Fridge Apocalypse

current coping strategy : drowning out cat's miaows by playing that Funkstar Deluxe mix of "Sun Is Shining".

Cats prefer warm food.It makes it feel more like they just killed something. It mightn't be that healthy though

C) is the heavenly option.

My refrigerator is over 30 years old and has kept my urine chilled wonderfully.

Now I feel silly

(Second line added to save someone else from wasting valuable sarcasm)

& er yeah I should get rid of the food, but it's a bit too nauseating to deal with right now (I'm finally regaining my sense of smell, & it's not pleasant).

& er Tracer, this could well be mentalism on my part, but if you have meat-based catfood, surely it'd go off if warmed up? haha I wouldn't eat it, anyway.

If the catfood is not in a tin then it is silly and deserves to go off for being silly. Honestly, such silliness

In further news, dawn is breaking, allowing me to forage in the garden for fruit & vegetables.

SILLY WIFE!

Freezer somehow got so cold over the past two days, it froze the door shut. I knew it needed defrosting but I was swamped with work and exams and couldn't do more than just remove a few icicles. Now I can't open it. Fuck.

Do I turn it off and let it thaw, in the process turning all my food bad :( or do I go find a big strong neighbour to force it open?

Ignoring it right now (takeaway dinner and watching Heroes). But gonna have to deal with it at some point.

Pour boiling water over the door joins. Wiggle through and chip at ice with long knife. I have done this. It's messy and takes ages, but it's possible.

dynamite works in spaghetti westerns, or shooting the lock.

Turn it off and let it thaw. Surely this should be the moment you realise that you need to do this??

your thor? i can'th even pith thraighth!

right, tried Anna's method, way too time/energy-consuming. Managed to get through the door itself (somewhat), but apparently the front shelf is stuck to the frame, where no knife or boiling water will reach. Yes, that's how much ice has built up in there.

Am turning it off now. Have called the neighbours, and they have very nicely let me have some space in their fridge for the stuff that's not stuck in the freezer. As for all the frozen food/meat/icecream, not much left to do there but wait for the smell and the flooding. ARGH.

but, the stuff in the freezer won't really get cold enough to smell? not if you just leave it long enough to get the door unfrosted?

yeah i'm just being cranky. but it still might happen cause it's just midnight here and I've had a long day. Am probably going to bed soon while it defrosts.

hairdryer?

blowtorch, or nothing. these half measures simply won't cut it at this late stage.

go buy a new frost free fridge now

stuff takes a while to unfreeze at all when surrounded by ice even if that ice is melting
i have a lot of experience in this fascinating field

Roz, there's no need to worry. Unplug the freezer and leave all the frozen food in the fridge for an hour or however long it takes without any of it getting close to defrosting. Then, as soon as you're done, bung it all back in the freezer, switch it on and within minutes it'll be cold enough to do its job once again.

throwing good energy after bad! sunny otm