Re: New years bah humbug

On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 03:19:26 -0500, Catrike Rider
<soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

>
The simple fact is that somebody decided a long time ago that an
arbitrary time should be the designated ending of one day and the
beginning of the next. I suspect there was a group thinking session to
decide on the exact raltionship to the sun that designation should be.
Simiarly, a designated relationship with the sun was group thought to
detirmine the day to start counting days.
>
Now, after many years, people still get together to celebrate those
group thinking session by unknown people, as if they were signicant of
something.
 
As for me, a new day does not really begin until I wake up and
acknowledge it. A new year does not really begin until I acknowledge
springtime.
>
Yeah, I'm a bit grouchy because of being woke up by the sound of
fireworks going off. Three and a half hours of sleep is not going to
work for me, so now, when I finish my 2nd cup of coffee coffee, I'm
going back to bed.  

I read somewhere that noon and midnight dare back to Egyptian times
when  time was told with a sundial - they apparently date to 1500 BC,
and were used, probably among other things, to measure work hours.
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Cheers,

John B.