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The Igloo Coder said:

Dude, if you think Melbourne is too hot/too cold you really need to drop my our little corner of the world. We (Edmonton Alberta Canada) are at 53°34′ N 113°31′ W while Melbourne is at 37°49′ S 144°58′ E. We may not reach the extreme high temps that Melbourne has (I've seen this first hand in both cities), but you don't want to come near to us on the spread. As an example, this summer we hit 32 Celsius and this winter we will most certainly hit -32 Celsius (most likely we'll get lower than -40 Celsius).

Enjoy Melbourne and it's weather. It's a beautiful city and a stellar climate. I truely do envy you.

# October 1, 2006 8:42 PM

Geoff Appleby said:

Hey man,

Your weather sounds awesome :) I live in canberra because the winters are cold and the summers aren't humid. Melbourne gets winters that are wet and summers that are so damn humid that it's still 30 degrees at night.

The only reason that I don't live anywhere colder than canberra is that i'm not really that into snow *grin*

I know, Melbourne's not really a bad place. It's just when you compare it to canberra.....

# October 1, 2006 9:07 PM

MattyT said:

....Melbourne comes out way in front?

I should stop that. There's nothing wrong with Canberra, it's a nice, boring, drab little city. ;) OK, I'll admit that I'm a *smidge* biased. I love Melbourne.

I should really head back up to Canberra, maybe it's changed since I was twelve! I do remember the science and technology centre being damn cool though.

But I'm keen to hook up - maybe we can "do lunch"? I'd love to hear you rant about code, even if it has to be VB.

I'm amount 10 mins away from the city (in Kensington) so I'm pretty flexible.

# October 1, 2006 10:16 PM

Davo said:

Have you ever played Centurion Geoffa? Mitch is in town too...perhaps we grab some shot glasses, a few slabs, and get toasted...nicely toasted!

# October 2, 2006 12:17 AM

Geoff Appleby said:

No idea what Centurion is. I remember a cartoon from when I was in primary school called Centurions - is that close :)

I don't care though. You're on!

# October 2, 2006 3:39 AM

Geoff Appleby said:

Matty: sounds good. Next week do for you?

# October 2, 2006 3:40 AM

MattyT said:

Next week will be fine. You've got my email I think? Matt dot Trentini at gmail. Shoot me an email when you'd like to meet.

As for Centurion (also known as "Power Hour"), Wikipedia gives a good description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Hour

# October 2, 2006 4:21 PM

Geoff Appleby said:

Sweet dude - i'll mail you and sort it out. And thanks for the link.

Davo - we've gotta do this :) I don't claim to be able to last the hour however, i'm way out of practice with my alcohol intake.

# October 2, 2006 4:56 PM

Thomas Williams said:

Hey Geoff - I see where the "cranky" part comes from: "...I'm stuck in this crowded, too-hot-or-too-cold city for the next 6-8 weeks..."

Hey, that's my home you're talking about there!

Welcome to Melbourne mate :-)

Cheers,

Thomas

# October 2, 2006 7:36 PM

Geoff Appleby said:

Dude - I forgot you were from melbourne! Are you anywhere near the city?

# October 2, 2006 8:37 PM

William said:

Bentleigh/Centre Road? Sounds like it's not far from my old primary school!

# October 3, 2006 5:59 AM

Geoff Appleby said:

I know centre road! That's where Flaked Out and the USA Food store is!

I'm not too far down the road in highett :)

# October 3, 2006 4:05 PM

Thomas Williams said:

Hey Geoff, I live about 40 minutes out of town, near Frankston. I was planning on going to next week's SQL Server User Group meeting on Tuesday (http://www.sqlserver.org.au/Events/RegisterMeeting.aspx?EventId=215) - maybe we could catch up at some stage?

Cheers,

Thomas

# October 5, 2006 11:21 PM