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Thayenga
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Summer? Feb 19, 2025

This poll appears to come a little too late? Or too early? Wish I could say this (coming) summer was great and provided me with lots of work, but... my crystal ball is currently under repair.

[Edited at 2025-02-19 10:24 GMT]


Dan Lucas
Lieven Malaise
Zea_Mays
Andrei Albu
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Liena V.
Robert Rietvelt
 
Lieven Malaise
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Ship Feb 19, 2025

A poll about last summer, which was 6 months ago... Tell me your ship is steerless without telling me your ship is steerless.

ipv
Ester Vidal
Lingua 5B
Luca Adie
Philip Lees
 
Manuela Junghans
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Summer? Feb 19, 2025

It´s been minus ten degrees here this morning...

Thayenga
Liena V.
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Lingua 5B
Philip Lees
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
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N/A Feb 19, 2025

Is summer in winter a consequence of climate changes or the result of Quick Poll suggestions that «sit in the drawer» waiting to be approved and, when they are, nobody looks at them to see if they've missed their chance?

Ian Keith Jones Williams
Zea_Mays
Liena V.
expressisverbis
ipv
Peter Simon
 
Ian Keith Jones Williams
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Southern Hemisphere Feb 19, 2025

I thought the asker might live in South America or somewhere else in the Southern Hemisphere...

Liena V.
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Claudio Machado Junior
Patricia Prevost
Siobhán Fulton
 
Thayenga
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There is summer Feb 19, 2025

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

Is summer in winter a consequence of climate changes or the result of Quick Poll suggestions that «sit in the drawer» waiting to be approved and, when they are, nobody looks at them to see if they've missed their chance?


Perhaps the timing isn't all that off. After all, there is indeed summer in the southern hemisphere. Consequently, it all depends on one's location.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Patricia Prevost
Lingua 5B
Peter Simon
Philip Lees
Helena Chavarria
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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You're right Feb 19, 2025

Thayenga wrote:

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

Is summer in winter a consequence of climate changes or the result of Quick Poll suggestions that «sit in the drawer» waiting to be approved and, when they are, nobody looks at them to see if they've missed their chance?


Perhaps the timing isn't all that off. After all, there is indeed summer in the southern hemisphere. Consequently, it all depends on one's location.


but AFAIK she lives in Canada...


Jorge Payan
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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I looked at her profile... Feb 19, 2025

Ventnai wrote:

I thought the asker might live in South America or somewhere else in the Southern Hemisphere...


... and apparently she lives in Canada.


 
Liena V.
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It's always summer in my heart Feb 19, 2025

Ventnai wrote:

I thought the asker might live in South America or somewhere else in the Southern Hemisphere...


That was my thought too, but according to another recent poll here the vast majority of us are in Europe, so what Teresa said seems more likely.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Edith van der Have
Thayenga
Claudio Machado Junior
Peter Simon
Lingua 5B
 
Dan Lucas
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Not summery in Canada Feb 19, 2025

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
but AFAIK she lives in Canada...

A relative lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Effective temperatures went down to nearly -40C yesterday.
Even for Canucks, that's a tad chilly.

Dan


Thayenga
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Lingua 5B
 
Constanze Deus-Konrad
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quieter Feb 19, 2025

Quieter than the beginning of the year, but still busier than the end. The end of the year seems to be the end of my career. It's over.

 
Thayenga
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Maybe not Feb 19, 2025

Constanze Deus-Konrad wrote:

Quieter than the beginning of the year, but still busier than the end. The end of the year seems to be the end of my career. It's over.


I'm sorry to read this, Constanze. If you can, try to give your career a little more time. Things might change on a dime, so to speak. Good luck!


expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Patrícia Backes
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
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Summer and work Feb 19, 2025

I can't predict my work in a few months to come, but I'm optimistic that it will bring me good projects!
As for summer, here it feels like AI: cold, artificial, and completely clueless 😁


Liena V.
Philip Lees
Thayenga
Kay Denney
 
Alexandra Speirs
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much quieter Feb 19, 2025

Very little work in January and even less this month.
Half a page this week, then today they all woke up and sent me 4 projects, all for Friday.
As my grandmother used to say, "it's either a hunger or a burst".


 
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