Let's make the Americans jealous

"Simplify, then add beer" (jeffoh) 12/19/2013 at 23:39 • Filed to: None

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Greetings from Australialand.

It's currently 90 degrees, I'm on my last working day for 2 weeks and we've all been at the pub since 11am. It's warm enough to drive the Jeep with no doors.

Christmas is going to be a very warm day, so we're planning going to the beach before lunch - which will be a huge seafood meal.

New Years Eve will be spent by the harbour, in warm weather and at one of the greatest cities in the world for NYE

In summary, enjoy your freezing shitty weather. We'll be here celebrating the best time of the year in the best weather of the year.

doodon2whls > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:42

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G'day, mate !

Simplify, then add beer > doodon2whls 12/19/2013 at 23:46

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I honestly can't remember the last time I heard someone say "G'Day". It's been a while.

JustWaitingForAMate > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:46

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Friday before hols early knockoff? Sweet fucking Jesus how hot is it today, the thermo is saying 27 but I'm calling BS on that.

Simplify, then add beer > JustWaitingForAMate 12/19/2013 at 23:49

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It topped 33 in Sydney. Pub was farking hot though.

interrogator-chaplain > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:50

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While shovelling sucks, summer here does not automatically turn our forests into a Sea of Flame and I can use water whenever I please!

Happy Holidays from your colonial neighbour in Canada!

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:51

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As a Californian, I'm not jealous. How do you know it's winter in California? There is snow on the mountains. If I want to go to the beach I can. If I want to play in the snow, it's an hour away. Beat that, Australia.

doodon2whls > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:52

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OK, then...

How you going ?

A friend from Melbourne always asked me that... You're right, now that I think of it, none of my Aussie friends would say "G'day".

Simplify, then add beer > interrogator-chaplain 12/19/2013 at 23:53

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1) It's not that bad, the city only burns down every 10 years or so.

2) No more water restrictions since the massive rains a few years back

3) Beer was never restricted ;-)

Montalvo > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:53

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I actually prefer the cold and snow when winter comes, I feel like the holidays aren't the same without some snow on the ground. So yeah, I guess enjoy your weather because soon our beaches will look like this as well

and I will be here for New Years. Happy Holidays.

Simplify, then add beer > doodon2whls 12/19/2013 at 23:54

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That's better.

How you going is a greeting. We don't actually want to hear how you are.

The Transporter > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:58

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Me? Jelly?

Nah.

Simplify, then add beer > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/19/2013 at 23:58

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1) Your current water temp is 57 degrees. Ours is over 75.

2) Want snow? Go to New Zealand, its a short flight. It's what we put it there for.

3) Our beaches are heaps better!

Brian, The Life of > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/19/2013 at 23:59

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High-5 from San Diego ;)

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Simplify, then add beer 12/19/2013 at 23:59

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I can get popped for 20 over and not get my car impounded. Beat that, Australia.

PRBot II > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:00

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Simplify, then add beer > Montalvo 12/20/2013 at 00:00

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So if that's Puerto Rico, its over two and a half thousand kilometres to New York.

The distance from the beaches to Sydney at NYE is way less than 25 km!

interrogator-chaplain > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:01

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Well, looking in your forecast, you're living in weather I find intolerable. 38 Celsius (or anything 80+) is my idea of hell.

I was working today and it was a mild -5 today (21?) working with my coat open and gloves off. It was pretty nice, better than last week when it felt like -35C (-31F) which wasn't great, but honestly still better than the best heat wave.

Yeah, I'm serious.

So I'll raise a pint to you on midnight of the New Year good sir, a good old Molson frosted by nature.

Simplify, then add beer > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/20/2013 at 00:02

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Been busted for well above 20 over, and got nothing more than a fine.

You have to be a real dickhead to get impounded.

Brian, The Life of > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/20/2013 at 00:02

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Ok, that was hitting below the belt.

I LOL'd, tho.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Brian, The Life of 12/20/2013 at 00:02

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MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Brian, The Life of 12/20/2013 at 00:04

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If the belt is the equator, then yes, I was hitting below the belt.

Manuél Ferrari > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:05

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Who gives a shit about the weather.

Australia has the best girls!

Simplify, then add beer > PRBot II 12/20/2013 at 00:06

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Montalvo > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:08

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That is because I am Puerto Rican, and if you want beaches that are closer sure I can do that.

Hamptons

Representing Florida

California

Simplify, then add beer > interrogator-chaplain 12/20/2013 at 00:08

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It's actually pretty bloody hot today. Normally its around 80 which is nice.

Got to 114 in January - hottest on record. That was nuts!

