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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #30 - Dec 18^th, 2025 at 8:01pm Very hot today, then the Southern Coast Surgeon blew in and everyone just chilled out.
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Reply #31 - Dec 28^th, 2025 at 9:03pm

Gnads wrote on Dec 6^th, 2025 at 7:22pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 5^th, 2025 at 12:55pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 5^th, 2025 at 5:58am:

Sounds like you have an electrical problem!

Ya reckon? I had to swap electrical sockets to be able to grill my sausages. I went to make bacon and eggs. The eggs would not cook -- atleast, not that well.

My bathroom light is not lighting. Sometimes it would come on. For the last week, it has remained off. Either the lightbulb is just not screwed in properly, or it is an electrical problem.

I am too afraid to get my parents to get some electrical work done, as the house is in such an untidy and dirty state. I will put up with the problems until I get the house cleaned up.

What is it with your generation & living like pigs?

Are you not part of my generation?

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Reply #32 - Dec 29^th, 2025 at 1:00am

At 5:45 in the morning, I was packed and ready to go on a 700km trip south. I was waiting for my ride to pick me up. Having preoccupied myself with a mobile phone game, I was amazed at how much I was sweating. My ride came and picked me up. The driver put the airconditioned seats (of all things) so that I could cool down. It was an uneventful drive down south.

A night after arriving, we had this mild storm and a downpour of rain. I was not that concerned about the rain as I marched out in the weather and cooled down a little. The rain passed and I felt the cool southerly winds. Melbourne, for the Boxing Day test, had 14°C at 10am in the morning. I think our area must have had the breeze from that city arrive up north by the evening.

It must have been the first time I have used the hot water tap for a shower since October. I realise that my motel was airconditioned and that was probably what did it. But, outside, the temperature felt like an early Spring night.

Came back to town here and had to use the airconditioning.

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Reply #33 - Dec 29^th, 2025 at 1:06am

Cool - lovely. Also checked the water tanks and nearly full. Great result from just over an inch of rain in a month.

First thing I did when I arrived here was to connect the shed to the tanks - and water flows... about an extra 10-15%. It ran out into the yard and turned it to slush and no way was I going to entertain that. One twelve year drought was more than enough.

Tank water through a filter and then boiled and poured over ground coffee - only way to keep the chemicals out of your brain, man.

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Reply #34 - Dec 29^th, 2025 at 6:32am

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 28^th, 2025 at 9:03pm:

Gnads wrote on Dec 6^th, 2025 at 7:22pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 5^th, 2025 at 12:55pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 5^th, 2025 at 5:58am:

Sounds like you have an electrical problem!

Ya reckon? I had to swap electrical sockets to be able to grill my sausages. I went to make bacon and eggs. The eggs would not cook -- atleast, not that well.

My bathroom light is not lighting. Sometimes it would come on. For the last week, it has remained off. Either the lightbulb is just not screwed in properly, or it is an electrical problem.

I am too afraid to get my parents to get some electrical work done, as the house is in such an untidy and dirty state. I will put up with the problems until I get the house cleaned up.

What is it with your generation & living like pigs?

Are you not part of my generation?

Ahhh no ..... I'm old enough to be your father.

Did your parents teach you to be slovenly & let things turn to shyte around you & live in it?

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #35 - Dec 29^th, 2025 at 7:24am Unsubrocky is a proud little blonde Aussie rooter. He's done this country well. If he knocks up some Musso women. He'll get a Medal 🏅
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Reply #36 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 12:58am

Gnads wrote on Dec 29^th, 2025 at 6:32am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 28^th, 2025 at 9:03pm:

Are you not part of my generation?

Ahhh no ..... I'm old enough to be your father.

Did your parents teach you to be slovenly & let things turn to shyte around you & live in it?

I thought you said that you were not much different in age to me. You certainly act younger.

My parents were fairly poor with their organisation. For example, my conception. I grew up in a household that tolerated a certain amount of untidiness.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #37 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 7:08am Seagulls and Bin Chickens clean up 39% of New Year's rubbish.
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9379	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #38 - Jan 9^th, 2026 at 3:40pm Whew it’s hot today! Like stepping into an oven! There was even a small bushfire 1 km from us but local firies were onto it quick! We were down the peninsula but decided to come back to property just in case as weather is extreme. Here’s our current temperature!
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116535 Melbourne Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #39 - Jan 9^th, 2026 at 5:17pm It hit 42 C today in Melbourne - it's cooling down now - only 28. It should get to 19 over night. Thank God for air conditioning.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 89732 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #40 - Jan 9^th, 2026 at 6:26pm Hot, dry, windy - bushfire summer..... 29 deg now. Solar and air con is great - except the companies worked out they weren't getting enough from us.
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Reply #41 - Jan 10^th, 2026 at 8:59am

Soooo much cooler today! The air outside is fresh and it’s cloudy.
What a relief!
Yesterday was worried about a deliberately lit fire north Gold Coast in Coombabah/Runaway Bay (Queensland) as it approached close the estate our rental house is Shocked

Like WTF! Who goes around lighting fires?
Sadly I saw a vid someone posted of a house that caught fire.

I wonder, is this deliberate lighting of fires to destroy houses is to bring property prices down?
Because it is booming there.

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Reply #42 - Yesterday at 9:25pm

And what do we Victorians get for the hottest day ever in some parts (Ouyen, almost 50 deg!) … we all get an unplanned power outtage! Most of the state affected. Our weather here was this and then power went out. It’s stuffy. Can’t open windows/doors as it’s like opening an oven door!
I sit in candle lit room thinking if power stays off all night, the food I have to throw out from fridge.
But 4 hours later ….and let there be light!
Our smaller generator got flooded in winter when power went out as we had it near water tank for pump, we’ve only got one bigger one, and a tiny one for caravanning.
Obviously need to buy another generator!
That’s next on shopping list.
Here’s our recorded temp when power went out.

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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9379	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #43 - Yesterday at 9:27pm I’m watching on TV now how the Hudson River is frozen, I said, I want to go there, I want to go where it’s cooler and raining!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9379	Re: How’s the weather? Reply #44 - Yesterday at 9:55pm Aaahh, finally on news, we surpassed a 17 year record for power demand! Hence all the outages! And they keep closing down power stations!
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