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Old Oct 8th 2013, 5:18 am
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'Fess up. Who has relit their woodburners this evening.

Flipping well chilly so we've done just that. The past few days were so warm and Spring like I had Mr BEVS take the wood logs to store under the house. He then found himself back under the house this evening to fetch the same logs back up . Oopsies.
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+1 brrrrrrrrrrr.
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Still warm just north of Auckland though having the occasional squally shower. Got my wine to keep me warm!!!!
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well must admit I did go to start googling "how to make a fire" as MrF says I do not do it correctly, apparently needs to be a triangle or something. anyway looked around a bit thought "this is the kids area, they can put jumpers on.
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Erm, although don't have an actual real live fire to light, our 'heating' hasn't been off yet.
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Originally Posted by BEVS
'Fess up. Who has relit their woodburners this evening.
Me but then I live in Tokoroa so no surprises there. Just moved from Taupo where last year I even had a fire in December! My old neighbour told me had to light a fire on Christmas Day one year!
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25C to 3C in two days. Seriously.

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Originally Posted by MrsFychan
well must admit I did go to start googling "how to make a fire" as MrF says I do not do it correctly, apparently needs to be a triangle or something.
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How can you make a fire wrong? If it burns it is successful, if it burns the house down its just very successful. Can you imagine scout camp "I liked your fire but thought the arrangement of pine logs really let you down I'm afraid little Johnny, now you have to share a sleeping bag with catholic camp master Bruno."

This relentless pursuit of a pointless and futile perfection in mundane tasks just really annoys me, just so others can feel superior in their time wasting ability. It's like listening to middle class women wittering on about their extremely petty medical problems diagnosed by their "specialist" in a game of one upmanship. Ebola is a disease, feeling down on a rainy day is not.

So you enjoy your wonky, misfit, mutant fire MrsFrychan. As Francis Bacon once noted "There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
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aawww thanks Charismatic, I shall do as you say and will indeed make a wonky fire in future if I so desire.
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Relit the fire !!!!
Yeah yeah Nah, i just switched on the central heating for half an hour
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Couldn't take the pathetic (puss n boots) look from the doggie any longer & gave in. Only for her .... really.
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I so totally believe you.

We only did this for our pusscat , age 15 , who could not put on an extra layer but settled himself down beside our halogen heater hoping it would be switched on.
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We did. Poor hubby had to traipse to woodpile in far away corner in the pouring rain to collect some firewood. And just last weekend I was thinking of clearing out the ashes and making the log burner look like a decorative piece of furniture for the summer.

Well, it was 25 degrees on Sunday

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just last weekend I was thinking of clearing out the ashes and making the log burner look like a decorative piece of furniture for the summer
LOL, same here.
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Originally Posted by Vikkichic
Couldn't take the pathetic (puss n boots) look from the doggie any longer & gave in. Only for her .... really.
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Erm. From what I can see the entire village has relit their woodburners.
There be snow on them there hills again.
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