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alison
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 2:20 pm Post subject:
I always put a clean towel in the bottem too, then when it get s a bit crumby, and the odd bits of veg fall in there it isn't a yucky mess to clean out next time, just lift out, and wipe.

snowball
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 4:28 pm Post subject:
Yep, hairdryer with a clean towel beneath.

Nick

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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 5:46 pm Post subject:

Midland Spinner wrote:

Hairdryer - what's one of those? I don't possess such a thing. We don't have a fan heater either.

Sorry, didn't realise this was a re-enactment defrosting.

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 6:22 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Midland Spinner wrote:

Hairdryer - what's one of those? I don't possess such a thing. We don't have a fan heater either.

Sorry, didn't realise this was a re-enactment defrosting.

Pilsbury

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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 6:42 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Midland Spinner wrote:

Hairdryer - what's one of those? I don't possess such a thing. We don't have a fan heater either.

Sorry, didn't realise this was a re-enactment defrosting.

thats just called spring...

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 13 7:51 am Post subject:
Only thing I would suggest is not making the inside of the freezer too warm or you can upset the gas in the system and make the thing go backwards.

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 9:00 am Post subject:
Sadly since I defrosted it, my freezer no longer appears to have puffins living inside it.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 4:25 pm Post subject:
Well most people don't have puffins living in their freezer, so could it be your freezer has become fairly normal? Please explain.

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 5:11 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Well most people don't have puffins living in their freezer, so could it be your freezer has become fairly normal?

Please explain.

I never claimed to be normal

Boarstall Girl

Joined: 28 Aug 2013
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 8:22 pm Post subject:
Have you heard them muttering yet? One question - doesnt defrosting a freezer just mean hitting the bit round the seal so you can open and shut the lid? Oh....

Woodburner

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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 9:22 pm Post subject:

Could you have got the liquid too warm? Not sure what theh remedy might be tho.

I know that if you move a fridge or freezer much, especially if it's shifted out of the vertical, you should leave it for a while to settle again before turning it back on. The other thing is, we have a rather ideosyncratic 'frost free' freezer: every so often, especially if it's had the door left ajar and or there have been one too many power cuts, it can't seem to get it's act together, and hovers just between green and red no matter how long it's left running. The cure for that is to leave it open so that it is completely defrosted, including the hidden freezer panel. It's really not nice waiting and wondering, "Is that long enough?" While everything is defrosting slowly under the blankets. Last time we cut it really close, it too about 18 hours to get back on track and down below freezing!

Hope you can get it sorted.

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 13 5:01 pm Post subject:
Yay, I heard some puffin action in the freezer last night. I think they were just sulking about having to move out for a day.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 13 7:09 am Post subject:
Glad your puffins are happy again.

sgt.colon

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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 13 9:25 am Post subject:
You lot are bonkers.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 13 7:09 am Post subject:
Well I am perfectly sane; I don't have puffins in my freezer, but you have to humour them.

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