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It looks like the TV is sellotaped to the table below.

That's in case a spider decides to drag it somewhere.

 filbert wrote:
It looks like the TV is sellotaped to the table below.

maybe the glass has melted ?

There's a reason we snigger when we hear that a heat wave of 21C has hit Europe, and everyone's flocking to the beaches.


Probably more applicable to my fellow Aussies, but I stumbled across this lovely lass a couple weeks back. That's a 600ml bottle for scale.

 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:

people are not supposed to live there, it's obvious.

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

 whembly wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:

people are not supposed to live there, it's obvious.

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

Can speak for the rest of australia but in Queensland it is usually humidity, if your lucky though you can get dry heat.

In NSW it's "so humid, breathing takes effort" heat - we hit mid 90% humidity for a few days of that, and then because of the unstable conditions, thunderstorms (though no actual rain where I was, just thunder and lightning).

Up in the tropics of FNQ, it's towel-off before a shower humidity.

I live south of Sydney and we haven't dropped below 50% humidity since I think Christmas. The 3 day heatwave was about 90% humidity and 40-45c for 3 days.

Just bunged the air con on for those days and got the dogs in from the heat.


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 Farseer Anath'lan wrote:
There's a reason we snigger when we hear that a heat wave of 21C has hit Europe, and everyone's flocking to the beaches.


Probably more applicable to my fellow Aussies, but I stumbled across this lovely lass a couple weeks back. That's a 600ml bottle for scale.

I get those bastards around my house. Got to get a pest control guy in to properly spray around the yard.

 Farseer Anath'lan wrote:
There's a reason we snigger when we hear that a heat wave of 21C has hit Europe, and everyone's flocking to the beaches.


Probably more applicable to my fellow Aussies, but I stumbled across this lovely lass a couple weeks back. That's a 600ml bottle for scale.

My cat somehow managed to bring one about that size into the house earlier today. $5 for an electric flyswatter (it zaps so it's pretty fun) was the best investment I've ever made. I also never want another cat.

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.


The worst part of this sort of weather isn't the heat, though, but the inevitable bushfires that come with it. Made even worse when idiots decide to help them along... A friend of mine nearly lost her house on the weekend because some complete fething mouthbreather decided to start lighting fires in the middle of a 49 degree heatwave.




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 n0t_u wrote:

My cat somehow managed to bring one about that size into the house earlier today. $5 for an electric flyswatter (it zaps so it's pretty fun) was the best investment I've ever made. I also never want another cat.

Mine will quite happily* try to take on possums, but runs away from bugs...


*By 'happily', I mean the sort of 'happy' where you're fluffed up to 15 times your normal size and screaming 'GGGGNNNAAAAAAAAAAGH! I fething FONG you in the HURTY place!!!!!!'

Not the most enjoyable way to be woken from a sound sleep at 2 in the morning.

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

Melbourne actually has quite nice weather. People bitch about it being erratic, and it kind of is, but the extremes you see really aren't terrible. When Melbournians bitch about humidity I assume it's because they've never lived anywhere genuinely humid

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

As someone who actually lives on the Gulf Coast and knows what real humidity is, son if you think the Midwest has humidity you don't have a G d d mn clue. we live in a semi liquid state here.. Fish routinely forget where the ocean is and just have to flap a little extra hard to go through the "air" here.

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

As someone who actually lives on the Gulf Coast and knows what real humidity is, son if you think the Midwest has humidity you don't have a G d d mn clue. we live in a semi liquid state here.. Fish routinely forget where the ocean is and just have to flap a little extra hard to go through the "air" here.

Old man, I summer'ed in Houston.... it's humid as feth there.

But in St. Louis, it gets so hot... so humid... THE AIR DOESN'T MOVE! You don't know if you're trapped in a hallucinated state trapped in an overly topped sauna. A breeze is such a rare sight, it shows up on social media when people report it real time.

Some St. Louis anecdote.

However, pretty sure Dallas is worst. (or maybe Austin )

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

That's because inland Australia becomes increasingly desert. I'm not a meteorologist or anything, but my guess would be probably something to do with high altitude winds and locations of mountain ranges defining where rain tends to fall, most of the central part of Australia is flat (compared to the USA where the Rocky's and Appalachians cut through the continent).

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

As someone who actually lives on the Gulf Coast and knows what real humidity is, son if you think the Midwest has humidity you don't have a G d d mn clue. we live in a semi liquid state here.. Fish routinely forget where the ocean is and just have to flap a little extra hard to go through the "air" here.

Old man, I summer'ed in Houston.... it's humid as feth there.

But in St. Louis, it gets so hot... so humid... THE AIR DOESN'T MOVE! You don't know if you're trapped in a hallucinated state trapped in an overly topped sauna. A breeze is such a rare sight, it shows up on social media when people report it real time.

Some St. Louis anecdote.

However, pretty sure Dallas is worst. (or maybe Austin )

I lived in St. Louis as a lad. My statement stands.


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AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

That's because inland Australia becomes increasingly desert. I'm not a meteorologist or anything, but my guess would be probably something to do with high altitude winds and locations of mountain ranges defining where rain tends to fall, most of the central part of Australia is flat (compared to the USA where the Rocky's and Appalachians cut through the continent).

