The Breakfast Radio Diaries 052: It doubled in population to 2

$12 Iceberg lettuce's, Ice Cream that's actually more air than dessert and the price to keep the heater running while combating this new polar blast is set to rise by about 25%.

If I was a betting man (and I am on the rare occasion), I'd wager this might one one of the lesser signs of the impending apocalypse.

WHO BUYS IT AT THAT PRICE THOUGH?

While the Subaru was sipping gingerly at the dregs of its fuel tank on the way to work, I was listening to Luke Bona on the Night Shift talk about the price of lettuce. Normally a conversation killer right there but the fact that somewhere in Australia the price is currently hovering around $12 just for one is simply astounding. 
Yes one. 

One single solitary iceberg lettuce for the price of a kilo of regular mince. 
Because you're working with the effects of recent flooding, petrol prices for transport going up (and making everything else go up along with it) and I guess current scarcity, but in all honesty who is going to buy a $12 head of lettuce that's a good part water and barely has any flavour? 
Is it wrong to assume that these last remaining good batch of green leaf at this price is just going to end up as compost because nobody will pay that super high price?
We may have to switch from lettuce to baby spinach for taco days here if this continues.

THE CHEAPER IT IS, THE MORE AIR YOU GET FOR FREE

So a study was carried out, and by study I mean one curious blogger, finding that there's more air in cheaper ice cream than there is in the more expensive stuff. So suddenly that bargain doesn't seem so much of a bargain anymore when the air content rivals what's currently keeping your wheels inflated. The pricier stuff is thicker and creamier while the cheaper stuff is fluffier and more plentiful. 
This may also explain why you eat more of the cheaper stuff, because it's not as filling. 

Riveting stuff really but for the sake of argument, just give me the ice cream you're wondering about. I'll happily polish it off (for free) and give you a vague number of how much air content I reckon might be in there. 
No need to thank me, it's for science.

THE COST OF HEATING GOING UP

Not much point in going in depth here, the price of heating is set to rise, interest rates are set to rise, petrol has already risen. It's all going up. No wonder I'm tired trying to keep up with it all :/

AND IT MIGHT BE COLD HERE, BUT WHAT ABOUT..

No wait, it is still cold here. Another Polar Blast has swung through to chill us right to the core and brought a lot of rain along for the ride. When the alarm goes off it's single digit temperatures and the temptation to somehow do my half of the show from the comfort of the shower remains incredibly high.  
But for the sake of the rest of the world, we did ask The Border about the coldest place they'd ever been (hello Ballarat, you're freezing!) and while we did that, we learnt about Liaweenee in Tasmania.

Smack bang in the middle of Tassie, according to Wikipedia, it's the coldest permanently-inhabited place in Australia with only two residents currently (that number doubled back in 2020 - hopefully they get on well with each other) and hilariously the town name is the Tasmanian Aboriginal word for 'Frigid'. And while we didn't find anyone who'd been there (or anyone who wanted to go) we did get mentions of places like Orange NSW, Denver Colorado, a frozen bar in NZ, Whistler Canada, Corowa and Blayney Railway Station (oddly specific but okay..)

TOMORROW WE WELCOME ROYALTY

Well not exactly, more get into a couple of songs for our Fight For Your Flashback with a royal theme, based on the Queen's Jubilee celebration. Both Lu and myself have opted for ones with 'King' in the song title so the big reveal (and winner) is coming up tomorrow.

Chat then

-Almigo