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Episode 199 - 6 January 2006

"Do you have any chairs in your room?" asked Hannah warily, looking up the stairway of the house and holding a bottle of wine in her hand.

"Well the room's still the same size that it's always been, so no" replied Rona, a little baffled.

"In that case" said Hannah, "now that I know what's been going on in there I'm not so sure I want to sit on your bed. How about we sit out the front?"

"It's a bit sunny."

"It's summer."

"Okay." Rona went into the kitchen of her house, where she grabbed two wine-glasses and her front-door key. She and Hannah made their way to the front of the house. "Don't forget the bottle-opener!" shouted Hannah from the doorway.

They settled into the sofa out the front of the house. "What do we have?" asked Rona.

"Riesling" replied Hannah. "From New Zealand."

"I don't think I've ever had a wine from New Zealand!" said Rona, grinning with wonder.

"Then you're in for a treat. Hopefully." Hannah opened the bottle with a 'pop' and set it on the ground to breathe for a couple of minutes, and leaned back in the sofa, gazing at the sky.

"What are you looking for?" asked Rona jokingly.

"Flying cars" replied Hannah with a smile. "It's 2006, isn't it? They should be invented by now."

"Even if we had them" replied Rona, "do you really think they'd let Melbourne drivers into the sky?"

"Why not? They let them on the roads."

"Good point." Rona exhaled extravagantly and settled back into the sofa, paralleling Hannah in her posture. "That wine ready to drink yet?" she asked.

"Give it a mo" said Hannah.

"God, you're worse than Matt with his tea" Rona laughed lazily, and shut her eyes.

Hannah put her sunglasses on, and shut her eyes as well. "Sshh" she said, "it's a beautiful day. Let me enjoy the sunshine."