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A little experiment

January 15, 2009 by Lauren 19 Comments

So, 9 p.m. rolled around again and I wandered around the house looking for some post fodder so I could go to bed.  Unfortunately it’s the biggest cold snap of the season and I left my point-and-shoot thermometer at school.   I took some pictures of the kitchen windows using my probe thermometer, and was surprised at how cold it was behind the towels ‘curtains’.

Burrzy wurrzy.

Yep, ‘Lo’.  It only reads to 32 degrees.  (It’s 66 on this side of the towel curtain. Dnag it!)  Time for an experiment! We’ll see if a shot glass of water will freeze on the window sill.  In the control group, I’ll also put a shot glass on a non-towel-covered window, rare though those may be in this house.   Brad, I’m sure you’ll be up before the results are posted.

Freeze, my little one, freeze.

UPDATE: Riddle me this.  It didn’t freeze – not even a little on the top.  Was the window sill too warm?  That’s my guess, since hte water itself is below 32.  Hmmph.

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  1. Arron/Karla says

    January 16, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Lonely little post here is your first comment! At 3:30 AM -18 degrees here in Indiana. Wind chill is -36. Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye have nothing on you! Make sure that the ice doesn’t go to waist … it is in a shot glass you know.

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  2. Arron/Karla says

    January 16, 2009 at 4:02 am

    Idiot … I spelled waste wrong. I shouldn’t be posting at this time of the morning before the caffeine fix.

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    • Lloyd says

      January 16, 2009 at 6:23 am

      Maybe you were making some clever comment about whatever you put in the ice going to your waist?

      Reply
      • Lauren says

        January 16, 2009 at 6:36 am

        I think around the ice.

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  3. Brad says

    January 16, 2009 at 4:31 am

    Dang. How did I allow Karla to beat me to first comment? 🙂 Now I’ll have to get up earlier.

    12 degrees here. It’s cold for Baltimore. I’m a little worried about some of the borderline hardy plants I grow outside.

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    • Deanne says

      January 16, 2009 at 6:26 am

      Karla beat you because she has a tiny infant that gets up all night long and will do so for a while. You probably shouldn’t plan on beating Karla any time soon. Unless, of course, Lauren posts when Karla has the brief opportunity for a nap.

      Bless you, Karla, and your family! Pretty soon they’ll be asking for the car keys!!

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      • Peggy says

        January 16, 2009 at 7:25 am

        I thought the same thing! Sorry Karla…and to think crazy Brad chooses to get up at almost that hour…

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        • Arron/Karla says

          January 16, 2009 at 9:10 am

          Thanks for setting Brad straight, guys. 🙂 I appreciate you having my back.

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      • Brad says

        January 16, 2009 at 9:41 am

        So if I want to beat Karla to making the first comment, I need a baby? Where am I going get one of those?

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        • Peggy says

          January 16, 2009 at 9:51 am

          Don’t you know?!? Well, I can tell you it’s not in a pumpkin patch.

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        • Arron/Karla says

          January 16, 2009 at 10:14 am

          Angelina Jolie didn’t have a problem getting babies before Brad Pitt came along. I’m sure you’ll do fine.

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          • Brad says

            January 16, 2009 at 11:49 am

            So I should ask Angelina Jolie for a baby? Does anybody have her email address?

          • Arron/Karla says

            January 16, 2009 at 12:10 pm

            I have it as angelina.jolie@hotmail.com. Let us know what she says.

          • Lloyd says

            January 16, 2009 at 12:17 pm

            That’s close. It’s angelina.jolie@hotfemale.com

          • Deborah says

            January 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm

            HA!

  4. Beth says

    January 16, 2009 at 7:06 am

    Doesn’t that thermometer read 122F? Good grief, you’ve blocked all the sun-provided heat out of your house with those towels curtains. Let the heat in my friend, before Lloyd freezes to death!! 😉

    Oh, and that little flower down there, below all the comments, between posts – that’s my favorite between post pic. 😀

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    • Beth says

      January 16, 2009 at 7:07 am

      Aaaarrrrggg…the picture changed. No more little flower. Dnag. I didn’t know the picture was ever changing…now I look foolish.

      Reply
    • Lauren says

      January 16, 2009 at 12:20 pm

      Ha – you funny! I thought about explaining that in my post, so I’ll do it now:

      Nah, the 122 is the part of the thermometer that you can set, say if you have a turkey that would be done at 165. When the temperature on the left matches the one on the right, it goes off like a LOUD smoke alarm.

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  5. Peggy says

    January 16, 2009 at 7:26 am

    Experiment #2: Sit Lloyd on the window sill over night.

    Reply

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