40 degrees!

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:59 am

Well, I've just seen the news. They reckon it'll sit around 40 degrees here on Christmas day

. So while you guys are all snug around your fires with the snow falling outside, eating your roast dinners & sipping your eggnog, just spare a thought for us poor Aussies, jockeying for position in front of the fan (those wealthier than I have an air-con...) as we pick at our salads & cold meat & try our darndest to get our drinks down before the ice melts.

<-- that's sunburn, not blushing

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:23 am

It's not big and it's not clever.

Merry bloody Christmas

Alienist · Post by **Alienist** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:57 am

I'll be getting as much cold beer into my head as possible, gotta better the heat some how

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:09 am

merry xmas in the heat....xmas day here and its going to be 5c!!!nice being able to breathe!!

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:14 am

Merry christmas you Lizard scum....burn baby burn!.......

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:09 pm

have a good one you guys
Weather it be Sunburn or wind burn

Pete.l

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:14 pm

Pete.L wrote:have a good one you guys
Weather it be Sunburn or wind burn

Or heartburn

Sharpe1 · Post by **Sharpe1** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:19 am

Well it looks like a mild 32 deg here in Sunny Sydney.

We have a bitsa Christmas at our house. Vietnamese rice paper rolls and king prawn cocktail. Then, roast lamb and vegies with cold chicken, ham and salad. Now you know why I'm such a fat b8stard.

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:15 am

We had leg ham (carve as you eat...), cold roast chicken, a myriad of gourmet salads and a ginormous bowl of punch, duly spiked by me (don't tell anyone

... no, I'm serious, don't

). Oh, and of course, pavlova with fresh cream & a tonne of mixed berries.

What else did people have on the menu?

Sharpe1 · Post by **Sharpe1** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:29 pm

We love our christmas pud with brandy custard, cream and ice cream. Not forgetting a few bottles of wine nad plenty of Sangria.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:46 am

First year I've never had to cook,
Went to mums for a good old fashioned traditional feast and the following day went to the inlaws for another one there.
I could get used to this being fed lark, who's free between now and new years, I'm starting to feel a little peckish again

Pete.l
Whops, tell a lie

I did the Bacon sarnies Chrismas morning

Sharpe1 · Post by **Sharpe1** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:58 am

So are you the cook of the house Pete?

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:08 pm

Sorry the delay in answering.
It's just me and the wife, no kids, don't get me wrong I love kids( I just couldn't eat a whole one).
I always used to do all of the cooking cause I got home from work first, then I changed jobs (promotions can suck you know) and was working silling hours so the Mrs, Julie, took over the cooking. After a couple of years(and realising management isn't everything I've changed jobs again and am back to more resonable hours (more time for chatting with you guys

) and we preetty much split the cooking depending on who's had the most shitty day or whichever of us is in the mood for it. It all works out quite well (especially now I've installed a dishwasher

)
I cooked a nice roast chicken for new years, with all the trimmings and Jue's down stairs now rustling up some left overs so everthings rosey on the home front

pete.l

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:15 am

Awww... So nice to hear of a marriage going well these days! Good on you, Pete! Keep it up

.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:11 am

Quite proud of the girl for putting up with me for so long (20 years in August) but Shhhhhh! don't tell her I said that

Pete.l