On Wed, 28 May 2014 21:06:50 -0500, George Shirley >
wrote:

>In our first home we had both, a 30 cubic foot chest and a 20 cubic foot
>upright, not to mention the rental locker at the old freezer plant in
>town. Now we have a 15 cubic foot upright that is at least twenty years
>old plus the little upright on the new fridge. No room to speak of for a
>big ol' chest freezer anymore and we might lean over and fall in one
>nowadays.

I know what you mean. I'd probably fall into one as well. As a
child, I used to be afraid the lid of my grandparents' freezer would
fall on me. If the current ancient upright freezer dies, heaven
forfend, I still don't know if I'd rather get a chest or upright to
replace it. There are advantages and disadvantages to both and I know
a modern replacement would never last as long as this one has.

>We ended up with nearly seven inches of rain in 48 hours, the local
>drainage creek has been out of its banks for at least 24 hours now. Just
>went out at 2100 and it is sprinkling again. This system must be huge.
>Having to pick cukes and squash daily, they get big so quick from
>getting all that water. Looks like tomorrow I will be shredding zukes
>and yellow squash and vac bagging them for squash bread this winter. We
>do like that and so do the little ones.

As far as I can tell, with one digital and one "manual" rain gauge, we
got only 1.25 inches but that was within 30 minutes. And that doesn't
count all the water left as hail. I don't even know how to measure
that. Aside from hail tearing up my tomatoes the rain was much
needed. Maybe the blackberries will plump up a bit after all. And
we're due for more rain today and on through the weekend. I just hope
there's no more hail.

>George

bluechick