Saturday 19 January 2008

Gadgets you wouldn't need in NZ, part II

Inside/outside temperature gauge. I've been wanting one of these doofers for the longest time but they're kind of expensive in NZ. Not so here: eighteen bucks in Wal*Mart will get you such a gadget. So far it seems pretty accurate, when checking it against the web and the temperature thingy in the car (no radio in the apartment: I miss NatRad!).

Yes, that's 29 degrees Fahrenheit it's showing as the outside temperature. That's about -1 Celsius. This was first thing in the morning a couple of days ago - this morning it said 25 F and I nearly didn't get out of bed. It's supposed to be 18 F tomorrow morning and I'm not looking forward to it.

I'm beginning to wonder whether buying this gadget was a good idea after all :0)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So you're in favour of a touch of global warming now, yes? ;)

Carolyn said...

I'm beginning to see its good side, yes. It's minus 9C outside right now (17F) and there's ice forming on the edges of the lake. Bring on some of that CO2-induced heat, I say.