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Old 28-01-2009, 04:48 PM   #31
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the bitumen is all melted around here
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Old 28-01-2009, 04:51 PM   #32
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Dang hot, wife called said the House A/C packed it in at 12, called service no one available till Friday, NOT looking forward to going home.
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Old 28-01-2009, 04:59 PM   #33
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Are you serious, 62. I heard bitumen melts once it hits the mid 50's.

We have 35 here today
I'm waiting for the bin to melt so I can tell my grandkids "Back in our day it was so hot bins melted" :P

I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:02 PM   #34
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i have to start work at 5 pm today

lucky i will have to walk in and out of the fridge

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Old 28-01-2009, 05:05 PM   #35
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Feel sorry for you guys having to sit through that heat especially with broken AC's.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:11 PM   #36
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Coming down now. Only 42.3° at Melb airport
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:11 PM   #37
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45.7 in the city here now, 45.8 in the northern suburbs :
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:12 PM   #38
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Feel sorry for you guys having to sit through that heat especially with broken AC's.
Our evap seems to doing nothing here so I'm extra sorry for those guys :
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:21 PM   #39
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Work's just about stuffed for this week, too bloody hot to put up with it after lunch or so.

Not much money making this week, i don't dare leave a tool in the sun, can't pick it up.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:27 PM   #40
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29c here on the sunny coast with only a bee's dick of humidity compared to last week. You can have your 45.8c. Thats to hot............
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:28 PM   #41
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My car is really feeling it bad! Usually a sunny day my reported Air Intake Temp, is around 30-35, today it's constant at about 65-70! Needless to say I burnt through my fuel too. Lest the Air Con was working!
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:28 PM   #42
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It was 44 outside when i left work today. We don't have a/c in the workshop so I've got no idea how hot it was inside. I was tig welding and powder coating in that heat too.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:30 PM   #43
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i have to start work at 5 pm today

lucky i will have to walk in and out of the fridge

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Old 28-01-2009, 05:32 PM   #44
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45.7 in the city here now, 45.8 in the northern suburbs :

Yep,hottest day in 70 years here in Adelaide,and I have been working outside all day.....
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:32 PM   #45
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I'm going to be moving to Mildura in a couple of months time so it's going to be beautiful and VERY HOT....I thrive in the extreme heat.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:33 PM   #46
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48.2deg in the shade at our work site 45.7cin town, NOT fun.
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:36 PM   #47
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Our evap seems to doing nothing here so I'm extra sorry for those guys :
Ditto. Evap cooler is on, but all it really feels like is a fan forced oven :hihi:
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:36 PM   #48
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yep the hottest day in 70 years in Adelaide
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:37 PM   #49
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Yeah it is a stinker - 23 in Hobart right now, but i reckon it is more like 28 in the valley where i am!
Might have to take the kiddies to the beach after work
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Old 28-01-2009, 05:43 PM   #50
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Not much money making this week, i don't dare leave a tool in the sun, can't pick it up.
Yeah I feel for the guys who are working outside. I work inside in pretty shitty conditions doing physical labour but i'm happy that at least i'm not outside. The only downside is regardless of the temp we still have the work.
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:02 PM   #51
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was crappy at work today, bout 47 degrees in a factory with little insulation. Was bearable up till bout 2 o'clock, then i was pretty much sleep walking.

We have no shade in our car park at work either so at about 1:00 I ducked out to open the windows on the XR, opened the door and stuck my head inside and i reckon you could have roasted a chicken in the heat inside the car.

But i suppose thats the price you pay for buying a near black car. :p
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:03 PM   #52
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The temp at home in the shade was 43 degrees at 1ish. id hate to see what it is at now. Glad im at work... aircon is pro, evap is on at home, atleast it keeps inside temps at about 25 - 28 degrees..... A mate who just started his apprenticeship as a boiler maker at the local power station said it was over 60degrees in the workshops at one stage yesterday! Reckons he was sweatin so much he looked like he just got out the shower
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:08 PM   #53
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just got home from work. did 7 hours today. top temp of 48.5 deg in the workshop and couldnt stop work. i drank 4 liters of water and didnt go to the toilet once. not fun at all and no end in sight. gonna get to a low of 32 tonight.
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:20 PM   #54
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Not much money making this week, i don't dare leave a tool in the sun, can't pick it up.
Yup this morning first thing wasnt too bad, we laid some concrete this morning and once the sun came up fully it went off in about 20 mins! Lucky it's only a base for paving, otherwise we would of been stuffed!

Not looking foreward to paving tomorrow, especially with that wind, it drives you mad. Another early day, hopefully something good on the telly
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:22 PM   #55
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I am going to take the old surf ski that I used to use down the beach in Perth for a paddle on Lake Eildon shortly. I can see I am going to accidentally on purpose fall off and into the water quite a bit :-)
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:30 PM   #56
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yep 45 at work here in adelaide today; I'm not complaining 19 degrees in the office.
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Old 28-01-2009, 06:51 PM   #58
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I feel sorry for the people that have to work outside in this heat, I used to have a job that was based outside doing labour work, not anymore, it's more relaxing and a much better job, I realise just how lucky I am, because it's dam hot and not getting better anytime soon.
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A bit warm around the whole south east today, apparently 45 in Adelaide and the poor buggers are only expected to get down to 32 tonight before another string of near week long 40+ days.....

It is about 38c at Eildon at the moment, expected to get down to around 25 overnight... Heading out for a paddle on Lake Eildon this evening I reckon.

Really, really hope no serious fires break out in Adelaide or Victoria this week... I did my share of fire fighting in the ADF and it is the absolute pits. Hats off to those that volunteer with the CFA etc. They should get tax breaks after 10 years service I reckon or extra pension payments or something. You couldn't pay me enough to do it these days...
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was crappy at work today, bout 47 degrees in a factory with little insulation. Was bearable up till bout 2 o'clock, then i was pretty much sleep walking.

We have no shade in our car park at work either so at about 1:00 I ducked out to open the windows on the XR, opened the door and stuck my head inside and i reckon you could have roasted a chicken in the heat inside the car.

But i suppose thats the price you pay for buying a near black car. :p
One of the guys at work has a black BF sedan for a work car. It was parked in the sun with the windows down. With the help of an accomplice he got the keys and opened it and I put the windows up.
He cottoned on to our evil scheme and came out and moved it into the shade anyway.
Mine got the shade from about 2pm and the sunshield on the windscreen, combined with tinted windows kept it reasonably cool. Had to turn the A/C off on the way home - gauge got to 80%. Then I stopped at the shops and knew the heat soak while parked would make it higher. Got in, fired it up and it started beeping - never got that before - it was in the red. The gauge does come back down once I cycle some water through.
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