I follow the blue skys, not the sun as such,
and thank bloody goodness I left Vic and Sth aust when I did,
you people down there are getting a little warm, its a lovely day here expected top 32 and humidity about 55%,     jealous 
 
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mike and Judy wrote:

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 its a lovely day here expected top 32 and humidity about 55%,     jealous  
 

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YEP!!!!

Yes its going to be 43 on the murray today but the good news is we are getting a cool change in a couple of days and its only going to be 38 then. Cool changes aren't what they used to be.

9:30 and the temp is already 38 here in Deni. Yesterday it was 42 by lunchtime. Thank goodness for air con.

38 at 9 o'clock every morning this week topping out at 52.4 at 4.30 under our back veranda which is a large structure so gives a good representation, our over night temperatures have been between 32 and one night of 35 so without the air con it would be very uncomfortable, fires shooting up everywhere, the old warhorse in me is champing at the bit to jump on the truck whenever I hear the sirens, very hard to just sit here and let the boys go out, day time top of 32 sounds mighty tempting put an old thermometer out in the full sun, ten minutes and it blew the top off, never mind Tassies not that far away, just have to travel in 40 deg temp tommorow to get there, ah!!! two weeks of cool!! cant wait!

G'day,

Dave have a wonderful trip, I can't think of a more deserving couple than you and dare I say the Dragon.  I am jealous.

Best Regards and Safe Travelling.
John

thanks John, your time will come!!! looking forward to walking out of the office door tonight I can tell you!!, not looking forward to the ten hour drive tomorrow!!

dave06 wrote:

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thanks John, your time will come!!! looking forward to walking out of the office door tonight I can tell you!!, not looking forward to the ten hour drive tomorrow!!

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Thanks Dave, roll on early June, then we can take off for a trip around the block.

Dave crank up the aircon and the radio, point little blue in the right direction and have a ball.

 

ummm!!! one minor problem with that John, we errr!! havent bothered with air conditioning in little blue, havent struck any real heat up until now not even up at the kimberleys, so we are going to pay the piper tomorrow, never mind plenty of pubs between here and halls gap and time is on our side we dont leave for Tassie until 8pm saturday night june, hell I'm as jealous as a sixteen year old thats not allowed in the brothel yet, love to do another circuit, never mind under two years now (in theory), thats why my mind is wandering towards a toy traytop, love to do it again

Geez Dave I remember when I had airconditioning on all four doors, was going home to Adelaide from Barmera one summer in the 70's, by the time we got to Adelaide I was just a grease spot on the seat and in those days the car suffered from alcoholic constipation, it couldn't pass a pub, gee those lemon squashes were lovely and cold.

The hot weather I dont mind.......its being called to go fight a bushfire when its 44c thats p***es me ...cant firebugs stay home in the AC..LOL All those travelling ..find a shady spot and stay cool..stay safe.. Dave

yep!! I dont mind it too much even though I have got a bit soft of late, old cfs firefighter myself so I have stood toe to toe with a few mates fighting in the high forties, but I was younger then, firebugs are actually few and far between, if they shot the ones they caught, they would quickly die out, it's always the same one's I remember the flow through ventilation that is touted in modern vehicles now, wind the windows down and sink the boot was the answer to all the oveheating, and I remember my vehicles always having the same illness around those public houses, a lot of it about in those days I just worry about the dragon she's not in the greatest of health in the best of times, female illnesses, hot flushes and all that crap neverlone getting her overheated, so it will be steady as she goes and wheres the next waterhole, may even hole up in one of those horrid places and travel a bit in the dark, I know a few free camps down that way

Firebugs!!!  Light a fire under their feet and let them slowly roast, still too good for them in my book.

No need to tell you to be careful at night I'm sure you are very well aware of what's around.

I hope the wife will be OK.

well after ash Wednesday I know of a band of people who were actively seeking the perpetraters and if they found them it would have been goodnight for them, 

the fellows that were looking for them had the rope ready,
 
yep fully aware of what happens at night but I think I can fight her off, have so far, but by hell she's getting stronger!!!

must say I'm not getting much work done here today, it's piling up, oh well always tonight!!!

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If they ever find them I will only be too happy to put the rope around their necks.

Do as I do and just relax and let her have her wicked way with you, save your strength for the important things in life like travelling.

Please Dave, I wish you would not swear at me like that WORK is a four letter word friend, but if you really must then I suppose you know best.

Ps: edited for spelling

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I tell you it's a horrible word here as well but we all must lay back and think of england then when we get our pay check we think of ourselves and RUN!!! let her have her wicked way, jeeezzzz!!! there'd be no stopping her, she'd kill me!!! within a week!! gotta keep fightin for my own survival!!!

The worst thing about firebugs is they are often firefighters, members of their local CFS. They think they're heroes for going out there and fighting their own fire. I don't know what would happen if their fellow fighters and their victims caught them. The buggers need psychological help obviously, and the mental health services have a lot to answer for these days. Too many fruit loops are loose on the streets, and their victims have no defence or right of reply. The damage they do in the community is more than dollars. The insurance companies would also probably like a piece of their hide. My thoughts are with the folks in the south of the country through this heat wave. In spite of the threat of cyclones at this time of the year, and the humidity of course, I somehow prefer the tropics climate and lifestyle. My bones prefer it too.