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Ah... yeah, the planet's fine. Weather patterns all normal... sure.

It hailed/snowed pretty decently here this morning. At least I know what ACD setting to use...

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Anywhere else have the skies go a bit crazy?

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Merry Christmas Jamezilla.

Yea, I'm just around the corner in Edithvale, working... sux, perk of being the boss, going home in a min... it was a bit white here as well. now itz pissing down.

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nice house.....whats the evo doing outside man? tsk tsk!

yeah, we got heavy hail here in mt waverley too - but probably not as bad as what your experiencing.....

man, i sat up waiting for santa, so I can catch the dude that ate all my oreo cookies - but he didnt show up..... :santa:

Geezus this place sh*ts me........

Spence called from the Sunshine Coast to say he was sipping a coldie with just a light beading of sweat on his brow. Just warm enough to make the beer even more enjoyable.

as far as i'm concerned, it can rain and snow for the rest of 06/07 :)

get the dams back up and also give us some snow to ski on this coming season! didn't go up one day last year, wasn't worth it :)

Geezus this place sh*ts me........

Spence called from the Sunshine Coast to say he was sipping a coldie with just a light beading of sweat on his brow. Just warm enough to make the beer even more enjoyable.

i spent 7 days in november this year in gold coast, it was the most miserable week i had in ages...

the so called sunshine state did not produce anything but thunderous storms pissing hail on our rental car, relentless grey skies with rain and all the while a yucky humidity that sweats the most cold blooded...

i will take the unpredictable melb weather anytime...

i spent 7 days in november this year in gold coast, it was the most miserable week i had in ages...

the so called sunshine state did not produce anything but thunderous storms pissing hail on our rental car, relentless grey skies with rain and all the while a yucky humidity that sweats the most cold blooded...

i will take the unpredictable melb weather anytime...

Exactly the same as 5 of the 7 days I spent there in Feb of this year. 2 days of glorious sun and sat at the pool then a low pressure system sat off the coast of Fraser Island for over a week, with the first 5 days of that being my holiday! Happily take Melbourne anyday. :)

When we got to QLD in march (the day after the SAU GOR cruise which took place in some amazing weather) there was nothing but storms for the first 5 or so days of my trip. All the beaches etc were closed...was awesome stuff :)

It was all you pathetic *Ricks deserved. 'Sif we'd want to waste good Queensland weather on mexicans. That's the time for rain to convince you all to stay here. Qld Premier is going to slap a tax on the old folks coming up from down south to pay for their amenities.

I'll happily think of you all as I'm getting my blood temps back above that of a stone in the high alps in winter.

Remember I've had 6-1/2 years to utterly despise the weather down here. Not some hopeless week away.

I do remember my final winter in ACT. Beautiful snow drifting down......enough to pull out the board and slip in a couple of runs down the back yard.

Enjoy....losers!! Deep in your hearts you all know how crap it is here. No-one with a clue comes to Melbourne for a fantastic beach holiday.

:laugh:

* silent P as in *Rick Kelly :pirate:

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