Mr_bogey
Morally Casual
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A funny old rainy day. I'd say wet week but it has been a wet month or wet winter to date. This was actually normal up until global warming started changing the climate here, but they reckon its the wettest since 2001 and more to come. Technically it is a negative Indian Ocean Dipolar, the measure of ocean temperature difference between the African side and Australian side, combined with El Nina in the Pacific, drawing up all the weather systems from the Southern Ocean. Southern hemisphere so our weather systems go in circles with the Coriolis Effect, not jetstreams.
I was up in the Pilbara earlier for a rodeo and a chance to have a chat to some of the first nation people who would all be there. Camped out near Marble Bar.
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Two types of rain and weather down here in the city though. It is 200km x 50km as a city so any type of weather forecast is eventually going to be correct somewhere. It will rain today doesn't mean much to locals, who don't own umbrellas anyway as it doesn't really rain for long. Otherwise it could be a localised storm even and drop 50mm in one area and nothing 20km away.
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At present though it is just rain all over. The grass is unable to absorb anymore water into the soil so turning to mud, especially with the Labrador chasing and sliding all over it. Will probably have to rip it all up and drop another one down in the spring. It might not be a bad idea, using sports ground mesh underpinnings to give it some structure. The border collie used to go in straight lines, the lab slides around like he is stealing third base. Anyway, clouds and light rain as far as you can see, which given less than 6 months ago the place was on fire...
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Come to this friday morning and it was coffee out with a few people. One poor overstressed lady lost the plot a bit inside the cafe and started yelling. It's hard to imagine the stress levels some people are under and what it does for mental health. She really let loose at everyone. Her focus on me was wearing shawl over my dress and finished off with going off about being " a right proper posh cunt" with a healthy emphasis on cunt. Anyway, moved on from that outburst but when I got home i thought about shawl wearing and posh cunt and how to represent that.
So here is my shawl wearing re-imagined...
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and my best champagne sipping posh cunt...
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Have a good weekend.
So for someone that seems to enjoy the bush.....