MoparKetchup > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:09

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The Americans have a secret weapon against the jelly of your beautiful weather. It's this little island called Puerto Rico. The sad thing is many don't know this island is their property, so they don't take advantage of the weather in Christmas shown in these pictures below (taken a couple of years back):

interrogator-chaplain > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:10

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Me:

THOMAS5 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:15

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As someone from the southeast (Georgia) I hate all of you. I have no warm wether or snow to hoon in. It's 45 and overcast/drizzle

Buckner > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:15

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Merry Xmas Australia-

Enjoy your holiday pestilence by enjoying your venomous snakes, spiders, scorpions, poisonous plants, alligators, jellyfish, sharks, ants, dingos, deserts, brushfires and cheap 2nd hand Holdens. I am going to go catch a movie.

Simplify, then add beer > MoparKetchup 12/20/2013 at 00:16

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I did want to hit up PR when I was over that side of the world recently. However, its too close to us in beaches, so why waste 13 hours on a plane?

Here's our versions:

Hamilton Island:

Fraser Island:

Sydney Harbour (this is 2

0 minutes from the city)

The entrance to the harbour

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:18

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Sounds amazing but I've heard its full of spiders ;-)

Simplify, then add beer > Buckner 12/20/2013 at 00:19

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Merry Chrissy to you. I'll celebrate by not being attacked by Drop Bears on the way home.

soto > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:20

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MoparKetchup > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:21

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You and I think alike. I don't travel to other beaches around the world because I live in Puerto Rico.

desertdog5051 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:23

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"Freezing, shitty weather." Let's get back together in July. :)

Simplify, then add beer > soto 12/20/2013 at 00:23

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I haven't seen a venomous snake in a decade, nor a venomous spider for many years.

Those big fucking Huntsman spiders in the first pic? We get a few of those. They are allergic to shoes.

Simplify, then add beer > desertdog5051 12/20/2013 at 00:24

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Sure. When it's 70 degrees in the middle of Winter here ;-)

fhrblig > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:25

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Nope, not jealous. I don't care much for temps over 80 Fahrenheit. Besides, it may only be 18 degrees now where I am (Colorado), but it was in the mid/upper 60's here this week. We get lots of sunshine here (300+ days of sunshine per year, usually), and there's mountains, and lots of good beer too. Who needs oxygen? It's overrated.

desertdog5051 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:27

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Yeah, you suck. What part of Oz are you in?

Brian Silvestro > soto 12/20/2013 at 00:29

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Came here to post those fucking crazy things that live in Australia, jesus christ I'm never going there

Simplify, then add beer > desertdog5051 12/20/2013 at 00:35

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I'm currently sitting half way up this wharf...

desertdog5051 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 00:40

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Wharf, Australia. Never been there.

Simplify, then add beer > desertdog5051 12/20/2013 at 00:50

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I thought the bridge in the background might have given it away.

I'll give you a hint; it starts with an S, and it rhymes with shmidney.

Burrito de EJ25 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 02:37

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Uhm. LA is going to hit mid-70s this Christmas week. That's LA year round. Rarely too hot, rarely too cold.

desertdog5051 > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 02:48

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Wait, wait, don't tell me.

Rainbow > THOMAS5 12/20/2013 at 02:56

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Oh, don't I know it. I also live in Georgia, and I'll wear a jacket out to the car, then ten minutes later it's laying across the passenger seat and all my windows are down. We're perpetually stuck right on the line where it's always a little too hot or a little too cold, but never comfortable.

Redbulldidlo > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 04:00

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I'm sorry, how could I be jealous over too hot beaches when I've got massive frozen lakes as a playground?

GhostZ > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 05:35

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My opinion on beaches:

Here's a picture of me if I don't wear SPF 10,000:

But you know what we have that you don't?

Highs. (including Pike's Peak Hill Climb)

And Lows.

m2m, apex detective > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 06:57

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Might have been a bit jealous of the beach thingy ... but then there's this .

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 07:10

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At least I'm not upside down.

Simplify, then add beer > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 12/20/2013 at 12:21

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From my perspective - you are.

Simplify, then add beer > GhostZ 12/20/2013 at 12:26

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We have some of those:

Simplify, then add beer > m2m, apex detective 12/20/2013 at 12:27

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WTF is that? Looks like those signs that say no speed limit. We used to have those...

Simplify, then add beer > Burrito de EJ25 12/20/2013 at 12:28

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Yeah, but it's LA.

(I kid, had a ball there last year. Your freeways need some work though)

Simplify, then add beer > Redbulldidlo 12/20/2013 at 12:29

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Bikinis or overcoats. You decide..

Redbulldidlo > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 13:48

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I can get all the Bikinis I want at the click of a button, I cannot go play in the show like that.

Shoop > Simplify, then add beer 12/20/2013 at 19:32

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Meanwhile: