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a use for the weather
It's been way below freezing here for several days, and with wind chills that had them issuing warnings. While that's mostly a nuisance (when the Hudson starts to freeze, you don't get ice skating, you get problems with the ferry services), I found a silver lining.
Our freezer needed defrosting. Rather than buy or make lots of ice and pile it in the sink on top of the frozen broth, berries, and so on, I just took the contents of the freezer and put them on the fire escape. A couple of hours and several reheatings of a pot of water (to speed the process) later, the last piece of ice came off the freezer wall.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude wiped everything dry, pulled the stuff inside, and we were all set, one nice unfrosted freezer, stocked with a variety of good food.
(Yes, this was the main event of my day. Yesterday's was a trip to LinuxWorld, which proved both small and disappointing; I did get a nice thermos mug, but it would have been simpler to buy one up here than go down to 34th Street and get it free.)
Our freezer needed defrosting. Rather than buy or make lots of ice and pile it in the sink on top of the frozen broth, berries, and so on, I just took the contents of the freezer and put them on the fire escape. A couple of hours and several reheatings of a pot of water (to speed the process) later, the last piece of ice came off the freezer wall.
cattitude wiped everything dry, pulled the stuff inside, and we were all set, one nice unfrosted freezer, stocked with a variety of good food.(Yes, this was the main event of my day. Yesterday's was a trip to LinuxWorld, which proved both small and disappointing; I did get a nice thermos mug, but it would have been simpler to buy one up here than go down to 34th Street and get it free.)