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Read my LJ post here first: http://scottrell001.livejournal.com/40022.htmlRead more... )

Interesting that the journalists are now following my example and describing this as "The heatwave from hell ( Read more... )

Dramatic incidents involving trains seem to be the focus of my subconscious lately. Here's what was put on the cerebral cortex last night ( Read more... )

The next person who says "Australia is the most wonderful place to live" had better be prepared to live with Foxaroo claw wounds.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5277565/ambos-urge-caution-heat-wave/

"Ambos urge caution during heat wave( ( Read more... )

Had a perfect Goon Show moment at work (in the air-conditioning). I wish Secombe or Milligan had been alive to hear this...

Work colleage: (Preparing to attend an off-site event) "I've got the time for the train, it's 3:03."
Myself: (Sorry, it was too good to resist) "Three-oh-three! It must be a bullet train!If only there had been a band nearby ( Read more... )

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On the train en route to Fox Valley this morning I met a rather disorented Canuck who was very grateful for my assistance. I in turn was very intrigued to hear (albeit briefly) of how Sydney differs from where he came from (Toronto I think he said, though I could be wrong ( Read more... )

http://weather.smh.com.au/local.jsp - I'm posting this at 1:35pm local time. We're expecting a cool change later in the day. I really hope it DOES arrive; my place will be like a brick oven already. Thank heavens for the air-conditioning at my workplace ( Read more... )

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5261115/woman-mri-zoo

A US woman who had a tumor on her spine was told to go to the zoo to have a MRI because she was too heavy and too wide to fit through a regular MRI machine, according to reports ( Read more... )