The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

My parents and brother do not like airconditioning.

Hot is not desirable but unless your life is threatened it is only a state of mind.

Clearly JohnK the trees do not agree with you. A child was seriously injured from a lemon scented gum tree that dropped a limb as it was in heat stress.. SES reported multiple events caused by limbs dropping and causing damage. We have wild koalas drinking from bowls held by people.

But now, it's cooler. 30 seems cool.

 

[amaroo]

I played Royal Beerwah in a thunderstorm.
Just made sure I used my 1 iron of the tee.

The 18 holes at Nambour can be hell on earth on a muggy day....those hills!

 

[markis10]

Clearly JohnK the trees do not agree with you. A child was seriously injured from a lemon scented gum tree that dropped a limb as it was in heat stress.. SES reported multiple events caused by limbs dropping and causing damage. We have wild koalas drinking from bowls held by people.

But now, it's cooler. 30 seems cool.

Sounds like we need a tree cull if they are attacking humans, let me give WA a call......

 

[Major]

The 18 holes at Nambour can be hell on earth on a muggy day....those hills!

Haven't played there in years...they used to have a motorised rope thingy to help you climb from the 18th to the clubhouse

 

[JohnK]

Clearly JohnK the trees do not agree with you. A child was seriously injured from a lemon scented gum tree that dropped a limb as it was in heat stress.. SES reported multiple events caused by limbs dropping and causing damage. We have wild koalas drinking from bowls held by people.

I agree that is not desirable and that is not wbat I meant.

Should I rephrase my statement?

 

[JessicaTam]

Wasn't a golf thread set up to keep it away from the rest of us who have no interest?

 

[Pushka]

Wasn't a golf thread set up to keep it away from the rest of us who have no interest?

That seems a bit unfair. There's lots of stuff posted here that has varying interest. Not that I'm into golf though. Spoils a good walk. Although moggies was also spun off now I think about it.

 

[TomVexille]

Read: you won't be getting increments and/or you may be getting fired.

Good thing I don't actually work for that company anymore, just contracting back to my old team. More likely that administrators are made redundant.

 

[Robbi]

Should I rephrase my statement?

No. Absolutely no reason to.

 

[Robbi]

Sounds like we need a tree cull if they are attacking humans, let me give WA a call......

I propose baited tree nets.

 

[Pushka]

I agree that is not desirable and that is not wbat I meant.

Should I rephrase my statement?

No need JohnK. . Just sayin that heat is a bit more than just feeling hot.

 

[anat0l]

Just sayin that heat is a bit more than just feeling hot.

I don't doubt 44 degrees is very hot.

The only relating experience I have is being in Perth on contract during summer and one day the temperature hit 42 degrees at maximum. I was working on another site and of course had full working regalia on - long sleeves, long pants, hard hat, gloves... I made the mistake of not covering the steering wheel before leaving the car. Needless to say, it was a hand-burning experience for the first 10-20 minutes.

I was staying at student accommodation at Curtin at that time. There's no air conditioning in the rooms, though the building was made of brick and I think we either had a ceiling fan or I might have had a pedestal fan. Temperature at night must have been about 28 degrees or so.

Yes, 2 degrees may be all the difference, but you can't say that's still quite hot. 'Twas a bit difficult to get to sleep; I think I ended up just getting the body used to sleeping on a hot surface and that was that (a bit like in monsoon climates - at night you get used to sleeping in a pool of sweat!). To be fair as well, we only experienced this kind of weather for a few days (or a few isolated days at a time).

Having come from QLD, the dry heat of 42 degrees seemed to be very tolerable in comparison.

One advantage of the dry heat was that I could put a load of washing in after arriving from work, and a few hours later, it's dry!

 

[Flashback]

I don't doubt 44 degrees is very hot.

The only relating experience I have is being in Perth on contract during summer and one day the temperature hit 42 degrees at maximum. I was working on another site and of course had full working regalia on - long sleeves, long pants, hard hat, gloves... I made the mistake of not covering the steering wheel before leaving the car. Needless to say, it was a hand-burning experience for the first 10-20 minutes.

I was staying at student accommodation at Curtin at that time. There's no air conditioning in the rooms, though the building was made of brick and I think we either had a ceiling fan or I might have had a pedestal fan. Temperature at night must have been about 28 degrees or so.

