The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Good morning all

Good evening.
Was a nice warm (read hot 30°C) day but blustery at times.

 

[Windigo]

Good morning everyone

 

[Lullabelle]

Dark and dull here today, there is talk of floods again over the weekend. Clocks go back at the weekend which means an extra hour in bed however it will be darker when going home

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Good morning everyone

And a sweltering good evening to you too.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Clocks go back at the weekend which means an extra hour in bed however it will be darker when going home

We went forward a few weeks ago. For a day or two i got to see the sunrise again. Now at nearly 7pm at night it is still too warm at 25°C, better than the 33°C of earlier, but we are due frosts action on Sunday night, however I'm not sure we'll light the fire this time.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Oh and it will become 11hrs between families and us from Sunday, making direct communications much more difficult with aged parents and a brother who likes to be ring at 6am UK time!

 

[TastyReuben]

Watched this one the other day, silent, Swedish, 1921

The Phantom Carriage

• TastyReuben
• 22 Oct 2019

Watched this one today, good little trio of tales, and directed by Mario Bava.

Black Sabbath!

• TastyReuben
• 25 Oct 2019

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

At 11:30am it was 31°C.
Then the cold front arrived.
It's now 14°C.

That's a drop of 17°C in less than 45 minutes.
And it's still dropping (so's barometric pressure)

 

[rascal]

At 11:30am it was 31°C.
Then the cold front arrived.
It's now 14°C.

That's a drop of 17°C in less than 45 minutes.
And it's still dropping (so's barometric pressure)

14 deg c AGAIN. Still supposed to be 26 in the weekend. More plant growth.

Russ

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

14 deg c AGAIN. Still supposed to be 26 in the weekend. More plant growth.

Russ

We're now back to 30°C! And I've just found my husband's friend in amongst my lavender... this is why you have to be really careful in Australia... I put my hand in to pick up some seedlings blown away by the storm... them I noticed that the lavender was limp and went to check it wasn't broken off at the bottom...

So the good lavender where the seedlings were,

The limp lavender that I wanted to check, spotted it yet?

No, well luckily I had.

It's our resident (just don't ask us where though) shingle back lizard. They are relatively harmless.

This is it, last week (when grass was still green).

 

[Yorky]

Blimey! I remember you posting about the easy availability and sheer range of fish sauces in Thailand. Maybe the abalone type is special. But 6 bottles does seem a lot!

She brought another 6 bottles yesterday. We've only used 2 of the others!

 

[Lullabelle]

We're now back to 30°C! And I've just found my husband's friend in amongst my lavender... this is why you have to be really careful in Australia... I put my hand in to pick up some seedlings blown away by the storm... them I noticed that the lavender was limp and went to check it wasn't broken off at the bottom...

So the good lavender where the seedlings were,
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The limp lavender that I wanted to check, spotted it yet?
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No, well luckily I had.

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It's our resident (just don't ask us where though) shingle back lizard. They are relatively harmless.

This is it, last week (when grass was still green).
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Cutie

 

[TastyReuben]

Weather today, overcast all day low of 48F/9C, high of 63F/17C.

 

[Yorky]

Weather today, overcast all day low of 48F/9C, high of 63F/17C.

That would require completely new wardrobes for us!

 

[TastyReuben]

That would require a completely new wardrobe for us!

We're moving into my favorite month of the year (November), as far as weather goes around these parts.