Mundane News (Part 1)

[Accy cyclist]

It's hot.

The temperature was 27 in and 30 out when I got up at 9am (later than usual, but the heat made sleeping tougher). Now, it's 30 in and 35 out, with the maximum predicted to reach 41. Apart from the obvious risk of bush fires (and we've already had a few nasty ones in the last few days), another risk on days like this is the power grid failing and people having to endure the heat with no fans or airconditioning, and having everything in their fridges/freezers being spoiled.

That leaves only one option to keep cool: cold showers (at least while the water stays reasonably cold). Let's hope that doesn't occur, because on days like this I tend to just sit in front of the PC, and write code and/or browse the internet.

At least I'm young and healthy: I feel sorry for the elderly and frail in this heat. I saw a lot of people down at the local shopping centre, when I went down there to pick up a few groceries and have a small breakfast and coffee. They're there to enjoy the airconditioning.

This paints a different picture to the one we imagine over here of beautiful sunshine and living near the beach. 105 Fahrenheit sounds hard to bare! My wife's friend went back to somewhere in Queensland on new years eve,she said she was dreading the heat, Too hot to sit out in the sun and humid beyond belief at night were her words. Have you lived there all your life Victor if so have you ever fancied living in chilly Britain?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

This paints a different picture to the one we imagine over here of beautiful sunshine and living near the beach. 105 Fahrenheit sounds hard to bare! My wife's friend went back to somewhere in Queensland on new years eve,she said she was dreading the heat, Too hot to sit out in the sun and humid beyond belief at night were her words. Have you lived there all your life Victor if so have you ever fancied living in chilly Britain?

I have, actually (edit: sorry, that's 'yes' to both questions). I've dreamed about riding in British conditions, visiting the Lake District, Wales, Scotland, etc. Perhaps even being over there long enough for a LEJOG or JOGLE.
By the way, it's nowhere near as humid in Melbourne as it is up north in Queensland, which makes the heat a bit more bearable. Also, in typical Melbourne fashion, all it takes is a change in wind from northerly to southerly, and the temperature can drop 10 degrees in 30 minutes! There's actually a cool change scheduled for tonight, so tomorrow's maximum will only be about 25, so I'm looking forward to that.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Although the outside temperature has hovered between 37 and 38°C the last 3 hours, it hasn't risen to the predicted 41 . Even better, the rain radar picture 10 minutes ago showed this, moving southeastwards :

Now THAT'S what I call a cool change. Let's hope I get some of it, because it's hard to tell if it will pass overhead where I am, or not.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

The rain clouds gather, the wind is picking up, and the temperature's dropped 6 degrees in the last 10 minutes!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Time to take the Christmas tree down. Better to do it today, if I did it tomorrow it would just add to the day before Monday depression

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

My husband had just gone shopping

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

I think my neighbour doesn't like the lights on my garage and has been poking them with a stick.

The fact they have been on there for about 5 years before they even bought the house seems not to matter......

I just want to catch them doing it now.........RETRIBUTION WILL BE MINE!

 

[numbnuts]

I think my neighbour doesn't like the lights on my garage and has been poking them with a stick.

The fact they have been on there for about 5 years before they even bought the house seems not to matter......

I just want to catch them doing it now.........RETRIBUTION WILL BE MINE!

Do the lights shine in his garden ?
Has he taken up astronomy ?

 

[raleighnut]

Just tell them you think someone's been trying to disable them and ask them to to keep an eye out until you get CCTV installed

I think my neighbour doesn't like the lights on my garage and has been poking them with a stick.

The fact they have been on there for about 5 years before they even bought the house seems not to matter......

I just want to catch them doing it now.........RETRIBUTION WILL BE MINE!

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Do the lights shine in his garden ?
Has he taken up astronomy ?

They probably do just a little but they are all 32 watt CFL so nothing like the 150 watt (equivalent LED) he has put up that beams into my garden whenever he has it turned on.
Could be a battle coming on.......

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Just tell them you think someone's been trying to disable them and ask them to to keep an eye out until you get CCTV installed

Or just wait until I catch him and then get "medieval" on his a*se.....

 

[vernon]

They probably do just a little but they are all 32 watt CFL so nothing like the 150 watt (equivalent LED) he has put up that beams into my garden whenever he has it turned on.
Could be a battle coming on.......

Might I suggest these. He'd need a pretty long stick.

 

[gbb]

Another 12 minures and I will still be in bed at 12.00....and loving it.
Todays is officially a lazy day....

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Apparently Deptford is now regarded as ''the apex of fashionability.'' It may be time to move.