THE DIARY OF A BRISBANE/Queensland SUMMER...
Feb 19th 2004, 9:45 pm
#1
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THE DIARY OF A BRISBANE/Queensland SUMMER...
Got this in an email and couldn't resist posting it here...
It's not that bad... honest. 38 today. 41 tomorrow...
Oh yeah... the cat thing does happen:
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.
September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today.
Lots of palms and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do
people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60%
of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this
morning. By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died
and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and Cat shit. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's
hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC
repairman charged 200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000 House and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today.
It cost 500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody
humidity makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?"
I'm going to strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator. Was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!
Noveber 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and
sat on the black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2 Layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the
air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and
said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house payment to bail my arse out of jail for assulting the repairman. Bloody Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? Ya kiddin me!!!!
It's not that bad... honest. 38 today. 41 tomorrow...
Oh yeah... the cat thing does happen:
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.
September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today.
Lots of palms and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do
people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60%
of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this
morning. By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died
and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and Cat shit. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's
hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC
repairman charged 200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000 House and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today.
It cost 500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody
humidity makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?"
I'm going to strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator. Was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!
Noveber 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and
sat on the black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2 Layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the
air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and
said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house payment to bail my arse out of jail for assulting the repairman. Bloody Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? Ya kiddin me!!!!
Feb 19th 2004, 10:00 pm
#3
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IT MUST BE REALLY BAD ALL THAT HEAT A!
YOU CANT MEAN THAT?
ITS GOT TO BE BETTER THAN DAMP OLD WET DAYS AND BLOODY COLD AS WELL.
YOU WOULDENT CHANGE IT FOR THIS (WOULD YOU???????)
YOU CANT MEAN THAT?
ITS GOT TO BE BETTER THAN DAMP OLD WET DAYS AND BLOODY COLD AS WELL.
YOU WOULDENT CHANGE IT FOR THIS (WOULD YOU???????)
Feb 19th 2004, 10:00 pm
#4
True Blue Aussie
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Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 78
Originally posted by Megalania
Hot enough for you today?
Hot enough for you today?
(as soon as I can get my bloody uni courses sorted for the semester!)
Not going to be happy tomorrow though when I actually have to venture outside of the bedroom!
Feb 19th 2004, 10:02 pm
#5
True Blue Aussie
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Posts: 78
Originally posted by greenman
IT MUST BE REALLY BAD ALL THAT HEAT A!
YOU CANT MEAN THAT?
ITS GOT TO BE BETTER THAN DAMP OLD WET DAYS AND BLOODY COLD AS WELL.
YOU WOULDENT CHANGE IT FOR THIS (WOULD YOU???????)
IT MUST BE REALLY BAD ALL THAT HEAT A!
YOU CANT MEAN THAT?
ITS GOT TO BE BETTER THAN DAMP OLD WET DAYS AND BLOODY COLD AS WELL.
YOU WOULDENT CHANGE IT FOR THIS (WOULD YOU???????)
I love it here!
Feb 19th 2004, 10:07 pm
#6
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Posts: 8
GLAD TO HEAR IT. YOU HAD ME GOING FOR A BIT I WAS EVEN FEELING BAD FOR THE CAT.
Feb 19th 2004, 10:26 pm
#7
Rocket Scientist
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Dreamland AKA Brisbane which is a different country to the UK
Posts: 6,911
LOL Gavo, sounds familiar. I just wish it would stop 
