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Ziggy
06-21-2006, 10:58 AM
Happy First day of Summer, longest day of the year today.....damn, that means the days will start getting shorter again :(

Screaming Pete
06-21-2006, 11:01 AM
Isn't today the day the day you can spin an egg and it will stand on end...serious.....

JB in so cal
06-21-2006, 11:01 AM
Happy First day of Summer, longest day of the year today.....damn, that means the days will start getting shorter again :(
Wow. Nice beginning then it kinda bummed me out at the end :cool:

lokinutz
06-21-2006, 11:10 AM
Yes, you can spin an egg and get it to stand on end today. As long as it has been in boiling water for about 15 minutes. :)

charlyox
06-21-2006, 11:22 AM
Summer if finally here!

Mrs. casean
06-21-2006, 12:32 PM
Yep! It's a good day :D

JB in so cal
06-21-2006, 12:37 PM
Yep! It's a good day :D
Somebody's gonna get lucky :rolleyes:

beyondhelpin
06-21-2006, 12:40 PM
No boiling or spinning required. Just stand on end.

Froggystyle
06-21-2006, 02:36 PM
Isn't today the day the day you can spin an egg and it will stand on end...serious.....
From google...
Q: Is it true that on the first day of spring, you can balance a raw egg upright?
A: This refers to a story that's been around a long time, but there is no scientific reason why it should be true. If eggs can be balanced on the spring equinox, they can be balanced any time of the year, either by using great care or by using some kind of stage magic, a slight-of-hand trick.
Explanations for balancing an egg on the equinox usually turn on the "pull of gravity being equal," supposedly from the sun. But that makes no sense. Sometimes people will say the sun is directly overhead, which just isn't true unless you're on the Equator at the spring equinox. On any day of the year in any part of the USA except Hawaii, the sun's gravitational pull will be toward the south because the sun is always to the south of all of the USA except Hawaii.
If the sun's gravity had anything to do with it, you'd have to worry about where the moon is in the sky since its pull is greater than the sun's. You usually hear about being able to balance eggs on the spring equinox but not the fall. Yet, the relation of the sun and Earth is the same on both days. Also, the pull of the Earth's gravity isn't even. It is slightly greater near dense rocks, for instance. The gravitational pull of objects much closer than the sun, such as nearby mountains, will be greater than the sun's on the egg.
Phil Plait, a professional astronomer, has a neat Web site with a lot of information about the equinox egg legend and other kinds of "Bad Astronomy."
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JB in so cal
06-21-2006, 02:39 PM
Thanks, Cliff Claven :)