to pass that much more quickly.
| However, I wonder if this sense is also a function of one's age{;-(

I thought that it was 9 months of winter and 3 of poor sledding :-)

In the UK, it seems to be 6 months of winter, and 6 months of a jumble
of spring, summer and autumn.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I would say we have Spring and Autumn with just one day each of winter
and summer!
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