Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

@Former-Member have been more interested in budget events since beginning my business studies, and it is good to know what is going on, feeling a bit flat tonight though so will catch up on the summaries tomorrow rather than watch it unfold tonight. It will give them all plenty to argue and fight over no doubt rather than working together to find the best solution for all.

Last few winters have not been too bad here @Anna88 @Former-Member @Adge @Appleblossom but going to make up for it this year if forecasts are correct.

Used to love the wood stove when growing up despite the work it involved.

Hello goodnight all.

Getting towards chilly here too. Will still be in the teens for daytime temperatures, but not by much, and just a little further south they're expecting single digit daytime temps Thursday and Friday... brrr...

Definitely need to get the cookstove fired up. It only warms the room its in, not big enough to heat the rest of the house, but there is something really nice about a fire. 🙂

Its single digits now ... Need to get the third layer out of closet.

Bloomin Hell ... anything can be turned into politics. Can you believe it @Adge On my weekend away I ran into birders who knew Mr Low and were very argumentative about details ... I thought our Orange Belly Parrot was just a bit bigger than a budgie. Its a small parrot, and my dinner companion almost put my neck out with her intense opinions about anything I said and it being proper parrot size ....&!@#%&

It was supposed to be a harmonious musical weekend but there were so many boffins. Luckily a nice lady retired from Geoscience drove me to the train station and we could chat harmoniously just fine.

Actually it was a fabulous weekend.

I'm sorry to hear that people could be so pedantic about bird detals or opinions @Appleblossom

I've met people like that in the past, especially at Avicultural societies...

I wasn't worth speaking to, because I did not have large aviaries, & did not keep 100 birds (or more)...

The ironic thing is that people with such argumentative opinions can often be wrong.

There has been many times when I've "bowed out" (humbly withdrawn), even though the discussion was my area of expertise (& they had it all mixed up)...

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