I know about that because as I have told you before I used to live in Adelaide in the early 90's during my teens. I went there once. What a joke. :smug:

Winter rocks.

Best season. They reckon in UK will be colder than normal which is good.
I miss the Russian winters. Ah how I loved Tomsk with -40 for quite a bit of it. Ah I remember 9am walking to teach my class and actually walking about 30 centimetres above the pavement due to the layering of snowfall.

Then walking back in the afternoon and getting a shaslik from the shahslik man......ah those were the days....

Walking on a river was fun too........I could walk on water, fancy that.

And where am I stuck right now. North sodding East of sodding Scotland with too warm October weather :(

Try working outdoors in -40 and see how you like it. :-j My lot in life.

And what the hecks a shaslik? A type of coffee?

Between 30 and 40 degress F here in Penn's Woods and the today was the first day since sunday without rain. From what I hear of England, it's much like Southern Pennsylvania. But with better... choices of refreshment, yes? I'm hoping to finally see the thermo hit -20 F this year myself. Makes taking my Mauser out to field a whole new level of fun. Out of morbid curiosity have any of you European chaps ever had the chance to go hunting?

Shishlik are bits of grilled lamb or other meats.

I don't think Starbucks carries it or has yet invented a coffee flavored after it. :dead:

I can only recall experiencing +40 once in my life in Saskatchewan, a Canadian prarie Provience. I could hardly breath or walk in that heat so overwhelming. :o

Thanks Avon Lady but Im a tea man myself. ;)

Everyone tells me they have lived in little old Adelaide. Its is quite suprising the number of people that lived here from this site alone... :hmm: Maybe I drive them away.......... :|\ Excellent !!!!more water for me :rotfl:

Well for the last 2 years we can't water our gardens between 6pm and 8am. It sucks, I blame it on the Americans with people like Montgomery Burns running nuclear power stations, I wouldn't be suprised if they have built a pipeline from the Murray to the USA and sucking our fresh water away :-j

Anyhow what is wrong with Mt Therbarton (Snowdome)? Just because it is basically ice shavings or it was last time I was there 8 yrs back.

Yeah frigging European Hordes always trying to take over Australia!!! We have the European wasp in abundance in Adelaide. I swear when it flys around in its mind its going 'I am looking for a rumble, lets play face to face with a human (and I mean face to face) and see who cracks first'

Hell, little old uncultured Damo thought 'shaslik' was basically 'meat on a stick' grilled with veges of your choice stuck inbetween the meat portions.


Come to Adelaide not middle of summer but late January, Feburary or sometimes even early March (March the start of our Autumn or Fall). You will have a week or 2 of 40c+ or at least 37c+. People say go swim!!, I live 10mins from beach or less (like most of Adelaideans), the sand gets that hot and reflects the sun. I say 'frig that'. (plus also sand sucks in general!!!)
But hey!!, our beaches do rule if you are a calm water person.

A friend of mine has a theory that there are only 500 real people in the world - the rest are extras. :D

This pic is ten years old, but what the hell:

http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/U...500vinter3.jpg