What made you UNHAPPY today!

[ChrisJ]

This is what you need @Sparky

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Free collection in person.

 

[Sparky]

You callin' me alcoholic?

[RobinB5]

Get a freezer capable of going down to -27 degC, make Gin ice cubes?

[Sparky]

Mmmmmm

[RobinB5]

Actually, if you can manage to freeze Gin, you might as well jack it to push it up to 60%+ proof.

[Chillidoggy]

2 hours ago, Sparky said:

You haven't met my wife, have you?

I have, and frankly I’m shocked. In my opinion, you need to grow a pair and stand up for yourself more. FFS don’t tell her I said so, though.

By way of a comparison, Shan wouldn’t dream of standing in the way of a drinks fridge. Either a purchase of one, or just the door.

[andydclements]

23 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

I have, and frankly I’m shocked. In my opinion, you need to grow a pair..

 He has.

Oh wait, you mean below the waist. Ah.

[Sparky]

You guys always cheer me up.

Anyhow, I solved my melty ice issue with minimal effort and at zero cost.  I put more ice in.

[100th_Idiot]

Three large cubes minimum. 4 if it's hot.

[ramjet]

Solution: add more ice. 
There is no charge for my advice. Glad to assist @Sparky

[Chillidoggy]

12 hours ago, Sparky said:

You guys always cheer me up.

Anyhow, I solved my melty ice issue with minimal effort and at zero cost.  I put more ice in.

Surely that dilutes the gin/tonic ratio?

[Sparky]

Indeed, therefore I use a mitigation technique that I like to call 'more gin'.

[Dan E]

MIL coming for lunch today. Message ends. 

[Sparky]

Good luck mate, I feel for you.  See you on the other side.  Be strong.  But make the drinks stronger.

[Dan E]

She should be full of some interesting stories as she hasn’t left her house since March, can’t wait 

[Barrykearley]

The sheer stupidity of some trades is baffling 

[Sparky]

55 minutes ago, Dan E said:

She should be full of some interesting stories as she hasn’t left her house since March, can’t wait 

Mine has lived with us for 20 years.  She's full of stories that make you want to slit your throat (and hers) EVERY DAY.  Like how she nearly dropped a fork yesterday (oh, the drama), and recent events concerning her digestive system.  It's why I drink.

Bless her.

[Dan E]

So it will be the usual, I’m going to live to 100, then about her cancelled 90th party to which she invited 50 people (10 who are my family) she only got 10 rsvps mainly because she doesn’t actually know these people. Then The Sunday Times subscription will be another hour or so and whenever she talks to you she points at you arrggghhh. 
 

to make matters worse she won’t wear her hearing aid as she says she is not deaf even though I was there when she had the test and she is in fact profoundly deaf. So everything you say to her she only replies “exactly” or “really” 😡😡

[C8RKH]

I have an agreement with my kids that if I get like that they will grind apple pips daily and sprinkle the top of my porridge bowl with it. 

[Dan E]

I apologise the main topic today was escalators! I have taken Sparkles advice and drunk my way through it 

[100th_Idiot]

 

9 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

Surely that dilutes the gin/tonic ratio?

A peculiarly UK misconception. Sufficient ice cools the gin well enough that the ice doesn't melt thereby not diluting the gin.

8 hours ago, Sparky said:

Indeed, therefore I use a mitigation technique that I like to call 'more gin'.

 

Belt and braces for me. More ice and more gin.  It's the only way to be certain

[Chillidoggy]

23 hours ago, 100th_Idiot said:

 

A peculiarly UK misconception. Sufficient ice cools the gin well enough that the ice doesn't melt thereby not diluting the gin.

 

Belt and braces for me. More ice and more gin.  It's the only way to be certain

Sadly not the case. The heat being transferred to the ice cube increases the average kinetic energy of the gin molecules resulting in the breakdown of the crystal structure of ice and transition to the liquid state - the melting of the ice cube. Ergo, the gin is diluted by the melting ice cube.

That said, I wholeheartedly concur with your last statement, indeed, I have followed such advice for many years, and found it to be most efficacious.

[Sparky]

Thus begins a new research phase.  If I can somehow link it to climate change, I'll get a huge grant too.  Game on.

[RobinB5]

1 hour ago, Chillidoggy said:

Sadly not the case. The heat being transferred to the ice cube increases the average kinetic energy of the gin molecules resulting in the breakdown of the crystal structure of ice and transition to the liquid state - the melting of the ice cube. Ergo, the gin is diluted by the melting ice cube.

Yep, although the surface of the ice cube will always be at ~0 degC the gin surrounding it will never cool down to 0 degC thus will always be (relatively) warm enough to melt the ice and dilute itself. Unless the glass/cup is totally adiabatic but then who'd want to drink gin out of a thermos flask?

[Chillidoggy]

15 minutes ago, RobinB5 said:

Yep, although the surface of the ice cube will always be at ~0 degC the gin surrounding it will never cool down to 0 degC thus will always be (relatively) warm enough to melt the ice and dilute itself. Unless the glass/cup is totally adiabatic but then who'd want to drink gin out of a thermos flask?

You haven’t met my wife, have you?