tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post3446778828420664879..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: the bottom of the yearjanestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-82427065749337878842010-12-21T18:59:31.112+01:002010-12-21T18:59:31.112+01:00When my girlfriend (now wife) first came to the UK...When my girlfriend (now wife) first came to the UK (from Nairobi, where the sun always rises/sets at 6.35 a.m. and 6.35 p.m. - plus or minus just a few minutes throughout the year) it was the end of May and she was fascinated to find it still light at 10 p.m.<br /><br />She has since learnt that all places on the earth's surface get six months of light and six months of darkness a year, and so in winter we have to repay all that extra light we borrowed in the summer!<br /><br />Tanzania's Julius Nyerere thought the extremes of summer and winter in the higher latitudes instilled a discipline in their inhabitants. It taught them to take good advantage of the summer to prepare for the winter ahead. In the tropics, such planning is not needed as much. Some food crops may grow all year round, there's no need to draught-proof your home against winter gales, the same clothes can be worn in all months.<br /><br />So, to answer your question, perhaps it does make us different.Sauti Ndogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523162606546340417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-55996519767259274182010-12-21T10:44:04.269+01:002010-12-21T10:44:04.269+01:00Bring me sunshine etc.Bring me sunshine etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com