"Snag" wrote:
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I forgot to leave the faucet dripping when I made coffee this morning ...
and had to go out and thaw the outdoor faucet AND the inlet where the hose
hooks to the camper . And it only took about 30 minutes to freeze .
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30 minutes is a (relatively) long time. When I was in the service in AK we
had styrofoam lined wooden boxes on our window sills - inside the room.
There were holes in the window sills for ventilation. We could chill a room
temperature bottle of beer in the time it took to change from our dungaree
uniforms to our civvies. A can of soda would freeze and burst in under 10
minutes.

When we'd go outside for bon fires, we would keep the beer near the fire to
keep it from freezing. If you opened one and didn't drink it fast enough,
or keep it near the fire, it would freeze before you finished it.

Frisbees used to crack when they hit the ground after just a few minutes of
tossing them around. We went though a lot of Frisbees every winter, but
sliding around on the snow in full arctic gear was just so much damn fun.
You could fully lay out for a catch without worrying about getting hurt. Of
course, actually catching the Frisbee was near impossible with the gloves
on, but that wasn't really the point.