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Dec 15, 2015 10:11PM
Yep, only he's going out for his Christmas lunch with the boys tomorrow! Not sure what the hairdresser can do to hide it, its like a number 0! He might need to wear a hat. I'd better stop laughing, I think he's a tad concerned about it now :/
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Michael wrote: "Oh dear as a guy that would be my worse nightmare. A hat would be definitely be the order of the day. :D"Well, thank goodness he doesn't have a whole lot of hair anyway Michael (hehehe even less now ;) to his credit he did laugh about it too......for a nanosecond ;P
I imagine his mates will get some good mileage out if it tomorrow :)
Wow! New font! (Which is different while I'm typing, and that's sort of weird.)We had torrential rain with thunder and lightning here today too. Sadly, it's totalled a friend's fantastic Christmas light show. I'll see if I can post the video I took. Apparently the lightning fried his computers, controllers and also his TV - he had a rear projection TV screen set up in an upstairs window with Santa Claus looking down and waving amongst other things.
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Brenda wrote: "Oh no! That's terrible Leonie...how sad:( And a lot of money for him too..."Yes, he's a bit devastated I believe. He'd spent all year building it - the tree had 15,128 LEDs.
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Leonie wrote: "Wow! New font! (Which is different while I'm typing, and that's sort of weird.)We had torrential rain with thunder and lightning here today too. Sadly, it's totalled a friend's fantastic Christma..."
A lot of work down the drain, poor man!
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Yep, only he's going out for his Christmas lunch with the boys tomorrow! Not sure what the hairdresser can do to hide it, its like a number 0! He might need to wear a hat. I'd better stop laughing,..."Why so concerned? It's a boys' Xmas lunch. They won't even notice; they will all think they have had a drink too many and are seeing crooked. They won't be game to mention it. I suggest your dear hubby just turns up a tad late. I wish I was a fly on the wall!
I am a bit over this "Series" thing. I would like more stand alone books. It takes too long to read a series and time is short (for me anyway). I guess a well written series is a good money spinner for the publishers and authors but each series is a singular theme even if they do suck you in.Am I the only one? I know series are very popular and I'm just wondering.
And here's the Christmas lights totalled by the thunderstorm. Although, apparently Santa's back! :)https://youtu.be/qKRgss2Xkc4
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Brenda wrote: "Wow that's awesome Leonie! That Santa looks real at the window too! How clever:)"It is, isn't it? And they were handing around a basket of candy canes and lollipops as well.
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Laureen wrote: "I am a bit over this "Series" thing. I would like more stand alone books. It takes too long to read a series and time is short (for me anyway). I guess a well written series is a good money spinner..."Laureen, I'm lost, what Series are you refering to? Sorry if I missed a post!
Laureen wrote: "I am a bit over this "Series" thing. I would like more stand alone books. It takes too long to read a series and time is short (for me anyway). I guess a well written series is a good money spinner..."I think some times series are written as stand alone books where the author never predicted several books, had no intention of writing a series of books on the same subject or with the same cast of characters, which unintentionally grow into more books; other times a publisher might suggest several books on a particular topic and other times they become a series because the books are so long, too long at around 1000 pages or more, unless War and Peace or other such books, and therefore are split.
I say this, assuming you don't mean serials, which are another whole different beast. Serials are deliberately written as a serial, day by day, or month by month, or whatever schedule the author or publisher has wanted to deliver a series of inter related stories covering a particular theme or topic or goal or characters.
Hope all our NSW readers survived the storm Ok with no property damage. I saw pictures of the damage around Kurnell yesterday and they looked pretty catastrophic. We live near the city so shouldn't have had too much trouble as long as we've fixed the last leak in the roof properly. At least the garden won't need watering for a few days.
Yes, I saw Kurnell on the news. We have been lucky they passed us and went out to sea.
Kurnell copped it pretty bad Carolyn as a few places along the path of the storm. Word was that Sydney has never had anything like it!! Westfield shopping plaza at Bondi was evacuated as part of the roof caved in.We seem to have missed the worst of it, though we did get some very strong winds briefly and lots of thunder and lightning with a couple of heavy downpours...all in all, I think we dodged a bullet!
See pics on previous page.
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Kurnell copped it pretty bad Carolyn as a few places along the path of the storm. Word was that Sydney has never had anything like it!! Westfield shopping plaza at Bondi was evacuated as part of th..."Some pretty drastic images coming out of Sydney. All okay here on the south coast.. Just lots of rain and today back to sunshine.
