- you welcome the little breath of cool air that comes out from the air-conditioned bank when you withdraw cash from the ATM
- the hot air coming out of the bottom of the fridge is heating up your kitchen so much that you think someone left the oven on
- you are too scared to turn the fans or the little air-conditioner in the bedroom up too high in case it triggers a black-out in your suburb
- and when you think it's better to be riding your bike home at 7.00 at night, when the temperature is still 43, than being stuck on a crowded train platform because the train tracks have buckled in the heat.
- and when you know that however bad it is in Melbourne, it's worse in Adelaide
[Update: later that same day: still 43C]
- when your sunglasses get almost too hot to wear on your face
- when the pavement burns your feet through your sandals
- when the thermostat inside the car registers 50C
- when the bitumen is breaking up on the roads
- and when there are fires on Hoddle St and a bookshop in Carlton, because the air conditioner exploded. Watch this space.
Really looking forward to that cool change they are promising: just 35 tomorrow!
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Yes, yes. Except that I I've been too chicken to ride in the heat the last couple of days. I've been taking the oven-hot trams instead. At least the tracks haven't buckled.
It really is like the end of the world, isn't it.
Yeah, and the scary thing is: it's a taste of the world to come...
- when 37 seems like a cool change.
- when the household uniform becomes a skirt and a bra, despite the fact that you've had a new housemate move in just that week - and she adopts the uniform too.
- when a beagle does not want to go for a walk, and doesn't even object to a bath.
- when your capsicums and tomatoes roast on the bush.
- when every non-native leaf in the neighbourhood burns brown right through (does this mean, ironically, that those plants are now going to starve?)
- when even those shops that still have electricity are giving away all their icecream free, because it's melting so fast.
- when you don't read anyone's blog entries until the next week because you didn't dare turn on your computer!
Yep! all good!
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