@ Mathman quote   "   Here in Melbourne (Australia, not Florida) we have suffered the third hottest day on record, at a sizzling 44.3 degrees C (not sure what this is in Fahrenheit).Phew.....drains any motivation to play with Poser...."
   
Play  with Poser?   Plat with anything..period. :)  Can you imagine those tennis players of the Australian Open fighting it out in these conditions?  Two have qut  because of heat-induced ailments

 
    @ patorak   "44.3 C...Sounds like it's time to hit the beach!"
   
At temperatures like this we would look like your avatar in a week ;)

    @ odf   "That's around 112 F.  I think we must have had something like 100 F (or 38 C) here in Canberra today. I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit. It's like a spring day in central Arizona. But I have to admit that if it stays like that or goes up to what you had in Melbourne, I might have to go and acquire some fans.

Are you from Arizona originally then?   I just came back from a brief visit to  Canberra.  The nigiht was reasonable. I packed my tiny Aussie Cooler fan (81/2" x 6" folded) and  it blew up a storm.  Never leave home without it .
 
 
     @Lucifer_The_Dark," I've heard that if the temperature goes above 15C in Scotland the natives break out the beach wear & hit the coast, is that true? ;)"
    
  Lol.. 15 degs and I break out the amorak here in Sydney.
 
 
    @PaganArtist   "Nice and cool here in New England, 7ft snow banks and ice. I was listening to the weather idiots and they said we could be in for a long winter no early spring this year.
                  If I was going to the beach I'd hope there are no holes in the shark nets!
                       
Actually there's been a bit of a  to-and-fro-ing  about shark nets here lately, and a number of attacks on beaches.  Apparently they don't stop really hungry  finned critters at all.   Illusionary safety  it seems.

I normally view remarks about weather as  breaking the ice chit-chat, but hey, this has been fun.  Did I mention I have been to Montreal when it was -28F and your nostrils kind of froze  together?  Now THAT was an experience. :)