Just a few hours ago (12:47 EST to be exact) we officially entered into the winter season. You could have fooled me with all the snow on the ground and the cold spell about a week ago that it wasn't winter yet.

Negatives-
Today is the least amount of daylight we will recieve this year!

Positives-
It is all downhill from here! (Daylight wise anyways...as the days will start growing longer (well, just the amount of light, not the days themselves) up until the Summer Solstice.

Here's a Stonehenge photo marking the Sun reaching just about its furthest to the south sunset-

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2009 ML320 Bluetec
1985 300CD
1981 300TD

Past Mercedes
1979 300TD
1982 300TD
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1998 E430
1984 300SD
1980 300SD

Ahhh thanks for the reminder. after tonight it just keeps getting brighter. A free night of baying at the moon with no questions asked....

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Round up your Druid pals and quaff a tankard of mead . . .

A couple of years ago, my son was 6 and, out of the blue, he asked, "Daddy, when are we going outside to howl at the moon? You promised we would." Well, I had no recollection of any discussion, but thought, why not? Luckily, we had a clear sky and nearly full moon. We went out in the backyard and howled our asses off.

It's very liberating. I highly recommend it.

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Behind every great man is a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

I feel the reserection already.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

During the months that the days keep getting shorter I am not allowed to speak of it by the Lovely Mrs. W.

Its a small price to pay for an othwise perfect woman.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I would think that to the ancients the solstices and equinoxes would have been a pretty big deal. Today, the average person does not even realize the sun sets/rises in different places on the horizon (south of west/east in fall/winter and north of west/east in spring/summer). This makes the solstices the extreme points to the south and north to which the sun rises and sets. Pretty easy way to keep track of time when I couldn't just glance at the calendar on the wall.

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2009 ML320 Bluetec
1985 300CD
1981 300TD

Past Mercedes
1979 300TD
1982 300TD
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1998 E430
1984 300SD
1980 300SD

Thank goodness for that - if I ever get to be rich enough I'll have a place in the southern hemisphere as well (and just hope I can still afford the travel costs)

Sounds good, that way I could ski year around.

Presuming the moon does not howl back ....

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)