Do children like to play?
Nov. 12th, 2019 07:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyAlthough it is still spring, bushfire season has already started. Far, far north of here, New South Wales is on fire with a catastrophic danger warning, which wouldn’t normally affect me, only that’s where my work’s other office is. Lots of people off or working from home. The accounts officer came into work at 6am so she could finish early, and she said on her way in, workers were out blocking off entry to hiking trails.
I had this conversation many times today when a colleague rang for something: “You’re working? Are you safe? Oh no, we’re fine. It’s 10 degrees here, but feels like -2*. And it’s raining.” Depending on the colleague, the response was “bloody hell” or “send some up here” or slightly crazed laughter.
Sitting under grey skies, talking to someone whose world is bright orange.
* That’s about 50F, but feels like 28F, for the Fahrenheit-minded reader.
I had this conversation many times today when a colleague rang for something: “You’re working? Are you safe? Oh no, we’re fine. It’s 10 degrees here, but feels like -2*. And it’s raining.” Depending on the colleague, the response was “bloody hell” or “send some up here” or slightly crazed laughter.
Sitting under grey skies, talking to someone whose world is bright orange.
* That’s about 50F, but feels like 28F, for the Fahrenheit-minded reader.