Baking..

[robdickinson]

In christchurch, big Norwester, 28+ degrees, airs so hot no point in opening windows... Mayhave to go out for a drive just to run the AC

Way to windy to go surf too

[renn68]

thats why they made windsurfers - a quick trip up to Lake Clearwater?

[kylie]

spoke to mum last night from down in Timavegas about how the wind took part of the roof off Timaru BH School building!! Been quite blustery up here too not as bad as you guys though.

[Kiwi XTR2]

kylie said:

Timaru BH School

That would be Benson & Hedges ??? naughty school boys

Anyway - Time to buy a Blo-Kart

[robdickinson]

you went out with anything with a sail or wing today you'd never be seen again, was one kitesurfer out yesterday...

[GravelBen]

Uni weather station reckons Dunedin got 29.3° today, felt like more than that though - had the curtains shut most of the day trying to keep the sun out, and the heatpump going full-bore in reverse.


Too hot to do anything except sit round playing with cars on the xbox. How tragic.

Edited by GravelBen on Friday 13th October 07:52

[GravelBen]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

kylie said:

Timaru BH School

That would be Benson & Hedges ??? naughty school boys

Funny you mention that, the teacher in one of the classrooms with roof blown off was known as Fred Winfield instead of Windsor, due to his many-packs-per-day habit. He used to get gradually more agitated, then disappear into the corridor out back every 15 minutes or so and come back all calm again and stinking of smoke...


Roof never blew off while I was there though, must be those new 'renovations' they had last year.

[Kiwi XTR2]

GravelBen said:

. . . Too hot to do anything except sit round playing with cars on the xbox. How tragic.

Using a controller or wheel & pedals

Got any games with the N-Ring track ?

[GravelBen]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

GravelBen said:

. . . Too hot to do anything except sit round playing with cars on the xbox. How tragic.

Using a controller or wheel & pedals

Got any games with the N-Ring track ?

Wheel and pedals

Mostly playing Forza Motorsport, which has many real tracks including the 'Ring, an excellent car selection (anything from 240ZX to Elise to Koenigsegg to Porsche 962C to Audi R8), some of the most realistic car handling physics I've found in a game (well ahead of GT4 IMO), and lets you modify cars to relatively stupid levels if it takes your fancy. (Like a '73 911RS with a 996-GT2 motor tuned to 800bhp squeezed into it - pretty much undriveable though). Plenty of classics as well as modern road and race cars, and once you 'buy' more suspension bits for your cars you can play around adjusting the setup too.

Gets the award from me anyway.

McRae Rally 05 is also fun, but starts to feel a bit arcadey after a while, might have to splash out and buy Richard Burns Rally at some stage, which is considered to be the most accurate rally sim bar none.