Yes, 2 degrees may be all the difference, but you can't say that's still quite hot. 'Twas a bit difficult to get to sleep; I think I ended up just getting the body used to sleeping on a hot surface and that was that (a bit like in monsoon climates - at night you get used to sleeping in a pool of sweat!). To be fair as well, we only experienced this kind of weather for a few days (or a few isolated days at a time).

Having come from QLD, the dry heat of 42 degrees seemed to be very tolerable in comparison.

One advantage of the dry heat was that I could put a load of washing in after arriving from work, and a few hours later, it's dry!

Indeed. That is one thing I do miss.... though I have found a way to dry clothes much quicker inside here, using a dehumidifier. Sucks the water right outta em!

 

[anat0l]

Indeed. That is one thing I do miss.... though I have found a way to dry clothes much quicker inside here, using a dehumidifier. Sucks the water right outta em!

A dryer does the trick as well, but it can mess with the quality of your clothes compared to line drying. Not used to using a dryer at home myself, it also consumes a fair amount of power.

QLD is odd as you can't win on laundry all year. Winter is dry, but as it's cold, it won't dry any faster. Summer is quite hot, but due to humidity, similar reasoning. Summer does slightly better due to longer daylight hours, but the moral of the story is that a full day on the line will almost always be required to adequately dry an average load.

 

[serfty]

Nah, no shock -a 2 pt "safety" on the first play set the tone.

The better team certainly won although the scoreline belies the effort put in by both sides - often NFL is like that (a bit like soccer).

Three turnovers deep in opposition territory was a killer. (Make the effort - big at that - to get down there and give the ball up hurts.)

 

[Flashback]

A dryer does the trick as well, but it can mess with the quality of your clothes compared to line drying. Not used to using a dryer at home myself, it also consumes a fair amount of power.

QLD is odd as you can't win on laundry all year. Winter is dry, but as it's cold, it won't dry any faster. Summer is quite hot, but due to humidity, similar reasoning. Summer does slightly better due to longer daylight hours, but the moral of the story is that a full day on the line will almost always be required to adequately dry an average load.

Yeh, I'm not a fan of dryers for 2 reasons. 1) ruin clothes (IMO) 2) power consumption, so doing the usual British thing of transforming a room into your clothes dryer works well. It's nice now that with the dehumidifier you can knock it on the head in 1 day instead of 3!

 

[Princess Fiona]

Yeh, I'm not a fan of dryers for 2 reasons. 1) ruin clothes (IMO) 2) power consumption, so doing the usual British thing of transforming a room into your clothes dryer works well. It's nice now that with the dehumidifier you can knock it on the head in 1 day instead of 3!

Third reason for me:
Clothes smell so much better from the line.
I'm a bit of a laundry freak I must admit.
I took a major liking to Spring Meadow Tide Pods on our trip to the LOTFAP.
So much so that I bought a few bags at Walmart and took them back here with me

 

[Flashback]

Third reason for me:
Clothes smell so much better from the line.
I'm a bit of a laundry freak I must admit.
I took a major liking to Spring Meadow Tide Pods on our trip to the LOTFAP.
So much so that I bought a few bags at Walmart and took them back here with me

Next time you're over, more than happy for you to air my dirty laundry :mrgreen:

 

[amaroo]

Yeh, I'm not a fan of dryers for 2 reasons. 1) ruin clothes (IMO) 2) power consumption, so doing the usual British thing of transforming a room into your clothes dryer works well. It's nice now that with the dehumidifier you can knock it on the head in 1 day instead of 3!

Third reason for me:
Clothes smell so much better from the line.
I'm a bit of a laundry freak I must admit.
I took a major liking to Spring Meadow Tide Pods on our trip to the LOTFAP.
So much so that I bought a few bags at Walmart and took them back here with me

Since we've put the solar panels on every load goes in the dryer....yeah it buggers them up in the long term but it's easy, free and can be done at night free of bat/bird/possum poo

 

[tuapekastar]

To put it simply - no need. There are a few very hot days each year in MEL and on those days I have the ceiling fan on in my bedroom, so I can sleep well enough. The rest of the year does not justify the expense to purchase or run one. We (Victoria) have enough trouble supplying electricity on the hot days without me adding to the load.

TBH, though I don't currently have A/C (been waiting till I tear down house and rebuild - for some time now I might add) I disagree. Most people spend maybe 50 to 60 percent of their time at home, so you may as well be comfortable when you are there. For me, that = having A/C. For others, maybe not - a personal preference I guess.