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It’s an oven out there. Just hung out the washing. It’s been 5min, I should probably go back out and pick it up, it’ll be dry by now.

Oh sorry, didn’t mean to explain thing you already knew! I often think back to how I unknowledgeable I was at your age and wish someone had helped me out. So if I ever mention things you already know, just ignore!

You know that sticker on appliance that shows the electrical ratings? Look for a number that says Watts. So say your appliance is rated 500 Watts, then in one hour it will use 500wh. Divide by 1000 to get kWh. So 0.5kWh. Then you can multiply by number of hours to get the total used. Eg if it ran for 3 hours, that’s 1.5kWh. (More or less. Could by slight variations due to start up power draw, fan speeds, intensity, etc.)

14. Not too bad.

That’s a spectacular view.

Maybe the sunshades that go in car windscreens?

A tip, shading the window from the outside is more effective than from the inside. It’s because as sun passes through the glass, it heats up the inside. But if you prevent the sun from blazing through the window then it really makes a difference. This is why houses with eaves tend to be stay cooler than those without, eaves partially shade the windows and walls from direct sun.

Too hot to be hungry. For lunch I ate a bowl of diced mango with a scoop of vanilla icecream. but now I’m peckish, maybe shall make myself a Vegemite toast.

Dear Sun God/ess,
Please do not scorch Thornbury Witch with your mighty UV rays,
And do not blind her eyes with your super bright ways,
And do not roast her head with heat stroke,
And do not cause car seat and belt buckle burns, that shits no joke.

If you want extra fancy, have you heard of Stained Glass jelly. Chunks of multicoloured jelly set in white sweetened condensed milk jelly. I remember it from when I was a kid but hardly see it anymore.

Thomas Midgely. The inventor of both leaded petrol and ozone destroying CFCs subsequently invented a rope system to help himself get out of bed because he had issues from past polio. The ropes killed him by strangling him.

Huh. this just broke my brain too. Have never had the thought that I would see 2100, because I won’t. But I guess with average lifespan being in the mid 80s there’s plenty of people alive today who will. Well, that’s made me feel irrelevant.