During my last two years of college I shared a house with
my friend Paul Kile. We called the house "The Rod and Spanner"
and even had a very nice coat of arms:
Quartered gules and or a connecting rod and a combination
spanner counterchanged.
One misfeature of this house was the refrigerator. The freezer
did not seal well and would quickly frost up. When the frost would
build up to the point that we could no longer put a pint of ice cream
in the freezer we would perform the onerous duty of defrosting.
One day I had a better idea of how to defrost the freezer. Or so
I thought. My new technique was a resounding failure, but I did get
a nice photograph out of the attempt.
I guess this is proof that I've mellowed out in my old age, it's been
over fifteen years since I set fire to a kitchen appliance.
Last modified 01/06/98