Hi, Mark Lewis!   
   I read your message from 02.01.2016 17:19   
      
    AK>> When the street temperature is below zero, the water from the roof   
    AK>> can freeze into the drain pipe. What is happened to the pipe in   
    AK>> this case?   
      
    AK>> It is corked up?   
      
    ML> plugged... it is plugged by a... ummm... plug... a plug made of ice   
      
    ML> as far as "plugged up" or "corked up" or "fix it up" and similar   
    ML> phrases that folks tack "up" on to the end of, i can't help but to   
    ML> wonder if something can also be "plugged down", "corked down", "fix   
    ML> it down" and such: lol:   
      
    ML> then there's the ones where someone has a frozen package of   
    ML> something and says that they're going to "un-thaw" it... seems to   
    ML> be that it is already "un-thawed" and what they really want to do   
    ML> is to "thaw" it so they can work with it... i started to say "cook   
    ML> it" but then thought of frozen animals in science and taxidermy   
    ML> that don't get cooked: lol:   
      
   The question appeared when I tried to explain why drain pipes should be   
   painted in dark colors. In that case in winter, the sun warms them and they   
   ... eh, thaw out quicker. :)   
      
   Bye, Mark!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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