Where Is My Ark?

The weather has taken a turn for the worse since I last posted. 49mls on Friday morning and a further 66mls this morning. Along with grey skies and much cooler temperatures the weather has done an about face.

These bathers went on the line to dry Thursday afternoon. Since then they have had almost 5" of rain fall on them. Can you tell I was able to buy these cheap? I think I paid $5 for them on a discontinued line table and Trish says I still paid too much!

An extremely pleasant Friday afternoon at "Drinks" and a busy Saturday morning at the Computer Club. I was up for another 'presentation' today which I did on a small program called "FreeLaunch Bar", a very handy program which makes accessing programs on your PC quite easy.

When I arrived back home I upgraded Trish's Office pack from 2003 to 2010.

Another Test match has just started in Bangalore India and the Commonwealth games continue on. So there is plenty of sport to watch on TV. More heavy rain is expected here overnight and this is meant to be the dry time of the year. About 50k's north of us they got almost 10" of rain overnight so we were lucky to get less than 3'.

Thursday's News

The weather continues to be sensational with 28 predicted for here today. There is a real bite in the sun. My daily bike rides continue with minimal intervention from swooping magpies. I think I have had three fairly minor brushes with them this season so all is good.

Monday night saw me at a Community Association Meeting which leads to a busy Tuesday updating the Association's website. It was on Tuesday the State Government announced it would take over the planning for Caloundra South because the SCRC was just too slow getting organised. This is big news for us so another 5 links were made on the BeCA website to articles in newspapers here about the takeover!

I get a swim in after each bike ride. As the weather warms so too does the pool. Monday was a brisk 21 or so in the pool but today was 24.3. One afternoon the pool temp was over 25 degrees. It should get to 26 today in the pool. I am planning to mow lawns later today so I will be in the pool after I finish. Storms are due this evening and cooler weather for next few days is expected too.

Had a lovely night out last night with friends at "The Curry Bowl". heaps to eat, good food and all for $35 per double. It is B.Y.O. too which also helps to keep costs down.

My car plug in cigarette lighter MP3 player which takes a thumb drive arrived Wednesday. Being only $11 from China means the quality is fairly basic. However it does work and will be fine for the car in Melbourne. Our local Aldi store had bike riding specials on so this morning I ducked in to 'town' for some bike riding gloves and clothing!

With the new brew on I was busy with some bottle washing yesterday. I am going to be using 1.25 litre Coca Cola bottles this time to build up my supplies with Christmas coming on.

Plenty of cricket on TV along with the Commonwealth Games in Delhi keep Trish and me busy most evenings.

Glorious Weather

The school holidays are just over and the weather has really turned around. A lovely mid 20's day today after a bit of a gloomy (and showery) fortnight. I did the 13k bike ride this morning and even ventured into the pool for a quick swim. The water is back under 22 degrees after the recent cooler weather so the swim didn't take up too much time.

Even took half an hour and put yet another brew on. This one is a lager "Gold" but I have used brown sugar this time instead of the usual white refined sugar. Lovely warm weather means it should begin to bubble fairly quickly. As usual this means a bottle washing and a bottling later in the week.

The Commonwealth games are on in New Delhi India and we have subscribed for the 6 extra channels through the Pay TV. Coverage usually begins about 1 pm our time here so it is perfect for armchair comfort. The cricket from India is on Pay TV too!

The Blonde And The Brunette

Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.

Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. Upon leaving, the brunette tells her sister, 'When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.'

The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news. She walks into the telegraph office, and says, 'I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I've bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home.'

The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then adds, it will cost 99 cents a word.' Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette realizes that she'll only be able to send her sister one word.

After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says, 'I want you to send her the word 'comfortable.' The operator shakes his head. 'How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her just the word 'comfortable?'

The brunette explains, 'My sister's blonde. The word is big.

She'll read it very slowly.... 'com-for-da-bul'.


Now read today's news in the post below!

Magpies AFL Premiers

Our showery weather continues with showers predicted for most days of next week. I was about 4k's into my bike ride today when fine misty rain began to fall. I made a quick sprint for home.

Friday was 'the usual'. I bottled Friday morning giving me quite a good backup of supplies. I need to keep in front though as a couple of weeks 'off' leads to a shortfall in supply. We are invited to a nephew's wedding in late November and we have already booked to head south to attend. The invitation arrived late last week and we have been booking accommodation. The wedding and reception are being held on the Mornington Peninsula and it is quite a drive back to Berwick from there.

There is again plenty of sport on TV with live TV coverage of the Test Cricket from India between 2 pm and 9:30pm daily. And then the Commonwealth Games from New Delhi are on TV from midday Monday. Pay TV has 6 channels devoted to coverage so we won't miss a thing.

Friday afternoon we headed around to the 'usual' meeting and enjoyed it very much.

Saturday I was back to Computer Club to help people out. Then Saturday afternoon we watched the AFL Grand Final replay from the draw the previous week. This week Collingwood were too strong and it was a one sided affair with Collingwood winning by 9 goals. I spent most of my time enjoying the Test cricket from India again.

Daylight saving commenced today along most of the east coast of Australia ... except in Queensland. So we again have the need to 'convert times' when making phone calls or travel arrangements. This will go on for about 6 months until once again things come into alignment.