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Yep,
Manchester was the reason I came here 20+ years ago. It took ages for the wonder of waking to a clear. cloudless, sunny sky to wane. Not wishing to hijack the thread, spare a thought for this poor pom though ...
DIARY OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEWMAN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
August 31
Just got transferred with work from grey old London to our new home in
Newman, Western Australia. Now this is a town that knows how to live!
Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by the pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've finally found my new home. I love it here.
September 13
Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though. Living in
air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see
the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshipper.
September 30th
Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and
rocks. No more mowing lawns for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it
here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies
off a bit. Acclimatising is taking longer than I expected.
October 15th
Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my
body. Missed three days of work. What a dumb thing to do! Got to respect
the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th
Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for
Work this morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the
upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat sh*t. I've
learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat.
October 25
This wind is a b*****d. It feels like a giant flippin' blow dryer. And
it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from flippin' Perth.
October 30th
The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still haven't arrived
for the flippin' aircon. Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights now. Bloody $800,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why the hell did I ever come here?
November 4
Finally got the ol' aircon fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the
temperature down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 30. Stupid bl**dy repairman.
November 8
If one more smart a*se says 'Hot enough for you today?', I'm
going to flippin' throttle him. Flippin' heat! By the time I get to work,
the car's radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking flippin' wet and I smell like baked cat!
November 9
Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black
leather upholstery in the ol' car. I thought my flippin' a*se was
on fire. I lost two layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and my flippin' a*se. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried a*se and baked cat!
November 10
Weather report! It might as well be a flippin' recording. Hot and
sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and flippin' sunny! It's been too hot to do
anything for two flippin' months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn flippin' place. Water restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the flippin' pool. The only things that thrive in this hell-hole are the flippin' flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the flippers!
November 20th
Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 flippin' degrees today. Now the air
conditioner's gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said,
'Hot enough for you today?' My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage
payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid flipper. Flippin' Newman! What kind of sick, demented flippin' idiot would want to live here!
December 1
WHAT!!!! The first day of Summer!!!! You are flippin' kidding!!!!!
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