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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 415249" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I know it's late to add to the morning thread. We worked out how to make the 'Net go faster at this place, but you have to fuel it with coffee lol.</p><p></p><p>It's mid-morning Friday here now, difficult child 3 is back at the unit working on his Physics (while sneaking peaks at a DVD he brought and loaded on his laptop). He apologised to me last night, I had been pushing the emotional blackmail buttons pretty hard. That, and leaving him to fend for himself made him realise how much he's been abusing our fair dealing.</p><p></p><p>It's hot here, but not unpleasantly so. There is always an ocean breeze to take the worst of the heat out. i actually have been wearing a cardigan this morning, but I think I've caught a cold. That's the trouble with these resort places - lots of other people including snotty kids who don't wash their hands before handling communal equipment.</p><p></p><p>They had forecast a change in the weather today but this was revised last night to another beautiful, cloudless sky. We're up on the lower edge where the floods hit, and everything is lush and green. And humid!</p><p></p><p>Esther, it's good to hear from you. I'll have to organise with you to meet up with your son at some point and take him on a tour.</p><p></p><p>Malika, there are other non-US people on this site. A couple in NZ, a couple in Australia (besides me and husband), a few in the UK. And, of course, Allen-Matlem also in Jerusalem somewhere.</p><p></p><p>All of the rest of you in the northern hemisphere, enjoy your spring weather. You've had a hard winter and need some joy in your life! </p><p></p><p>We're having a few unusual experiences (for us). As we were leaving this club last night, we realised the bright lights had attracted some weird-looking beetles. They were dark grey and shiny, s if made out of polished hematite. And as my mobility scooter rolled along its inevitable path, it sounded like a flamenco dancer on a packet of crisps! We also have been roaming the resort at night (me and difficult child 3) collecting cane toads, which are one of the nastiest pests in Australia, they're wiping out a lot of the wildlife here. Cane toads were introduced to deal with the sugar cane beetle pest, and we ended up with a massive ecological disaster (and still just as many cane beetles!). Now the toads are on the march south, west, everywhere. And the recent floods washed them and their toxic tadpoles further afield. Last night we got about 20, including six large females. The night before - three dozen. But last night we saw (and carefully did NOT collect!) two green tree frogs - endangered, protected. The toads went into the freezer - the humane way to kill them.</p><p>Brush turkeys forage the grounds every morning and evening, and the magpies here warble for their breakfast. Not a lot of other predatory birds other than crows and sea eagles. Lots of sea eagles. But the cane toads again... anything that tries to eat them, dies. Except for the clever crows - they've worked out how to eat them via the belly, to avoid being poisoned.</p><p></p><p>This is a beautiful area here. It was once a volcano, very large. The hills that form the ancient rim are still here, eroded down. Mt Warning is just inland, eroded down to the old lava core.</p><p></p><p>Star - temperature conversions are fairly easy. To find out what C temp converts to in F, you double it and add 30. It's a good rough guide. To convert back the other way from F to C, subtract 30 and halve what's left. So 100 F would roughly convert to 35 C. Actually it's a bit higher because 37 C is body heat or 98.4 F. 100F is about 38.5C. It's not that hot here, varying form about 30 C to 35 C. Pleasant, near the sea.</p><p></p><p>Gotta go. There's places to go, beaches to see... a swimming pool with waterfall waiting for me...</p><p></p><p>We'll be back in just over a week. </p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 415249, member: 1991"] I know it's late to add to the morning thread. We worked out how to make the 'Net go faster at this place, but you have to fuel it with coffee lol. It's mid-morning Friday here now, difficult child 3 is back at the unit working on his Physics (while sneaking peaks at a DVD he brought and loaded on his laptop). He apologised to me last night, I had been pushing the emotional blackmail buttons pretty hard. That, and leaving him to fend for himself made him realise how much he's been abusing our fair dealing. It's hot here, but not unpleasantly so. There is always an ocean breeze to take the worst of the heat out. i actually have been wearing a cardigan this morning, but I think I've caught a cold. That's the trouble with these resort places - lots of other people including snotty kids who don't wash their hands before handling communal equipment. They had forecast a change in the weather today but this was revised last night to another beautiful, cloudless sky. We're up on the lower edge where the floods hit, and everything is lush and green. And humid! Esther, it's good to hear from you. I'll have to organise with you to meet up with your son at some point and take him on a tour. Malika, there are other non-US people on this site. A couple in NZ, a couple in Australia (besides me and husband), a few in the UK. And, of course, Allen-Matlem also in Jerusalem somewhere. All of the rest of you in the northern hemisphere, enjoy your spring weather. You've had a hard winter and need some joy in your life! We're having a few unusual experiences (for us). As we were leaving this club last night, we realised the bright lights had attracted some weird-looking beetles. They were dark grey and shiny, s if made out of polished hematite. And as my mobility scooter rolled along its inevitable path, it sounded like a flamenco dancer on a packet of crisps! We also have been roaming the resort at night (me and difficult child 3) collecting cane toads, which are one of the nastiest pests in Australia, they're wiping out a lot of the wildlife here. Cane toads were introduced to deal with the sugar cane beetle pest, and we ended up with a massive ecological disaster (and still just as many cane beetles!). Now the toads are on the march south, west, everywhere. And the recent floods washed them and their toxic tadpoles further afield. Last night we got about 20, including six large females. The night before - three dozen. But last night we saw (and carefully did NOT collect!) two green tree frogs - endangered, protected. The toads went into the freezer - the humane way to kill them. Brush turkeys forage the grounds every morning and evening, and the magpies here warble for their breakfast. Not a lot of other predatory birds other than crows and sea eagles. Lots of sea eagles. But the cane toads again... anything that tries to eat them, dies. Except for the clever crows - they've worked out how to eat them via the belly, to avoid being poisoned. This is a beautiful area here. It was once a volcano, very large. The hills that form the ancient rim are still here, eroded down. Mt Warning is just inland, eroded down to the old lava core. Star - temperature conversions are fairly easy. To find out what C temp converts to in F, you double it and add 30. It's a good rough guide. To convert back the other way from F to C, subtract 30 and halve what's left. So 100 F would roughly convert to 35 C. Actually it's a bit higher because 37 C is body heat or 98.4 F. 100F is about 38.5C. It's not that hot here, varying form about 30 C to 35 C. Pleasant, near the sea. Gotta go. There's places to go, beaches to see... a swimming pool with waterfall waiting for me... We'll be back in just over a week. Marg [/QUOTE]
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