
The windows at the office are fascinating to me. Like most windows here, they open from the top inward at an angle, or if you move the handle to a different position they open like doors. But you're not actually opening the window directly to the outside air, but into another little glassed-in compartment. About 10 inches out is another piece of glass and at the bottom of the little box created between these glass panes is a grate of sorts that lets the air flow through the opening. This way, even if it's raining or snowing outside I can open the windows (which is important, because I'm often a bit toasty here).
Now, the grate is about four inches lower than the bottom of the internal window, so it is tucked out of view, particularly if you're as short as I am. In my first few days when I was still camping out in someone else's office (not to be confused with camping out in my own apartment, which is still going on), I was standing close to the window and noticed that someone had placed some sort of wrap sandwich out there, probably to keep it cool or something. Well, I'm not sure how long it had been there, but it looked like it might be alive enough to be trying to escape through the grate somehow.
The idea stuck in my mind, though, and I have found myself using the great out-of-doors as my personal refrigerator. Generally, I find myself running short of time at home, so I throw a container of yogurt (what better way to make a day better than mit yoghurt?). But then I tend to forget to take the yogurt out of my bag and I find it that night, but which time I assume it is past its useful life. One day, the idea struck me to put it out on the grate. Again, good in theory, but you have to remember that it's out there. Last night I had some passionfruit yogurt (tasty!) that seemed to have lost a bit of its passion through its weekend on the ledge, but I lived to see another day. I don't intend to use this on a regular basis, but an interesting option for the winter months.
Incidentally, we had the most beautiful snow here yesterday. Some of the biggest, fluffiest flakes I may have ever seen. Alas, it is all gone today and it is rather dreary.
Now, the grate is about four inches lower than the bottom of the internal window, so it is tucked out of view, particularly if you're as short as I am. In my first few days when I was still camping out in someone else's office (not to be confused with camping out in my own apartment, which is still going on), I was standing close to the window and noticed that someone had placed some sort of wrap sandwich out there, probably to keep it cool or something. Well, I'm not sure how long it had been there, but it looked like it might be alive enough to be trying to escape through the grate somehow.
The idea stuck in my mind, though, and I have found myself using the great out-of-doors as my personal refrigerator. Generally, I find myself running short of time at home, so I throw a container of yogurt (what better way to make a day better than mit yoghurt?). But then I tend to forget to take the yogurt out of my bag and I find it that night, but which time I assume it is past its useful life. One day, the idea struck me to put it out on the grate. Again, good in theory, but you have to remember that it's out there. Last night I had some passionfruit yogurt (tasty!) that seemed to have lost a bit of its passion through its weekend on the ledge, but I lived to see another day. I don't intend to use this on a regular basis, but an interesting option for the winter months.
Incidentally, we had the most beautiful snow here yesterday. Some of the biggest, fluffiest flakes I may have ever seen. Alas, it is all gone today and it is rather dreary.
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