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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 10, 2020, 04:15:32 pm ---No reason, I guess. When I went to school here in the States, our school year was September 15th through June 15th. In other words, we got the entire summer off, except for about a week in September. --- End quote --- We get a week before xmas to end of Jan/early Feb, not quite the whole summer. --- Quote ---Do you have an "unofficial" start of autumn there in Australia like we do here? --- End quote --- Nope, 1st March is Autumn. |
| Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 10, 2020, 09:57:43 pm --- --- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 10, 2020, 04:15:32 pm ---Do you have an "unofficial" start of autumn there in Australia like we do here? --- End quote --- Nope, 1st March is Autumn. --- End quote --- Surely that's the unofficial start of autumn there. Astronomically speaking, autumn starts when the sun reaches one of its equinoxes (crosses the celestial equator), which occur twice a year six months apart. The March equinox this year occurs on 19th March at 03:34 UTC. The September equinox happens on 22nd September at 13:15 UTC. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 11, 2020, 01:47:33 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on March 10, 2020, 09:57:43 pm --- --- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 10, 2020, 04:15:32 pm ---Do you have an "unofficial" start of autumn there in Australia like we do here? --- End quote --- Nope, 1st March is Autumn. --- End quote --- Surely that's the unofficial start of autumn there. Astronomically speaking, autumn starts when the sun reaches one of its equinoxes (crosses the celestial equator), which occur twice a year six months apart. The March equinox this year occurs on 19th March at 03:34 UTC. The September equinox happens on 22nd September at 13:15 UTC. --- End quote --- Can't say I've ever heard anyone in Australia use astronomical dates. "1st of December, summer, you bloody ripper!" "1st of June, winter, bummer" And it seems official according to our BOM: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/glossary/seasons.shtml |
| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: coppice on March 10, 2020, 11:55:44 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on March 10, 2020, 12:12:59 am --- --- Quote from: NANDBlog on March 09, 2020, 03:31:56 pm ---Not just there. I wouldn't go to the doctor, unless I have fever, cause they will look at me, "prescribe" Paracetamol and send me home. I can stay at home and tell my employer that I'm sick, no matter what the sickness is. But as I understand, lots of the infected have mild symptoms. --- End quote --- And that's the thing. Mrs EEVblog had a mild sniffle the other week the same time Sagan had one. You don't call the virus hotline for that. If I got a runny nose I wouldn't either, I'd just do my best to ensure no one else got it from me. I'd likely have to have real symptoms like a fever (don't recall ever having a fever for the flu) or a cough (I usually get that post a bad flu) before I called the hotline or my doctor. --- End quote --- Visiting a family doctor for simple infections is more a cultural thing than a medical thing. Some people grow up with the expectation that every sniffle needs to be attended by a doctor, even when they have to pay a considerable amount for each doctor's appointment. Others treat doctors as a last resort. --- End quote --- Well, not just that. In Hungary and Belgium (example, because I lived there), to go on a sick leave, you have to bring paper from your GP to your employer. Sick leave means anything longer than a day. So if you have strep throat, common cold, or any other respiratory infection, you pay a visit to the doctor. I stay at home at worst times, as I dont want to pass this to my colleges. Here in NL, you can pretty much stay at home for a few days, and you can do that on your own discretion. If your employer dont trust you, they can send you to the doctor, but it is unusual, I never was asked to do so. The law is different. |
| EEVblog:
As predicted, mass arse-covering mode has begun: Harvard and MIT among others schools have told student to stay home and remote study after the spring break. https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-prompts-harvard-mit-to-send-students-home/ |
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