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Title: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 20, 2015, 04:15:21 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 20, 2015, 04:15:21 AM
This might help you get home in the weather tonight!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.konaboys.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2Fsnorkel-set.jpg&hash=cd9f9216ad1e95a0cfe2242ee9c2874f819648f6)
Wish they had some of these in my size...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgalleryplus.ebayimg.com%2Fws%2Fweb%2F280808891505_1_0_1%2F1000x1000.jpg&hash=e40ca105cb6a143925d253d865cbb8d746949ac7)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.konaboys.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2Fsnorkel-set.jpg&hash=cd9f9216ad1e95a0cfe2242ee9c2874f819648f6)
Wish they had some of these in my size...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgalleryplus.ebayimg.com%2Fws%2Fweb%2F280808891505_1_0_1%2F1000x1000.jpg&hash=e40ca105cb6a143925d253d865cbb8d746949ac7)
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 04:19:34 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 04:19:34 AM
A bit wet over the coathanger I take it!
Freezing here.
Well 10C, too cold for me :P
Freezing here.
Well 10C, too cold for me :P
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: kelly_aus on April 20, 2015, 04:22:25 AM
Post by: kelly_aus on April 20, 2015, 04:22:25 AM
10C? It's very slightly warmer here in Melbourne at 12C.. But still too cold for me.
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 20, 2015, 04:24:41 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 20, 2015, 04:24:41 AM
It is proverbially pelting down cats and dogs and probably wombats and wallabies for added measure!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 04:29:02 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 04:29:02 AM
I hope Jenny isn't on her bike!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: V M on April 20, 2015, 05:05:00 AM
Post by: V M on April 20, 2015, 05:05:00 AM
Can't say who, but someone in the the great northwest might be thinking about buying everyone there a Wimpy Burger
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.dT%2b6WMyRqIrkWzViIIG61g&pid=15.1&P=0)
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.dT%2b6WMyRqIrkWzViIIG61g&pid=15.1&P=0)
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: katrinaw on April 20, 2015, 05:08:30 AM
Post by: katrinaw on April 20, 2015, 05:08:30 AM
Love the bootees :laugh:
Yeah just a tiny bit wet :o
L Katy
Yeah just a tiny bit wet :o
L Katy
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 05:12:16 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 05:12:16 AM
Quote from: V M on April 20, 2015, 05:05:00 AM
Can't say who, but someone in the the great northwest might be thinking about buying everyone there a Wimpy Burger
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.dT%2b6WMyRqIrkWzViIIG61g&pid=15.1&P=0)
Thank you Sis! The Aussies will respond suitably no doubt! :laugh:
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: katrinaw on April 20, 2015, 05:18:58 AM
Post by: katrinaw on April 20, 2015, 05:18:58 AM
Haven't seen Wimpy since the last UK trip... I remember as a kid they were everywhere ....
As for Cindy's comment, W(h)impy - Whingy... LoL We're not used to cold and buckets of rain... err, unless from Melbourne (Hot one minute, icy the next ? >:-) )
Hmmm actually remember them W(h)impy burgers being small all them years back ::)
L Katy ;D
As for Cindy's comment, W(h)impy - Whingy... LoL We're not used to cold and buckets of rain... err, unless from Melbourne (Hot one minute, icy the next ? >:-) )
Hmmm actually remember them W(h)impy burgers being small all them years back ::)
L Katy ;D
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 05:22:34 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 20, 2015, 05:22:34 AM
Yes, people from the far north ice waste don't appreciate picking the right Bikini for winter wear!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: immortal gypsy on April 20, 2015, 07:59:40 AM
Post by: immortal gypsy on April 20, 2015, 07:59:40 AM
It's not that bad I think it's lovely weather.
Maybe I've just gone a bit quackers from all the rain
Maybe I've just gone a bit quackers from all the rain
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Jenny07 on April 21, 2015, 02:52:00 AM
Post by: Jenny07 on April 21, 2015, 02:52:00 AM
Oops.
I think I broke summer. :o
I think I broke summer. :o
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 21, 2015, 02:59:08 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 21, 2015, 02:59:08 AM
It's lovely and sunny in Adelaide :laugh:
Maybe there is a God after all?
Who is looking after its loyal servant
<sh** that lightning bolt was close!>
Maybe there is a God after all?
Who is looking after its loyal servant
<sh** that lightning bolt was close!>
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: rosinstraya on April 21, 2015, 03:12:24 AM
Post by: rosinstraya on April 21, 2015, 03:12:24 AM
Well, the weather really has tailed off a bit these last few days!
I always feel a bit sorry for any tourists or backpackers who are only here for a short while and get to see soaked, rather than sunny Sydney.
