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Lab_adore

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@Lisa so glad you didn't have to lose power and I hope you had a really lovely birthday. Australia's economy relies so heavily on coal and gas but the politicians are slowly cutting them down to the point where we now don't have enough gas and we will go broke without coal export $$. WInd and solar is fine but as you said unreliable. We have solar hot water but the three years of La Nina meant we had to get used to having next to no hot water most days.

Happy birthday @Jelinga!!! Enjoy your lovely lunch tomorrow
 
I can’t even imagine how cold those temperatures are, @Kelsey and @Lisa . It’s worse than walking into a freezer! The possibility of power outages must be really worrying. Stay safe and warm. :hug:
Tomorrow it warms up, we are almost through it! Hope it warms up enough for my hot water lines to unthaw. I haven’t had hot water in my bathroom for three days, a slight inconvenience πŸ˜… Yesterday for me it was a balmy -18 😎, it felt so nice!
 

Candy

Biscuit Tin Guardian
When Joy and I tried to set off for our walk thismorning the gates were frozen shut!:cold:
I was just about to go and get some water to sort it out when our neighbour appeared brandishing a can of antifreeze.It's been an absolutely beautiful day, -3 when we set off, but clear blue skies and glorious sunshine and best of all.....the mud was all frozen!:clap:. Another cold and sunny day forecast for tomorrow, then it's due to get warmer, wetter and very windy again. Temperatures are expected to go down to -8 tonight, but we are as cosy as anyone could wish to be by our Fireinametalbox.20240117_190201.jpgπŸ”₯😊
 

Jacqui-S

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Fife, Scotland
I have been too scared too @edzbird
Who am I going to call at 6-6.30am if I fall? OH no use so I would we stuck with a neighbour. Awkward....

I did brave this morning a short walk down the pavement to the park. I was surprised the pavement was actually OK, but the frozen grass was really hard to walk on, could have done with my sturdy boots for my ankles.
 
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