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 68AutoBug
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Coldest Winter I can remember... YIKES - 4C
[size=4]This is the coldest winter I can remember
the past few days - 6pm to 10am have been freezing
its been -2c to -4c Now that IS cold...
I would love to have a sump heater on My beetle, so when its started...
the heaters would work fast.... lol
and the engine would want to keep going... on idle.. lol
LEE
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PS: I wonder how a single bed electric blanket would go wrapped around the engine.. lol
Don';t think that would work... lol
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 05:12 AM |
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Shite, heading your way today, betta put a shirt on.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 06:43 AM |
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posted by 68AutoBug
[size=4]This is the coldest winter I can remember
the past few days - 6pm to 10am have been freezing
its been -2c to -4c Now that IS cold...
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All due to global warming....
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 06:44 AM |
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yep, ya dont hear them complaining about Global warming now...... wonder why that is?!?!
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 07:48 AM |
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ooh valla will be even more fun with those temps at night :0
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 08:16 AM |
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i believe its called climate change.
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 09:02 AM |
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All the pollution in the world aint gonna stop the earths axis tilting.
My understanding is that this changes the climate to each extreme every 45000 to 50000 years.
In fact the Australian Aboriginies were living in Australia through the last one.
Theory was they kille all the mega fauna to keep warm(skins).
Well that's the story I made up anyhow.
What ever the theory, polution aint good.
Would you sh*t on your own dining table?!
I had a report of minus 8 at Armidale,
yet we have only had a minimum of 7 degrees this year.(perhaps 6 this morning!!)
20 to 30 years ago the winters were anywhere from zero to 5 at night here.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 09:15 AM |
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Hi
I can tell its cold, I drove my Hi lux work ute for 12 hours today around Sydney, it was putting out water vapour from the exhaust all day.
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 09:19 AM |
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Hi
Something else for the chicken littles to worry about, with all the mining going on and taking tons of minerals for our continent and then moving them
to another place in the world, with this put the earth out of balance?
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 10:13 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
[size=4]This is the coldest winter I can remember
the past few days - 6pm to 10am have been freezing
its been -2c to -4c Now that IS cold...
I would love to have a sump heater on My beetle, so when its started...
the heaters would work fast.... lol
and the engine would want to keep going... on idle.. lol
LEE
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PS: I wonder how a single bed electric blanket would go wrapped around the engine.. lol
Don';t think that would work... lol
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Froze one of the panels on the hot water and popped a pipe today Lee. Now another bloody repair on the house rather than getting ready to drive to
Valla! Should have isolated the panels last weekend. Too late to say shoulda now.
DH
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 10:46 AM |
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Wasn't even that cold on the great ocean road last week... sheesh!
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 11:44 AM |
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i believe its called climate change.
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I really believe it's called "winter"!! It's never been any different here in the Hawkesbury for the last 60 odd years that I know of. And
summer?? No different there with temps to the mid 40s.
DH
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 01:00 PM |
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pffft Glen innes hit -10c lastnight so tenterfield would have been around the same
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68AutoBug
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Shite, heading your way today, betta put a shirt on.
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Yes, Donn
and a beanie on Your head, nice warm gloves and a BIG coat
and Yikes.. Jeans are cold on Your legs..??
Might have to get some nice warm tracksuit pants on...
LEE
PS: I keep thinking of Mechanics in the cold...
spanners get really cold... maybe invent a spanner warmer..lol
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 02:29 PM |
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yes it was cold. hit about -6 or 7 at night few days ago. pfft! thats "cold kyneton" for you. Nothing special here.
as low as - 10 winter nights, as high as +50 mid summer day.
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 03:48 PM |
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Dunno what your on about. high 20's in Cairns I hate Cairns
winters. Sure it's cooler than summer but , it's still really warm!! I guess thats why this is peak tourism season for us. All you southerners come
up here to escape the cold lol
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68AutoBug
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 06:51 PM |
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Dunno what your on about. high 20's in Cairns I hate Cairns
winters. Sure it's cooler than summer but , it's still really warm!! I guess thats why this is peak tourism season for us. All you southerners come
up here to escape the cold lol
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Yes
My Wife is in Cairns at the moment.. lol
when I told her it was 6c at 6pm tonite...
