Howdy fellow snowmen,
My it's a tad brisk today. Blow that, a friggin chiller it's been all week.
I'm loving it.
For those 'lucky' enough to live in the Antipodes and complaining about the great freeze you may remember that stinking oven of a day on the 1st of January. Remember?
You couldn't hear yourself think for the laboring groan of all the reverse cycles in the neighbourhood, forget even touching your car, you'd melt into the vinyl on the seat, playing Russian roulette with a seatbelt.
I hate summer.
While still stuck with a car that is worth less than the petroleum inside it, I have no aircon- I seriously considered installing some hotrocks on the passenger seat, so to validate the fact that it was a friggin sauna- I would get out of that rust bucket seriously 5kgs lighter each afternoon! Of course work colleagues would complain about having to wait for the AIRCON TO KICK IN! Where in the mean time I was bottling my sweat to drink and replace essential fluids all the way home! Of course driving more than 5 ks anywhere was out of the question due to overheating.
(NB Why on earth the spell check wants to replace hotrocks with HOOTERS is beyond me, but a pleasant distraction! The restaurant is reopening in the district within weeks, am looking forward to the fine cuisine!!!)
Living on the top level of a building helps no either. Heat seems to rise for some reason. I hate summer, sticking towels up on each window to keep the sun out. Etc etc
Anyway, I'm loving the winter- apart from winter car troubles, I have to drive one handed due to constantly having to wipe (read vigorously scrub) my windshield to see out to the road. This tends to be difficult in a manual (stick shift) as the other hand is changing gears. I have been known to steer with my knee. I'm so adept I don't even notice, it aids in the development of my gymnastic skills I guess, as long as I unlearn these habits when I take delivery of my new car (Have I mentioned that yet) :)
11 Muppets commented:
oh thanks SOOOOO much for the image of your bottling your own sweat, i'm gonna have bloody nightmares for weeks. As for the cold weather, you can keep it! I hate it, detest it, it numbs my BONES, my electricity bill will be humungous cos I have elekky blankie on 2 - ALL night!
you should all come to sunny towsville....mind you it was only 10 degrees this morning...and in fact i'm heading out this weekend to buy a king size doona (and track pants)....the only thing a queen size doona on a king bed does is convince me that people shouldn't share a bed let alone a damned doona!! causes too many arguments at ungodly hours of the night..kel, you hate the cold weather? then what the hell are you doing living where you are? one of the coldest damned holes in the country? and evan, i remember sydney mornings...you can keep them..our "winter" only lasts about 6 weeks at most then it's back to perfect all day and night..i'll think of you both when we're enjoying mild mornings and you're freezing your butts off :-)
Debambam, bottling my own sweet sweat- what's so nighmarish? There is nothing worng with my man juices...perhaps a rephrase is in order there!!!!!
Anonymum, I lived in Townsville- luckily the kettle that hit my on the head during a cyclone (one of the frequent ones) appears have to contributed to some memory loss. Vague images of crocs in the Ross River and my mum getting a little cuddly due to the fact you can't do much up there other than sir around on account of the heat!!
;)
I do love summer, though winter rain is always nice to get caught in. Today was too cold. A maximum of 12 is not something I want to see again.
By way of a solution to your fogging windscreen: hit it with hot air. It will fog initially, but once the glass is warm enough, it will stop any fog from forming. (Water won't condense on warm glass)
we've been here 3 years and only been on the fringe (and i mean fringe) of 1 cyclone...not that i'm willing one upon us mind you..and i think a kettle on the head is preferable to a bottle from a hoons car....the crocs? well, if you're going to play in their back yard, then you have to play by their rules...we find plenty to do...fishing mainly, which is the most fun you can have with you're pants on (now's there an image for you....nightmares are close i think) in townsvilles defence it has progressed quite a bit...it's just the mentality of some of the people who tend to think there is NO world outside nth qld..tunnel vision is rife i must admit...i would love to see some of them spend just 6 mths in sydney...they would be running and screaming within 2 mths i think...
even kel was convinced to spend 6 months here...anyhow, if ever you're inclined to come our way again, we have a couple of spare rooms for you to pick from :-)
Andrew, I would use the heat function if it didn't spit leaves at me then die!!!!
anonymum, I shall have to revisit, hate to say I do have a few fond memories of the Ross river and all its viuses!
"There is nothing worng with my man juices..."
oh Evan, you've JUST nominated yourself for the INAUGURAL COMMENT OF THE WEEK!!! I'll do you a graphic, and send it your way mate...I can't believe you not only SAID that, but you LEFT if there for me to read! SILLY BUGGER, and no point in deleting it either, I have screen capture!!!
Cheers!
INAUGURAL COMMENT OF THE WEEK!!!
AHEM, I am still trying to figure out an appropriate comment for your last posting over there! The shock of, shall we call it 'manjuicegate', shall reverberate for days me thinks
I of course meant my bottling of sweat- my innocent mind has no idea why you find this funny!!!! ;)
ahem Mr, I dont believe for a second the innocent little face your putting on there....For starters theres the fact that you spend a fair bit of your time at all ALL BOY'S PRIVATE SCHOOL (and we all know they are anything BUT innocent!), then there is the following comment YOU made:
"perhaps a rephrase is in order there!!!!!"
If you don't know what I mean then why would a rephrase be in order???!! Huh? Huh? Huh??!!
The rephrase is due to my miss spelling of wrong as 'worng' of course. i had no idea what a deviant such as yourself may be thinking!!!
sheeeesh, did I get myself out of that one.
10 points for a creative and VERY lateral thought process!!! Unfortunately, I still aint buying it, so there! I know i've now lost this argument as i've resorted to the tried and true method of playground tactics - standing with hands on hips saying "SO THERE" and poking my tongue out - but I don't care!
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