Hot, hot, hot here in sunny Melbourne. Today 38C, tomorrow 39C, Saturday 41C. Saturday is our family Christmas Day, sixteen of us, thank goodness my sister has air-con. But me, I'll be running back and forward from the pool, to the table:)
I've been reading the visual Design Changes thread of Goodreads Feedback Group. And I've also had trouble accessing threads via my Windows Mail which is what I usually use. Also in Notifications, sometimes cannot access a thread. But I am happy with the larger print. Back screen is still a bit bright white for me and is tiring on the eyes.
It is a nice clean font that they've chosen but the size is still smaller on my iPad than before and I have to enlarge it to read it. Must depend on the device you're using. I do have glasses for computer use but don't use them yet for reading.
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Kurnell copped it pretty bad Carolyn as a few places along the path of the storm. Word was that Sydney has never had anything like it!! Westfield shopping plaza at Bondi was evacuated as part of th..."I saw your pics Jools. Would have been pretty scary seeing that coming, particularly in Kurnell. We're probably lucky in Sydney that it headed out to sea after Kurnell and Bondi as it could have been so much worse if it had cut more of a path across Sydney.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Hot, hot, hot here in sunny Melbourne. Today 38C, tomorrow 39C, Saturday 41C. Saturday is our family Christmas Day, sixteen of us, thank goodness my sister has air-con. But me, I'll be running back..."Good thing your sister has a pool Bette. It's the only place to be on a hot Christmas Day!
Gosh that was a bad storm in Sydney yesterday - watched it move up the coast (or maybe that was the second one) - it reached Coffs harbour late yesterday (still with a dangerous storm warning) where daughter was staying the night and she texted me to say it was like a Darwin Storm she felt at home :)I explained that by the time it got there it has lost it's puff and she then got worried as she is heading for Sydney on Sunday and if Coffs was a Darwin Storm and Sydney's was worse she's not sure she'll like Sydney storms :)
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Yay!!!Ok here's some more, taken a couple of hours ago...
Wow Jules - great shots
These were all taken in succession on my phone :)"
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Bit of a worry for you, being so far away Carolyn. Have you spoken to neighbours?
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Have a wonderful family Christmas Day Bette. Hope the heat doesn't get too much for the air con with people going in and out. Terrible weather we're having :(
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It's gone now - long gone by Sunday, so she won't have to worry. We were exceptionally lucky as it went out to sea after Sydney. But the size of the hail was astronomical - fit in the palm of an adult's hand!
I heard that there was a Tornado around Sydney yesterday. I hope you all are safe and well <3
Ace wrote: "Laureen wrote: "I am a bit over this "Series" thing. I would like more stand alone books. It takes too long to read a series and time is short (for me anyway). I guess a well written series is a go..."Post 27815 Ace. Thanks to all those that replied to my query. Ace, no particular series. I have read a few series I really loved like Winston Graham Poldark Series, Isobelle Carmody Obernewtyn Series; and I could love any Juliette Marillier series.
However, the modern thing for authors seems to be to find a topic that is universally appealing and write a series with each book ending with the expectation of the story continuing.
Yeah, I guess the suggestion that to try the first book is a good one, but I'm a bit vulnerable when the end is "what's going to happen next"? Some of us might just lower our standards a little to find out.
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Brenda wrote: "It was shocking Melissa:( Here's a link you can read and see pictures - http://www.theherald.com.au/story/357...?..."
Oh my :o .. is Sydney prone to this kind of storm? or was this a rarity. Quite honestly, I did not know that Tornadoes occurred in Australia.
Oh my :o .. is Sydney prone to this kind of storm? or was this a rarity. Quite honestly, I did not know that Tornadoes occurred in Australia.
May I add my deepest sympathy and concern for all those who were affected by that Sydney storm/s. As a Queenslander, I know how terrifying and destructive they can be. My best wishes to all and I hope you have many friends and helpers that will see you through the Xmas period so you may find some friendship and comfort. I can't imagine how terrifying it would be to have your roof disappear. The noise alone would be enough.
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It's a rarity Melissa - and no, I didn't know we had tornadoes in Aus either! First a cyclone here in my home area in April, then a tornado less than 2 hours from here:( The only cyclones are supposed to be north of the country - in Sally's area!!!
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I would have to be the most terrifying experience to live through Laureen...
