Luna Bliss Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 This time of year the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. Seekers, come NOW! You will be blessed! ○☆ ° .* ☆ Alai Alai Alai ☆ ¸. ° ★☾❊ https://i.gyazo.com/c7fba655e9175f1687180e6ddefc3941.mp4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Luna Bliss said: This time of year the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. Seekers, come NOW! You will be blessed! ○☆ ° .* ☆ Alai Alai Alai ☆ ¸. ° ★☾❊ https://i.gyazo.com/c7fba655e9175f1687180e6ddefc3941.mp4 Hmm, wonder if that explains why over the years it has often been from late October to late November that the most challenging things tended to happen in my life. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Luna Bliss Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 It's a happy fairy day in SL !! https://gyazo.com/bab531d2a2d5227531e1b75180081672 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Full Moon Dance was amazing! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillFletcher Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) On 11/1/2022 at 7:31 AM, Luna Bliss said: Happy New Year, Maitimo! My SL partner's RL birthday was on New Years, and yes the one of which you speak, not the other one. Edited December 11, 2022 by BillFletcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Here's an interesting anecdote that you might not know. You've heard the phrase "a year and a day", right? Well, it doesn't actually mean a whole year plus a day. It just means a year, because that extra day is Samhain/All Hallows Eve, which was considered to be not actually part of the year. And now it's almost Yule - where did all the time go? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 We actually have leap years to account for that extra day, at least in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Charolotte Caxton said: We actually have leap years to account for that extra day, at least in the US. The US uses the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by the pope (Gregor XIII) in 1582, which is, with a few exceptions (and adjustments), the 'global' calendar today. The US doesn't have 'it's own' calendar, and leap years aren't exclusive to the US (we'd all go out of sync if we decided on leap years and leap seconds individually, it's why we have UTC and institutions like BIPM). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Orwar said: 6 hours ago, Charolotte Caxton said: We actually have leap years to account for that extra day, at least in the US. The US uses the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by the pope (Gregor XIII) in 1582, which is, with a few exceptions (and adjustments), the 'global' calendar today. The US doesn't have 'it's own' calendar, and leap years aren't exclusive to the US (we'd all go out of sync if we decided on leap years and leap seconds individually, it's why we have UTC and institutions like BIPM). I was trying to remember which animal is categorized in groups called "leaps". DUH, Leopards! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliseAnne85 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Orwar said: The US uses the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by the pope (Gregor XIII) in 1582, which is, with a few exceptions (and adjustments), the 'global' calendar today. The US doesn't have 'it's own' calendar, and leap years aren't exclusive to the US (we'd all go out of sync if we decided on leap years and leap seconds individually, it's why we have UTC and institutions like BIPM). The calendar most in use is the Roman Solar calendar which I never knew went by the name above. The Lunar calendar still determines many holidays and celebrations. Chinese and Jewish New Year's are determined by the Lunar calendar and those New Year Day's are different from the Solar calendar's New Year's Day. Edited December 12, 2022 by EliseAnne85 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 57 minutes ago, EliseAnne85 said: I never looked up who started it and when. I guess I was just never impressed enough to do so. 57 minutes ago, EliseAnne85 said: I'm not familiar with all the varied holidays around the world. And yet, here you are trying to tell someone who did, was, and does. Israel and China both officially use the Gregorian calendar (see, it's called that; not 'the Roman Solar calendar') - as does India, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia despite having had their own calendars in the past. Holidays are religious feast, and that some are based on 'the first new moon after vernal equinox' and suchlike does not change the calendar. The US observing its national day on the 4th of July and Norway observing its on the 17th of May doesn't mean they use different calendars, they are both using the Gregorian calendars. The Brits calling it 'January' and the Spanish calling it 'Enero' doesn't mean they have different calendars, it means they use different languages to refer to the exact same system of tracking time. Exactly like how 'plus' and 'Плюс' both means [to]add(ing) under the same mathematical systems. So, why did the October Revolution occur in November? Because there, finally, we have an example of Russia's late use of the Julian calendar (introduced in 45BC); however even they have since embraced the Gregorian calendar, so that you can rest assured that your mail order brides don't end up starving in a post office because you expected