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In Liverpool for the weekend.

Cleaning up after this hailstorm hit yesterday evening.. Thank god my solar panels are tough! I was seriously worried.

Kids where happy, they are calling it their white Christmas

Those are good sized hail stones

Kwacky wrote:Those are good sized hail stones

That's after they had been sitting for about 10 mins in 30 deg heat. I was down the road, but the missus said they were about a 1/4 bigger than that.

Forecasted for a bigger storm this evening

Bliming hell kiwi they are enormous! Hope your bike is nicely tucked away when this was all happening!

Yep Rossgo, I've got a double garage with internal access, bikes get half and the good car gets the other. My ute lives outside, but I was down the road at the kids swim lessons with it and only got small hail where I was.

Dang! That's some hail......did you throw them on the barbie??


The ones in your hand DO kinda look like shrimp.....just sayin'.

That's a relief I'm sure them sized stones would of made some damage on a precious bike. Surprising how much a difference weather can be only being a little distance away. Though the size of those stones look like they could knock a guy out!

Wow, they must have done some damage around the area !

I have clear roofing sheets in places over my decking and I was sure they would be smashed but they survived. The only damage we sustained were the garden plants. There been a fair bit of damage down in Sydney Metro in some places but overall everyones been pretty lucky. Hail storms are pretty common around here thru' summer, so a lot of stuff is constructed with that in mind. The solar installer did tell me the panels would handle a extreme hail storm, I just didn't quite believe him.

And to be fair, not all the hail was that size, maybe 10%, the rest were about marble size.

I've read about the hail in your area before.....me, I haven't seen hail in years, although I know we do get some big stuff up in the mountains.

Crimbo shopping,not sure I'm looking forward to it to be honest

Most guys don't.....studies have shown that many men in a shopping environment undergo stress levels that rival those of fighter pilots in combat......that's no joke either, I know I stress out like crazy when I go shopping, and I try to plan it so I'm in & out of there in as short a time as possible.

Housework and child minding.

I want to go to the pub.

In a Christmas craft fair inside some old building in liverpool. I would rather be that dogfighting pilot.

Zero stress Christmas shopping in this house, virtually everything is bought online.

First day back and was sent to work by picking up a Christmas tree and decorations and talk about Christmas pressies - this will be left for the Sunday before Christmas! However was treated to a harvester so not all bad!

Went out for a little spin... brr its cold and the roads have very little traction. If it was a little drier it would have been lovely. Stopped for cake and a cuppa, clocked up 119 miles.

The weather looked today but it was cold.

I might go out for an hour tomorrow seeing as I won't be able to ride it for a week.

Just took the kids out for their first sunrise. Not ideal conditions but from the lookout we had a great blanket of cloud below us. My son gave up after a couple of pics on his iPod and got back in ute and listened to music. Highlight for him was the copper chick turning up in a highway car to snap the sunrise on her way to work. My daughter loved it and must have taken about 50 shots! For a 5 yr old her framing was pretty good!

It was nice having company for once too!