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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N, C.
Friday, July 10, 1959
KENNEL KAPERS
IN
KANGAROO LAND
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Our hats are off and our faces
aie green with envy toward you
people who are basking in the good
hoi sun, going fishing, eating straw
berries and watermelon, and doing
all those other things that ride in
on the coattails of Summer.
Winter has slipped into Mel
bourne. Australia, with suddeness
that belies the bright sun we see
around noon every day. To put it
bluntly, we're just plain cold.
According' to statistics and
weather reports, we should not bo
griping. The record low tempera
ture here is only 27 degrees, and it
never snows. The average night
temperature gets down to 40 de
grees and the daytime tempera
ture is from 55 to 70 degrees. This
is for the middle of winter here,
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and at home we would consider
that mild.
But!! There is just something
about the weather here that is
bone chilling. We had heard about
Melbourne winters being deceptive,
and I had thought they might seem
colder due to a high moisture con
tent. This doesn't seem to be tlie
case, however, and f have spent
some considerable time trying to
analyze why everything seems so
cold (this is a natural instinct for
me under the category of “sur
vival”).
I have finally manuvered my
theories do-wn to three main head
ings.
1. The beautiful warm weather
we have known for the last several
months did not leave us condition
ed for the lower temperatures.
After all, lounging around ship
decks on the equator is even hotter
than Atlantic Beach in July. When
we arrived here, Melbourne had
just come out of one of its hottest
spells in history. There just didn’t
seem to be an autumn here which
would allow us to make a gradual
change into winter with respect to
body, clothes and attitude.
2. The changeability of each day
is enough to send you to a psy
chologist. The nights are very cold
(despite the warm-sounding 40 de
grees) and Jean and I have five
blankets on our bed; yet some
times we’re still cold (it may part
ly be due to Jean’s feet—I've often
thought about renting them out to
a deep freeze company.)
When I get up in the morning I
put on a sweater and overcoat and
start walking toward the universi-
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ty. By the time 1 get there I am
perspiring and people along the
way must think I am doing a strip
tease act. However, by the time
midafternoon rolls around it is
cold again. To honestly combat the
daily changes of weather you
would need to carry a suitcase full
of clothes plus an all-important un-
brella for Melbourne is also known
for its twenty-minute rain showers
out of a clear blue sky.
3, The final reason I shall list
is the lack of central heating any
where in Australia. Australia’s
argument is that central lieating is
not necessary; but they can be pin
ned down to agreeing that if any
where needed central heating, it
would be Melbourne. Actually the
newer buildings here are putting
in both central heating and' air
conditioning.
Nowhere yet have I been com
pletely warm artificiaily. Buildings
are just not heated with expecta
tions of people working or playing
or living in shirt sleeves, and yet
we need at least a sweater on at
all times indoors. Our apartment is
supposedly heated by a small cast-
iron stove sunk into the wall (I
have tell like calling it many other
names.) It is about a foot off the
floor, thus not even making a pre
tense of warming the lower part of
Hie room.
Jean and I have finally bought
two 1000 watt electric bar radia
tors which we carry around the
house as traveling companions.
(I had to stop Jean from naming
them His and Hers.) These are only
stop-gap measures until spring ar
rives, though, because they only
warm a small portion of me at one
time. As an example, the other
night I was sitting in my favorite
chair studying; and as my upper
body was shivering, I suddenly
found the sock on my foot nearest
I the electric radiator on fire. This
same thing has happened twice!!
It is not that I was trying to be
stupid, but at least my foot was
warm. In case you haven’t taken
the hint, we’ll be glad to trade any
of you good people tons of air con-
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