Brenda wrote: "It's a rarity Melissa - and no, I didn't know we had tornadoes in Aus either! First a cyclone here in my home area in April, then a tornado less than 2 hours from here:( The only cyclones are supposed to be north of the country - in Sally's area!!! -..."Yours was just a low pressure system (east coast low) or storm - I know the media called it a cyclone but it is not one in the sense that it didn't form over warm waters in tropical seas. That by no means lessens the impact or danger of that massive storm earlier this year - but is not a tropical cyclone, which is why it was never named as cyclones traditionally are.
When we move back down south I am going to make sure I have a storm shelter like I do here - at least with cyclones we get a few day's notice - you guys get a couple of hours!!!
By the way did you see that they are proposing not giving cyclones female names as all the really bad cyclones have been females!!! Also the perception is if cyclone Sally is heading for you its going to be ok as she's a girl - but if cyclone Michael is heading your way watch out he's a guy!!! I kid you not!!!
Tornados are reasonable rare - but don't forget the willy willys in the outback - they are a form of tornado and can rock your car if they cross over you while driving!!!
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Oh my goodness! Seriously! Who comes up with these ideas!
I'm sorry to hear about the terrible winds in Sydney area.Here in Ireland, we get bad winds, we worry about our sheds being blown over, no one drives in these terrible winds. Large old trees are blown over. In Dublin they are worrying about the rain - water level in Liffey river too high, and houses getting flooded.
Michael wrote: "Sally906 wrote: " but if cyclone Michael is heading your way watch out he's a guy!!! I kid you not!!!"Be afraid, be very afraid lol."
LoL!! :))
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Now I'm on a roll ;)I was in Hurstville (Sydney) yesterday and thought to photograph this for the group as I often pass it and forget to take a pic. How many people out there thought that Miles F..."
I didn't!! Thanks for showing us :)
We got nothing in the storm. Very quiet!
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Here in Ireland, we get bad winds, we worry about our sheds being blown over, no one drives in these terrible winds. Large old trees are ..."
That's pretty scary Nicole. The large old trees are a worry anywhere I think - we often have them go over - on cars, houses everything - when there are violent wind storms!
I believe Australia is now experiencing tornados. My definition of cyclone v. tornado is that a cyclone covers ay huge area in kilometres and it has an "eye". A Tornado is narrower and cut a narrow path. A couple of years ago, a suburb I used to live in experienced a Tornado. Little warning and it lead a selective path. One house totalled while it's neighbours survived. I now live in a suburb that is not far from that suburb but a little further north. I remember the noise and sitting in a stairwell with my husband as it passed. We didn't have much damage but I was terrified. We were just on the edge of that storm.
Also, the town I was born in, experienced a season where it is believed it was hit by three Tornados within hours.
Laureen wrote: "I believe Australia is now experiencing tornados. My definition of cyclone v. tornado is that a cyclone covers ay huge area in kilometres and it has an "eye". A Tornado is narrower and cut a narrow..."I grew up in Perth, and we used to have things called 'Cockeyed Bobs' which in retrospect were probably tornadoes.
They always occurred in big storms, but would take out only one side of a street, or perhaps half a dozen houses before dissipating.
Leonie wrote: "Laureen wrote: "I believe Australia is now experiencing tornados. My definition of cyclone v. tornado is that a cyclone covers ay huge area in kilometres and it has an "eye". A Tornado is narrower ..."Yeah. That is the difference I speak of. We have had low pressure systems forever but this targeted pathway that has developed over the last ten years is quite different from Australia's historical storm seasons. Tornados are very destructive to the things in its path even when they pass quickly which they invariably do, but cyclones can cause widespread mass destruction and then severe flooding.
Well, I just missed all this news as the tv has been off since we got here and I haven't seen a paper. But I'm sending good thoughts to those who experienced that 'wind devil'.I've only ever been in that 2009 Red Dust storm that travelled virtually from middle Aust to east coast in 2009. We lived in Kiama and when it struck there, you couldn't see three feet in front of you. In fact, I reckon I still have some of the red dust right in the back of my car boot. Marianne might remember, if they got it up there.
I remember a red dust storm in Sydney Bette - not sure if it was the same one. The whole sky was red and everything was very eerie.
I have photos of that red dust storm, a friend was working at the Sydney Opera House at the time and sent photos he took with his phone...I'll see if I can find them. It was incredible!
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