Similar conditions in Asia (aka Russia and the Stans) and the US.

I'd like to contribute towards the OP. My sig

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

As someone who actually lives on the Gulf Coast and knows what real humidity is, son if you think the Midwest has humidity you don't have a G d d mn clue. we live in a semi liquid state here.. Fish routinely forget where the ocean is and just have to flap a little extra hard to go through the "air" here.

Old man, I summer'ed in Houston.... it's humid as feth there.

But in St. Louis, it gets so hot... so humid... THE AIR DOESN'T MOVE! You don't know if you're trapped in a hallucinated state trapped in an overly topped sauna. A breeze is such a rare sight, it shows up on social media when people report it real time.

Some St. Louis anecdote.

However, pretty sure Dallas is worst. (or maybe Austin )

I lived in St. Louis as a lad. My statement stands.

But that was during the Ice Age Fraz...

Kidding aside... I'll take your word for it.

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 whembly wrote:

Is that like "dry heat"... or "humid as feth I.CANT.BREATHE.HEAT!"???

It does depend somewhat on how close you are to the coast. For the most part, the further inland you go, the drier and hotter it gets, at least in the northern states. Central NSW gets a bit muggy, and Victoria just makes gak up as it goes along.

That's interesting... in the states, it's almost the opposite.

In the midwest, we'd get suffocating, stagnant air with HIGH humidity. The closer to the coast (as in < 100 miles), the 'better' it seems due to trade wind off the ocean.

'Tis why Missourian likens our summer to 'swimming through hot wet noodles'.

As someone who actually lives on the Gulf Coast and knows what real humidity is, son if you think the Midwest has humidity you don't have a G d d mn clue. we live in a semi liquid state here.. Fish routinely forget where the ocean is and just have to flap a little extra hard to go through the "air" here.

Old man, I summer'ed in Houston.... it's humid as feth there.

But in St. Louis, it gets so hot... so humid... THE AIR DOESN'T MOVE! You don't know if you're trapped in a hallucinated state trapped in an overly topped sauna. A breeze is such a rare sight, it shows up on social media when people report it real time.

Some St. Louis anecdote.

However, pretty sure Dallas is worst. (or maybe Austin )

I lived in St. Louis as a lad. My statement stands.

But that was during the Ice Age Fraz...

Kidding aside... I'll take your word for it.

Well...yea that is true.

On a more horrific note :


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38988995?ocid=socialflow_twitter


..scale of that ?!

Anyone who lives in any coastal city who complains about the weather is weak. I live in Perth, but I’ve spent a few years living in the country, and what I learned is that any weather on the coasts is lovely compared to what you get in the country.

I remember one time I went out to talk to some guys on the road crow, it was so hot I could hardly breathe and those mad fethers were laying bitumen. I went back in to the office and felt this enormous relief as the office’s air con hit. But the temp gauge in the office 38’ in the office, which is about a 100 in faranheit. It would have been at least 10’ hotter outside.

 chromedog wrote:
Emu tastes nothing like turkey overall. Emu makes turkey seem like a tasteless and rather anaemic pigeon.

Emu is a RED meat to start with and somewhat more "gamey", with a much stronger flavour. I prefer it to some of the more "normal" meats like lamb, tbh. It's a lot leaner, too.

I've had emu a few times and not enjoyed it at all. But then I've quite enjoyed kangaroo a few times... both are tough meats to cook and I think I was just unlucky with the emu, because I've heard it can be quite yummy.

 filbert wrote:
It looks like the TV is sellotaped to the table below.

I think the tv owner just didn't bother to take the plastic wrap off the stand. That's what it looks like to me, anyway.

 sebster wrote:
Anyone who lives in any coastal city who complains about the weather is weak. I live in Perth, but I’ve spent a few years living in the country, and what I learned is that any weather on the coasts is lovely compared to what you get in the country..

I disagree. I went from living in Moranbah (central Qld mining town, routinely 35-40 degree summer days) to Sarina (on the coast, generally at least 5-10 degrees cooler) and hated it. I'll take the extra heat over the humidity on the coast any day.

 insaniak wrote:
I disagree. I went from living in Moranbah (central Qld mining town, routinely 35-40 degree summer days) to Sarina (on the coast, generally at least 5-10 degrees cooler) and hated it. I'll take the extra heat over the humidity on the coast any day.

Yeah but that's Queensland. Heat and humidity is not an Australian thing, therefore you are not Australian

Careful now, all the Aussie mods are Queenslanders haha.

On the weather I got into the garden in the arvo today and it wasn't too bad at all. We can have normal days as well see

 motyak wrote:
Careful now, all the Aussie mods are Queenslanders haha.

That explains so much!

On the weather I got into the garden in the arvo today and it wasn't too bad at all. We can have normal days as well see

We had flooding that wiped out about half the south west last week. Today is lovely here as well

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/haunting-video-of-redback-spider-killing-deadly-brown-snake-goes-viral/

Come back for a visit and I clicked this thread this early morning.....OHFN

On a lighter note, even though Australia is a deathworld, their animal life is highly cultured preferring only the best French restaurants.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/21/french-waitress-
drags-huge-lizard-australian-restaurant/

I figured you Aussies might get a laugh from this one:

They finally buffed Tyranids?