delivery some two weeks later. There are very few countries in the world today that don't use the Gregorian calendar (almost as few as how many still uses the Imperial system), but unless you're to attend a conference in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Nepal, or Iran, you probably won't ever notice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Orwar said: The US uses the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by the pope (Gregor XIII) in 1582, which is, with a few exceptions (and adjustments), the 'global' calendar today. The US doesn't have 'it's own' calendar, and leap years aren't exclusive to the US (we'd all go out of sync if we decided on leap years and leap seconds individually, it's why we have UTC and institutions like BIPM). Thanks, I did not know how the rest of the world operates. I know some places times are off by half hours, 45 minutes, and so on, wasn't sure how years worked. So basically, the US does have it's own calendar and the rest rest of the world follows along? Who is the deciding time keeper? Greenwich? The Swiss? Genuinely curious now, I'll go Google since this is dangerously not SL although it is relevant cause we all live in different time zones. It's how I found out my best friend lives in tomorrow relative to me. Wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Charolotte Caxton said: I know some places times are off by half hours, 45 minutes, and so on, wasn't sure how years worked. So basically, the US does have it's own calendar and the rest rest of the world follows along? Who is the deciding time keeper? Greenwich? The Swiss? Well, seeing as how large a part time zones have in SL's everyday life .. No. The reason places are off by a few hours are because of the time zones, which are roughly based on which part of the planet is currently facing the sun. GMT was introduced as a means to coordinate and standardise time, specifically in Britain as trains made it weird that you left London at 11.00 and arrived in Bristol at 11.30, after a 45 minute journey (and promptly had to set your pocket watch to the local train station upon arrival). The world was getting faster, and using local time became inconvenient (although there still are places, especially old train stations, that have two minute hands on their clocks to display both local and standard time - in fact, there always is a local time, but most people go through life without ever knowing what time they're 'actually' in). The UTC, which succeeded GMT, is governed by BIPM (Bureau international des poids et mesures - or 'The International Bureau of Weights and Measures'). They're the ones who tell us what years we do leap seconds (and making themselves obsolete in that specific regard as the current system aims to get rid of leap seconds by 2035). And by 'they' and 'us' I really mean 'we', as it's an intergovernmental organisation with 59 member states. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliseAnne85 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, Orwar said: 1 hour ago, EliseAnne85 said: I'm not familiar with all the varied holidays around the world. And yet, here you are trying to tell someone who did, was, and does. You weren't talking about holidays? Your post mentioned leap year. And, I wasn't trying to tell you anything. I was elaborating that there are two main calendars - one is the Solar (much of the modern world has now adapted to and for business purposes mostly) and one is the Lunar which determines certain people's new years and holidays. It seemed like it was turning into a fun fact thread. So, I was elaborating about the calendar you spoke of, not telling Y-O-U in particular, anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, Orwar said: Well, seeing as how large a part time zones have in SL's everyday life .. No. The reason places are off by a few hours are because of the time zones, which are roughly based on which part of the planet is currently facing the sun. GMT was introduced as a means to coordinate and standardise time, specifically in Britain as trains made it weird that you left London at 11.00 and arrived in Bristol at 11.30, after a 45 minute journey (and promptly had to set your pocket watch to the local train station upon arrival). The world was getting faster, and using local time became inconvenient (although there still are places, especially old train stations, that have two minute hands on their clocks to display both local and standard time - in fact, there always is a local time, but most people go through life without ever knowing what time they're 'actually' in). The UTC, which succeeded GMT, is governed by BIPM (Bureau international des poids et mesures - or 'The International Bureau of Weights and Measures'). They're the ones who tell us what years we do leap seconds (and making themselves obsolete in that specific regard as the current system aims to get rid of leap seconds by 2035). And by 'they' and 'us' I really mean 'we', as it's an intergovernmental organisation with 59 member states. That is all so interesting, also the world looks huge. We have leap seconds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 I'm just dancing around the grid these days! https://gyazo.com/92580e3ec35b43611f6adeeecab1bcac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 That looks so awesome! Love all the wings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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