Gratuitously Aussie bit . . .

[Johno]

Woooooohoooo!

There's the pommies versus the Aussies in the Ashes on TV (Cricket, in case you don't know the game).

It's blistering hot.

Christmas lights all around the streets.

The smell of burning eucalyptus from the local bushfires is heavy in the air.

School reports are nearly finished.

IT'S AN AUSSIE SUMMER, AND I FEEL GREAT!

[jdbenner]

JohnO I think your world is upside down.

Of course that is only my appinion

[Johno]

No, it's the right way up.  I just don't know how all you northern people manage to walk with your feet up.  Makes the landing part of the Apollo missions all the more remarkable, though.