Typical Winter's Monday

As promised by the weather people, on Saturday we awoke to a lovely cool but clear and sunny day.  The weather has continued on the same way ever since.  Sunday's bike ride at around 9 am was very cool indeed with me wearing cycling gloves and the splash jacket.  Today I rode at 9:30 and it was already around 18 degrees by that stage. The splash jacket and gloves were no where to be seen.

The temperature is around 21 right now but certainly much warmer than that in our small enclosed backyard. As the photo shows I bottle washed this morning and now I am attempting to get the bottles dried.  Being a very lightweight plastic it takes time to dry them.

A single 'glass' bottle I have is very dry already.  The glass itself heats up and this in turn dries the bottle.  The lightweight plastic doesn't heat up any where near as much as the glass ones do.

The dog problem next door with barking when the family is away has all but stopped.  I can go out the back door without being harangued by a fierce outburst of aggressive barking.

My footy team was defeated yesterday after they all but stopped in the last quarter or so.  It took a kick after the siren for Brisbane to clinch the match but that was enough.

My team has never been able to overcome the retirement of their No.1 ruckman several years ago.  Yesterday they fielded one ruckman playing his 6th game and another in his first AFL season.  Brisbane's young ruckman is a No1 draft pick and a very good player.  As my team's rucks tired the other guy came to the fore giving them first use of the ball.  In the last quarter everything went perfectly for them and with first use of the ball went on to win the game.

Trish's team won easily and now sits one game clear on top of the table.

Computer Club was great on Saturday.  I was being hounded by people seeking help on other days.  At times I have 5 or 6 people wanting to see me.  With the pressure off on Saturday I was able to help anyone in need without rushing.

We began to watch a new TV Series called "House Of Cards" last night.  It stars Kevin Spacey.  It is set in the USA and tells the story of a chief campaign advisor to a new US President "Elect".  As a reward for his great electioneering work he was promised a major role in the new administration.

However as the jobs are being delegated out he finds that people have gone back on their word and he has been cast aside to being just a Congressman.  He begins to wreak havoc within the new government as he seeks retribution for his being overlooked.  It looks like great series.