She laughed... lol
Lee
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| Quote: | Originally
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i believe its called climate change.
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I really believe it's called "winter"!! It's never been any different here in the Hawkesbury for the last 60 odd years that I know of. And
summer?? No different there with temps to the mid 40s.
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Hi Dallas,
We do have large seasonal/yearly changes in Scone...
wasn't really cold in Scone the past few years...
and last summer wasn't that hot..lol
a few 40c but nothing like weeks of 38-44c We have had over the years...
I used to remember xmas day... always 44c....lol
tried not to go outside...
In a very hot summer I don't drive My beetle..
but drove it every week last summer...
LEE
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
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posted by 1500S
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posted by bitemeoz
i believe its called climate change.
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I really believe it's called "winter"!! It's never been any different here in the Hawkesbury for the last 60 odd years that I know of. And
summer?? No different there with temps to the mid 40s.
DH
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Hi Dallas,
We do have large seasonal/yearly changes in Scone...
wasn't really cold in Scone the past few years...
and last summer wasn't that hot..lol
a few 40c but nothing like weeks of 38-44c We have had over the years...
I used to remember xmas day... always 44c....lol
tried not to go outside...
In a very hot summer I don't drive My beetle..
but drove it every week last summer...
LEE
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Daughter came off night shift at Tamworth VKG this morning and had a nice white Forester rather than black! She's still happy to have transfered
from general duties to radio on these days even though she grew up in freezing Richmond.
Are you going to Valla and when? I'm going up that way on the Friday
DH
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by dangerous
All the pollution in the world aint gonna stop the earths axis tilting.
My understanding is that this changes the climate to each extreme every 45000 to 50000 years.
In fact the Australian Aboriginies were living in Australia through the last one.
Theory was they kille all the mega fauna to keep warm(skins).
Well that's the story I made up anyhow.
What ever the theory, polution aint good.
Would you sh*t on your own dining table?!
I had a report of minus 8 at Armidale,
yet we have only had a minimum of 7 degrees this year.(perhaps 6 this morning!!)
20 to 30 years ago the winters were anywhere from zero to 5 at night here.
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Dave that is the best theory I have seen for quite a while,I was sure the kangaroos & koalas used to have a lot more mates with skins.When I was
akid we used to have winters like this and still go out rabbiting at night or dawn,the frost was down & the small waterholes were frozen over, i
can almost remember when the coins had bumblebees on them.
Perhaps we are getting softer as we didn't even have heaters or air conditioners in our classrooms back then.
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| posted on June 30th, 2010 at 08:36 PM |
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I left home today with a jumper on jeze it was cold, tee shirt shorts and thongs after 9am......would live anywhere else
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Mate how appropriate is your user name! LOL Mitchell
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I think its been one of the warmest winters up here in Queensland.
Pretty much everyday has been a shorts, teeshirt and thongs day
Strangly though it was colder in Autum here, rather than winter?
I don't wanna experience anything under 10, and neither does my Golf!
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I landed in Raleigh North Carolina on the weekend. 35 deg C in the day, 31 overnight. Bummed I'm missing that cold snap. Yeah right.
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I landed in Raleigh North Carolina on the weekend. 35 deg C in the day, 31 overnight. Bummed I'm missing that cold snap. Yeah right.
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I wish I could send over some frost for you Paul...
but it would surely melt with those temps... lol
last winter , Our trees didn't even drop their leaves, as it didn't get cold enough...
now that was a good winter.... lol
and I don't know how We walked to school in the winter ?? only wooden floorboards.. no heaters.. ?? YIKES.
and no horse or swine flu etc....
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this is the time to make an alternative manifold preheater...
but as Lee mentioned spanner gets cold
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Well they announced on the local news in Cairns tonight....warmest June on record! Just goes to show global warming is a reality and we no longer have
a winter here  Escape the cold....come to Cairns
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yeah it was cold - 11 here but only -7 last night almost like summer haha
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It's bloody cold here in Noosa as well especially leaving work at 11.40 at night in the buggy!!!! Plus there's nutcases (mainly from Victoria!)
swimming Put it all down to global warming!?!
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That global warming must have missed the Southern Highlands (NSW)
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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