Kick Em in the Ice Hole

We have a little joke in the family about how to catch a Polar Bear.  I don't know if I have shared it on the blog previously or not and since I am not about to look through every post I am just going to share it again. 

Do you know how to catch a Polar Bear?
Well, first you cut a hole in the ice.
Then you put peas around the hole.
Next you hide and wait.
When a Polar Bear comes along and bends over to take a pea...
You kick him in the ice hole. 

Such a great joke and it has a spin off on how to catch a Grizzly Bear but I will save that for another time.  Okay, we'll do it now. 

Do you know how to catch a Grizzly Bear?
Well, first you build a bonfire.
Then you dig a big hole. 
After the bonfire goes out you put the ashes in the hole.
Put peas around the outside of the hole.
Next you hide and wait.
When a Grizzly Bear comes along and bends over to take a pea...
You kick him in the ash hole.

Can it get any better than that?  Okay fine, bad jokes but we love them. 

I spent a bit of time today in the ice hole we call a walk in freezer at the Brick House.  There was a little problem with how it was set up and on defrost mode we had water spilling all over the floor, freezing and building up.  In a month it had reached 3 inches thick in some areas and it was only getting worse.  I turned on the defrost mode and went to work.   I had to make a change to the drain, pull out some frozen crates and bucket and then I went about trying to de-ice the floor.  That ended up being a bit of a chore that involved salting, sledge hammering, scraping, dock brushing and squeegie-ing if there is such a word.  There was an old, beat up linoleum on the floor that shattered and came out with the ice.  The freezer room is just a room that was insulated and had some plastic wall panels put up and the air handler mounted inside.  It is old and has fallen apart some but it stays plenty cold and the unit works great.  While working on it I figured it will be a bigger project for another day or two when I can empty it out, fix the ceiling, walls and light fixture then install a new floor.

Anyhow, it was a good project.  I got just about all of the ice off the floor and out of there, established a new system for taking out the condensate, adjusted the drain set up and cleaned out other items that were not needed in the room.  It went pretty well especially since I kept my laser beam focus and didn't get distracted by delicious peas surrounding some random hole.