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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 410339, member: 136&quot;]Owned, that is so cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>Way back when, on my honeymoon(!) in 1978, DH &amp; I went to see one of his publishers, who lived in Chelmsford, England.&nbsp; The house seemed to be in the back of beyond, but it was gorgeous. </p><p><br /></p><p>As he took us on a little tour of his grounds, we came upon a good-sized structure that I would have called a &quot;gazebo&quot;, but he called it a <i>budgerie</i> (or something like that.)</p><p><br /></p><p>When we got up closer to it, I saw that it was screened, and inside, there must have been 50 or 60 parakeets! OUTSIDE, in all weathers. I was both shocked and intrigued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I understand that even &quot;indoor&quot; birds must live &quot;outside&quot; somewhere, but I didn&#039;t realize that parakeets were hardy enough to live outside in the UK![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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