My air-con has its own ecosystem
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gemfyreOr it did have, it's relatively clean now. No wonder it stopped working, the amount of shit stuck in it. Pat took it out and gave it a good clean out.
A dead frog was the main culprit (also the source of a foul smell outside my room, which curiously did not penetrate to inside the room. I also think something has died underneath the dongas). It had stopped the fan spinning. It was a bitch to remove but Pat eventually removed a panel and out it came.
A couple of small mud dauber wasp nests were removed.
A shitload of rust was brushed out.
A large thing like a rock, that was the nest of some bug and filled with maggots was also removed after some struggle.
My air-con now works again, and is crap free, until the animals move in again. Someone could get rich selling frog/bug-proof air-cons up here.
Day off today, spent it just at the Obs relishing in doing nothing, lying around, listening to music. But really I got quite a bit done. Some paperwork that's been waiting to be done for ages, slightly tidied my room. Watched the old 80's PotO clips on the DVD and pissed myself laughing over their awfulness.
Last night was Chris's birthday so we went out to a place called Cafe Carlotta for dinner. I don't think I'll go back.
- The music was too loud (and crap). We asked for it to be turned down many times and it would be turned down a smidge then turned up not long after.
- The food took forever to arrive.
- My vongole pasta had chilli in it. I have no idea if the dish tasted good or not because my mouth was burning and I couldn't taste a thing, which made the meal less than enjoyable.
- They didn't have garlic bread. They did have a house bread, but it had chilli in it.
- I got slugged a corkage fee. $2.75. Apparently everyone that drinks something brought in has to pay the fee. Okay, it would be nice however:
- If I was informed of this beforehand, I would have drunk my money's worth. I was offered some from some friends there and so didn't go guzzling all of their drink.
- If the (non-alcoholic) drink I was drinking cost more than $2 a bottle.
- If the meal wasn't so full of chilli I had to drink after every mouthful.
Ah well. Shit happens.
Back to work tomorrow. Weather is going up and down and humid and dry, soon it should settle down to proper dry season weather.
A dead frog was the main culprit (also the source of a foul smell outside my room, which curiously did not penetrate to inside the room. I also think something has died underneath the dongas). It had stopped the fan spinning. It was a bitch to remove but Pat eventually removed a panel and out it came.
A couple of small mud dauber wasp nests were removed.
A shitload of rust was brushed out.
A large thing like a rock, that was the nest of some bug and filled with maggots was also removed after some struggle.
My air-con now works again, and is crap free, until the animals move in again. Someone could get rich selling frog/bug-proof air-cons up here.
Day off today, spent it just at the Obs relishing in doing nothing, lying around, listening to music. But really I got quite a bit done. Some paperwork that's been waiting to be done for ages, slightly tidied my room. Watched the old 80's PotO clips on the DVD and pissed myself laughing over their awfulness.
Last night was Chris's birthday so we went out to a place called Cafe Carlotta for dinner. I don't think I'll go back.
- The music was too loud (and crap). We asked for it to be turned down many times and it would be turned down a smidge then turned up not long after.
- The food took forever to arrive.
- My vongole pasta had chilli in it. I have no idea if the dish tasted good or not because my mouth was burning and I couldn't taste a thing, which made the meal less than enjoyable.
- They didn't have garlic bread. They did have a house bread, but it had chilli in it.
- I got slugged a corkage fee. $2.75. Apparently everyone that drinks something brought in has to pay the fee. Okay, it would be nice however:
- If I was informed of this beforehand, I would have drunk my money's worth. I was offered some from some friends there and so didn't go guzzling all of their drink.
- If the (non-alcoholic) drink I was drinking cost more than $2 a bottle.
- If the meal wasn't so full of chilli I had to drink after every mouthful.
Ah well. Shit happens.
Back to work tomorrow. Weather is going up and down and humid and dry, soon it should settle down to proper dry season weather.
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Date: 2005-04-30 01:04 pm (UTC)Umm, I don't know where this is supposed to lead, I was just a little excited to find someone on LJ who is working with bird monitoring :D
And we seem to have a similar love of beading and handmade jewelry.
And . . . native fauna and stuff. heh.
I was recently working on the Little Tern Taskforce in East Gippsland, Vic. It was my first real birding experience, and I'mhappy to be a totally converted bird-nut. As well as the Little Tern, we were monitoring populations of other migratory shorebirds. So, yes. It's nice to read you :)
Bad cafe
Date: 2005-04-30 04:49 pm (UTC)Garlic bread is an essential.
Things should say if they have chilli in them, as not everyone is like me and likes their water with extra chillies :)
$2.75 corkage is a fair bit, considering they charge it to everyone that drinks, not per bottle, although that is how corkage normally works. It should be written somewhere on the menu/drinks list.
Though yay for birthdays, and yay for you actually eating the dish. you should have just sent it back and told them to fix it.
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Date: 2005-04-30 11:17 pm (UTC)Little Terns... I have a feeling my boss, or at least SOMEONE I've met up here is involved in that.
If you get involved in the wader study group you could well end up here. I finish up in late October - mid November.
Re: Bad cafe
Date: 2005-04-30 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-01 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-01 05:12 am (UTC)http://www.geocities.com/grendelthedog/BABY_PENGUIN.html