It is raining outside my window as I type. Brisbane is in the grip of a one in a hundred year drought - or so the politicians tell us - and there are water restrictions right left and centre. The latest, due to come in over this weekend, are that you cannot water your gardens with a hose, you have to fill up a bucket and 'hand water' as it were. Also, swimming pools are supposed to have covers on them, to reduce the amount of evaporation.
In my job, I take calls from all around the country, so sometimes get into chitchat with Melburnians, Sydneysiders and the rest, who in winter are always complaining about how bad the weather is where they are. Talking as a Brisbanite, I am sick and tired of the crystal clear blue skies we have had up here for it seems twelve months straight, give us some rain.
So yes, is nice to see a bit of precipitation outside the window - even though I just know when I switch on the TV tonight, or tomorrow as the family is going out tonight (to Stomp, a dancing kind of stage show, thank you for asking), or whenever I catch the local news again, the mayor and/or the premier will be saying how all this rain has missed the dam catchment areas. Bet your bottom dollar on it...
Watched Germany Costa Rica last night, good, exciting game. Went to bed rather than watch Poland and Ecuador. Now, if I am to only watch one game a night, I do need some sleep after all, what should I watch on Day Two? Argentina v Ivory Coast or England v Paraguay? I have a feeling that the Argentina game will be more entertaining, but there's that old pull to Mother England and such, I think I may have to catch that one instead. And it only starts at 11pm tonight, well early :)
Pauly
In my job, I take calls from all around the country, so sometimes get into chitchat with Melburnians, Sydneysiders and the rest, who in winter are always complaining about how bad the weather is where they are. Talking as a Brisbanite, I am sick and tired of the crystal clear blue skies we have had up here for it seems twelve months straight, give us some rain.
So yes, is nice to see a bit of precipitation outside the window - even though I just know when I switch on the TV tonight, or tomorrow as the family is going out tonight (to Stomp, a dancing kind of stage show, thank you for asking), or whenever I catch the local news again, the mayor and/or the premier will be saying how all this rain has missed the dam catchment areas. Bet your bottom dollar on it...
Watched Germany Costa Rica last night, good, exciting game. Went to bed rather than watch Poland and Ecuador. Now, if I am to only watch one game a night, I do need some sleep after all, what should I watch on Day Two? Argentina v Ivory Coast or England v Paraguay? I have a feeling that the Argentina game will be more entertaining, but there's that old pull to Mother England and such, I think I may have to catch that one instead. And it only starts at 11pm tonight, well early :)
Pauly
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