The SWAMP! - Volume One

**drf** · **10-29-06, 01:17 AM**

haven't planted anything yet, just mowing and pruning, cleaning up a rental property for my brother.

as we are approaching summer I could probably plant just about anything, so long as we get some rain to make it grow

**Fincave** · **10-29-06, 01:45 AM**

New meat in the Swamp indeed!! Good to see some new people making an appearance. Really hope you get your rain, read somewhere that parts of Oz are having the worst drought in years!

**Sonnie** · **10-29-06, 02:46 AM**

Fincave

So where exactly is Oz and what are the temps there?

**Fincave** · **10-29-06, 03:07 AM**

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Sonnie wrote:

Fincave

So where exactly is Oz and what are the temps there?

Oz = Australia

**Fincave** · **10-29-06, 03:34 AM**

Just for interest sake, the weather here in Finland has gotten a bit colder and we have snow on the ground, a high of 0 (33F) and a low of -3 (26F).

**drf** · **10-29-06, 03:55 AM**

I am in the colder/wetter parts of australia :

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...87.099609&om=1 melbourne

we have had one of the dryest winters on record, I estimate we had 15 days when it rained over the entire season. (heres a link to our bureu of meterology). in some parts of victoria that is in the lowest 10% over thast 100 years. Average temps would be between 18 and 30C or 60-86 F. this summer the forcast is for very dry days with average temps about 38 (thats 104 Farenheit).

I think we will buy air conditioning this year

**Fincave** · **10-29-06, 04:04 AM**

Was not quite sure where in Oz (Sonnie: read Australia

) you were. Cricket fan by any chance?

**drf** · **10-29-06, 04:12 AM**

not really cricket, I like aussie rules football and don't mind the rugby but thats about where my interest in sports ends, from there its all electronics and music.

**Fincave** · **10-29-06, 04:21 AM**

Music definitely beats sport though I do follow cricket and also rugby (union not league). Have seen some of the Aussie rules footie and lets just say it looks very tough!

**drf** · **10-29-06, 05:12 AM**

Aussie rules is very tough, in fact majority of the players suffer pain the rest of their lifes from the injuries they sustain on the field. It really puts you on the edge of your seat when the game gets that physically intense.

**JCD** · **10-29-06, 01:43 PM**

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drf wrote:

Aussie rules is very tough, in fact majority of the players suffer pain the rest of their lifes from the injuries they sustain on the field. It really puts you on the edge of your seat when the game gets that physically intense.

My sister recently married a Kiwi (For Sonnie, Kiwi = Someone from New Zealand

).
When I went over for the wedding, I watched a football match. I've come to the conclusion that something happens when the get to the Oceanic continent that makes normal everyday people crazy. It just looks so painful. My brother in law played when he was in high school. Supposedly pretty good. Anyway, he was playing in one match and had someone rake their cleats across his face, catch hi nose, and tear it a bit. Went out the game, got some stiches, and then got back in the game.

Like I said. Crazy.

JCD

**Sonnie** · **10-29-06, 08:02 PM**

Okay... I'm getting a geography lesson... lol

Oz makes sense now. Kiwi does not... heehee

Wow... that sounds painful indeed... ouch!

**drf** · **10-30-06, 12:51 AM**

the nik-name Kiwi comes from a small furry animal called a "Kiwi" that is native only to new Zealand and some surrounding islands. My father in Law used to play AFL until he dislocated his shoulder and his team mates carried him of the field by lifting him one under each arm.

. Were not all that crazy though.

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 02:50 AM**

Good morning all! Hope Sonnie enjoyed the geography lesson. A Kiwi is a small flightless bird found in New Zealand and the surrounding islands.

**drf** · **10-30-06, 03:19 AM**

morning,

you know more about the Kiwi than I do, Ididn't know it was a bird.

whats for breakfast?

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 03:45 AM**

Was pretty sure it was a bird but had to do a quick search to make sure. IIRC the All Blacks logo is a bird. Breakfast = three cups of coffee.

**drf** · **10-30-06, 03:54 AM**

from this:

to this

in three cups flat!

you guys must be almost 12 hours behind/infront as I have just finished dinner.

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 04:05 AM**

Yeah we are behind, it has just gone 11:00 in the morning! You guys get to celebrate New Year before us!!

**drf** · **10-30-06, 04:23 AM**

cool!!

I'll let you know if new years is anygood, if it's not then you'll have time to make other plans.

I could do the same for mondays too if you like, when I knock of work I'll let you know whether it is a good day or not, just in case it is a bad day.

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 04:30 AM**

To make things complicated, Wednesday is my Monday most of the time. I work in a restaurant and normally have Mon & Tue off so am kind of in my own time zone here

.

**drf** · **10-30-06, 04:41 AM**

modays always good then?, your Mondays are my Saturdays which makes your Sunday my Friday.

wait a minute

I love the range of smilies here!!

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 04:50 AM**

Pretty much as clear as mud

Normally after about two months of having Mon & Tue ( Sat & Sun) off I then switch to having Wed and Thur off, previously your Mon & Tue though liable to become your Sat & Sun though probably this will only happen in about three weeks time?

. Definitely some great smilies here!

Hope Sonnie is following this!

**drf** · **10-30-06, 05:16 AM**

unless he starts from the beginning he may need a month of sundays to work it out

Now I know why we have calenders, I could never understand why people needed a calender to tell them what day came next (after all there is only seven of them repeating). now I understand, when communicating halfway across the globe it is important to remember that tomorrow could actually be yesterday, and today could be tomorrow or maybe just last night.

On that note, I need to go to bed before I convince myself tomorrow is Saturday.
night all.

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 05:21 AM**

Going to bed in the middle of the day and on a Saturday, most unusual! I suppose that maybe once in a blue moon we may actually be on the same day!!

**Sonnie** · **10-30-06, 11:32 AM**

Good Morning!

It's 10:32am here right now.

I'm trying to keep up!

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