Glad I got a nice pair of knee high flat boots last week, they've come in very useful.
The cat has been a bit brassed off, to put it mildly.
I always feel a bit sorry for any tourists or backpackers who are only here for a short while and get to see soaked, rather than sunny Sydney.
Glad I got a nice pair of knee high flat boots last week, they've come in very useful.
The cat has been a bit brassed off, to put it mildly.
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 21, 2015, 03:17:34 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 21, 2015, 03:17:34 AM
Ready for the evening commute...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftritonsubs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F06%2F1000-3.jpg&hash=0084562d4dd3c56236191ae79351aec452fa678d)
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Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: LordKAT on April 21, 2015, 01:33:49 PM
Post by: LordKAT on April 21, 2015, 01:33:49 PM
I think you Aussie shave kidnapped our summer. It is snowing here today.
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Jenny07 on April 22, 2015, 06:14:20 AM
Post by: Jenny07 on April 22, 2015, 06:14:20 AM
I think I saw dry land!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: rosinstraya on April 22, 2015, 06:30:45 AM
Post by: rosinstraya on April 22, 2015, 06:30:45 AM
Nope, still raining here in innerwest land! >:(
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 22, 2015, 06:37:16 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 22, 2015, 06:37:16 AM
I swear I saw a small piece of blue sky today, and I haven't been eating any of the various mushrooms that have been popping up all over the place...
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: judithlynn on April 22, 2015, 07:12:23 AM
Post by: judithlynn on April 22, 2015, 07:12:23 AM
Hi Girls, I really don't envy you at the moment as I bask in glorious sunshine (22C) in my house in England. I am so not!!! looking forward to coming back to the winter in late May!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: katrinaw on April 22, 2015, 09:28:31 AM
Post by: katrinaw on April 22, 2015, 09:28:31 AM
Will be warmer in May and early winter than in the Sydney burbs yesterday and today :-\
L Katy
L Katy
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: V M on April 22, 2015, 05:01:23 PM
Post by: V M on April 22, 2015, 05:01:23 PM
The storm actually made the news here, be safe everyone
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: stephaniec on April 22, 2015, 06:28:05 PM
Post by: stephaniec on April 22, 2015, 06:28:05 PM
I thought this thread was supposed to be about spiders
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 02:28:51 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 02:28:51 AM
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2015/04/23/1227316/661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg (http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2015/04/23/1227316/661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg)
Not sure if it's real or not?
>:-)
Not sure if it's real or not?
>:-)
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 02:34:06 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 02:34:06 AM
Preeeety sure it's Photoshopped but you never know...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources0.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2F1227316%2F661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg&hash=142463957f22c1222b11a56ff78ca32a9def82da)
Thanks hon, they're saying it was probably a Category 1 cyclone but because it wasn't tropical in nature they didn't give it a name.
Actually got some blue sky today. It was super humid this morning.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources0.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2F1227316%2F661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg&hash=142463957f22c1222b11a56ff78ca32a9def82da)
Quote from: V M on April 22, 2015, 05:01:23 PM
The storm actually made the news here, be safe everyone
Thanks hon, they're saying it was probably a Category 1 cyclone but because it wasn't tropical in nature they didn't give it a name.
Actually got some blue sky today. It was super humid this morning.
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: V M on April 23, 2015, 03:27:47 AM
Post by: V M on April 23, 2015, 03:27:47 AM
Quote from: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 02:34:06 AM
Preeeety sure it's Photoshopped but you never know...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources0.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2F1227316%2F661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg&hash=142463957f22c1222b11a56ff78ca32a9def82da)
Naw, both of those poor folks have been impaled along the fence posts
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: rosinstraya on April 23, 2015, 06:53:52 AM
Post by: rosinstraya on April 23, 2015, 06:53:52 AM
Quote from: V M on April 23, 2015, 03:27:47 AM
Naw, both of those poor folks have been impaled along the fence posts
New Year's Eve fireworks..............and a few raincoats......voilà!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 07:05:39 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 07:05:39 AM
Quote from: V M on April 23, 2015, 03:27:47 AMQuote from: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 02:34:06 AM
Preeeety sure it's Photoshopped but you never know...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources0.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2F1227316%2F661276-9d270cfe-e947-11e4-b722-cf4cf8a3a293.jpg&hash=142463957f22c1222b11a56ff78ca32a9def82da)
Naw, both of those poor folks have been impaled along the fence posts
USA tourists?
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 07:53:25 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 23, 2015, 07:53:25 AM
It's a Sydney tradition to impale a few tourists around the Quay.
