August 31st Just got transferred with work into our new home in Mount Isa, Queensland!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the veranda. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here. September 13th Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper. >>September 30th >>Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms >>and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn 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 kind of windy though. But >>getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected. >> >>October 15th >>Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. >>Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson >>though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this. >> >>October 20th >>I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this >>morning. By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died >>and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 > Leather >>upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like >>Wiskettes and cat sh*t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in > This >>heat. >> >>October 25th >>The wind sucks. It feels like a giant f*ckin blow dryer!! And it's hot >>as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman >>charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts. >> >>October 30th >>Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000 >>House and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here? >> >>November 4th >>It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It >>cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity >>makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman! I hate this >>stupid f*ckin place!! >> >>November 8th >>If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to >>f*ckin throttle him. F*ckin heat! By the time I get to work the car's >>radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin f*ckin wet, and I > Smell >>like baked cat!! >> >>November 9th >>Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the >>black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my f*ckin arse was on >>fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs >>and my F*ckin a*se. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried a*se, and >>baked cat. >> >>November 10th >>The weather report might as well be a f*ckin recording. Hot and sunny. >>Hot and sunny. Hot and f*ckin sunny. It's been too hot to do anything >>for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next >>week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn f*ckin place? Water rationing >>will be next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow >>into the f*ckin pool. Even the palms can't live in this f*ckin heat. >> >>November 14th >>Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 44 today. Now the >>air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and > Said, >>"Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage >>payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the stupid f*cker. >>F*ck Mount Isa! What kind of a sick demented f*ckin idiot would want >>to live here? >> >>December 1st >>WHAT????? >>Dec 1st is the first day of summer???? >>You are f*ckin kiddin!! >
Can Relate to This Story! I was once flying an aircraft in NQ when I had an emergency. I was four minutes closer to Mount Isa than Cairns, which were the two closest diversion options for the aircraft that I was flying. That led to a reluctant decision to head to the Isa - passenger safety takes precedence over crew comfort. Landed at Mount Isa right on dark, with temperature well over forty. I just want to know why the closest suitable airport when I had an emergency was Mount Isa, when everyone else seemed to divert to places like Bali?
