This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Cold Water
Sep
22
2015
I like my drinking water cold. Very cold.
If you were to ask me what temperature I want my water, I would say “32 degrees”. With the understanding that we’re talking in Fahrenheit.
Some people might laugh and say that I would be drinking an ice cube, since it would be frozen then.
But it would not be frozen. It would be freezing. I would drink the water at the beginning of the phase change, so it would be 32 degrees but still liquid. It’s the freezing point, not the frozen point.
I’ve been thinking of ways to lower the temperature even further so that my drink could be even more refreshing. I’ve come up with two so far.
1. Add something, so it’s not pure water. Like when you make ice cream and you add rock salt to the ice. But adding salt to the water would defeat the purpose of making the water refreshing, so skip this one.
2. Add pressure. 32 degrees is the freezing point of water at normal pressure (1 atmosphere). If we added some pressure to the water bottle, the freezing point of the water should be reduced. Unfortunately, the pressure would have to be about 2000 atmospheres to make much of a difference, so I don’t think that would be feasible. Plus we would have to pressurize the entire kitchen, so that I could open the bottle to drink the water without it freezing instantly upon depressurization.
3. Keep the water moving. It is common knowledge that moving water freezes at a lower temperature than standing water. Or sitting water. Or water that is lying down. Maybe if I get a refrigerated drinking fountain and kept the button constantly pressed, I could turn the temperature down a few degrees below the normal freezing point. The only drawback to this is that when I capture the water in my mouth, it will have stopped moving. And that may cause it to freeze up and make it hard to actually drink.
Maybe I’ll just have to be satisfied with the standard 32 degrees.
Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Jeremiah 18:14
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:10 am and has been carefully placed in the Ponder category.
September 22nd, 2015 at 10:19 am
You live in Michigan. How much colder do you want?
September 23rd, 2015 at 11:57 am
Just a few degrees cooler.
The coldest water I can remember was in England. Of course, I have not visited the South Pole. I’m sure they could outdo anyplace I’ve been.
September 25th, 2015 at 3:07 pm
Only way I actually like water is drinking it from a hose, attached to barn hydrant
October 3rd, 2015 at 3:03 am
If you warm up your mouth, the water will feel relatively colder. So before you drink your 32-degree-cold water, put your face in front of a space heater or something with your mouth open.