03 Jan 16 18:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    ML>> then there's the ones where someone has a frozen package of something   
    ML>> and says that they're going to "un-thaw" it... seems to be that it is   
    ML>> already "un-thawed" and what they really want to do is to "thaw" it   
    ML>> so they can work with it... i started to say "cook it" but then   
    ML>> thought of frozen animals in science and taxidermy that don't get   
    ML>> cooked: lol:   
      
    ak> The question appeared when I tried to explain why drain pipes should   
    ak> be painted in dark colors. In that case in winter, the sun warms them   
    ak> and they ... eh, thaw out quicker. :)   
      
   hahahaha... yup!   
      
   one might also wrap them with those pipe heating cables used to keep water   
   pipes from freezing... if one waits until the drain pipes are frozen, the   
   heating cable will help the gutter pipes to thaw, too :)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ... Toad: What happens to an illegally parked frog.   
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