Linda ,
Oh no !!! , you have exposed my distraction strategy.
Pat ,
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to O'reilly's which was quite a few years ago.
As I am not such an avid bird enthusiast as yourself , I had no idea about exactly what species of birds ( there were just so many , it was actually quite overwhelming ) that were sitting on my head or shoulders & competing to eat food from my hand.
What I do remember from that excursion is how my partner at the time had " control " of our one & only camera as it was continually strapped around her neck.
Though to be fair , I was allowed to use the camera when we were attending other venues such as surf carnivals or fishing charters which she was not particularly interested in.
On the drive home on Sunday afternoon , we talked about how much we had enjoyed our week at the coast , particularly our day at O'reillys & agreed that she would take the camera to the chemist to have the film developed on Monday during her lunch break from work. (why is Les suddenly breaking out in a sweat )
It was a huge mystery as to what happened to it but as we unpacked everything , there was no camera to be found.
Apparently , due to some form of female logic , that was automatically, entirely my fault which of course I strongly denied.
As the weeks went by & she desperately contacted O'reilly's & every other venue that we had visited in a vain hope to find this lost camera , My conscience got the better of me & i had to confess that I had managed to lose it overboard on one of my fishing trips.
I think that it took about 3 months of total pampering before I was actually forgiven.