Sadly though that pic, along with a few others that cropped up, has now proven to be faked (as I suspected)
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sydney-storm-the-photos-that-fooled-sydney-20150423-1mrjep.html
...unlike this pic of a Sydney train station almost under water...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fimages%2F1%2Fm%2Fq%2Fl%2Fw%2F1%2Fimage.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.1mqtvu.png%2F1429684944494.jpg&hash=851a54b6194bb65684da3c8529cbda3142acec3b)
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-weather-rains-ease-but-commuters-face-difficult-journey-home-on-wednesday-20150422-1mqtvu.html
Sadly though that pic, along with a few others that cropped up, has now proven to be faked (as I suspected)
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sydney-storm-the-photos-that-fooled-sydney-20150423-1mrjep.html
...unlike this pic of a Sydney train station almost under water...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fimages%2F1%2Fm%2Fq%2Fl%2Fw%2F1%2Fimage.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.1mqtvu.png%2F1429684944494.jpg&hash=851a54b6194bb65684da3c8529cbda3142acec3b)
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-weather-rains-ease-but-commuters-face-difficult-journey-home-on-wednesday-20150422-1mqtvu.html
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 08:09:55 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 23, 2015, 08:09:55 AM
We joke, as Aussies do, but many people have lost everything and lives have been lost.
We joke, but we have big hearts as well.
We joke, but we have big hearts as well.
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: katrinaw on April 23, 2015, 08:56:27 AM
Post by: katrinaw on April 23, 2015, 08:56:27 AM
Saw the station river running wild on one of last nights news reports, really amazing, also saw a post on FB before the torrent reached peak too...
L Katy
L Katy
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 25, 2015, 01:31:47 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 25, 2015, 01:31:47 AM
Bloomin' heck, and now we just had this massive hail storm roll through. Fortunately the hail was pea sized but it looks like hundreds of bean bags have exploded everywhere!!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Cindy on April 25, 2015, 02:05:59 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 25, 2015, 02:05:59 AM
Just saw this
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/hail-batters-sydney-causes-the-collapse-of-two-factories/story-e6frflp0-1227320600142
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/hail-batters-sydney-causes-the-collapse-of-two-factories/story-e6frflp0-1227320600142
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Ms Grace on April 25, 2015, 02:08:45 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 25, 2015, 02:08:45 AM
Looking at the radar at the time I think where I live caught the edge of it, so areas a bit further north and west seemed to cop the brunt of it. 5cm of hail, wow!
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: rosinstraya on April 25, 2015, 02:12:17 AM
Post by: rosinstraya on April 25, 2015, 02:12:17 AM
Glad I got the washing done early.
It's mostly stopped now........but has caused a couple of small leaks in our back lounge.... :(
It's mostly stopped now........but has caused a couple of small leaks in our back lounge.... :(
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Jenny07 on April 25, 2015, 05:41:32 AM
Post by: Jenny07 on April 25, 2015, 05:41:32 AM
Just when we thought it was safe to go outside.
Came and went while visiting the pain monster.
Heavy
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DJN.3tjoHbJWT0SmDUKAoT6lwA%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1%26amp%3BH%3D194%26amp%3BW%3D160&hash=d12562314a48884b75f8477db587f00733063762)
Came and went while visiting the pain monster.
Heavy
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DJN.3tjoHbJWT0SmDUKAoT6lwA%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1%26amp%3BH%3D194%26amp%3BW%3D160&hash=d12562314a48884b75f8477db587f00733063762)
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: katrinaw on April 25, 2015, 05:48:54 AM
Post by: katrinaw on April 25, 2015, 05:48:54 AM
It rumbled around the mountains for ages, it came, it went back, it came and came in force... no hail here, but it looked worse as it headed ocean-ward.
Now there's a another lot over us :-\ Luckily we did not get hail at all today, which is just as well as my car has seen a lot over the years :'(
Radar is showing a little this evening, then we should be OK... but its gonna turn cold after this... Yes I know its already cold there Cindy...
L Katy
Now there's a another lot over us :-\ Luckily we did not get hail at all today, which is just as well as my car has seen a lot over the years :'(
Radar is showing a little this evening, then we should be OK... but its gonna turn cold after this... Yes I know its already cold there Cindy...
L Katy
Title: Re: For all Sydney siders...
Post by: Jenny07 on April 25, 2015, 06:02:39 AM
Post by: Jenny07 on April 25, 2015, 06:02:39 AM
Yes Cindy's in either heaven or hell but never in between.
Can't keep her happy.
Oh, I'm burning up. :o
Can't keep her happy.
Oh, I'm burning up. :o