-----Original Message-----
From: John Shreffler <johns@AVENUETECH.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, 12 August 1997 03:00
Subject: Re: Reliability thinking and risk assesment



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>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Mike [SMTP:erazmus@WANTREE.COM.AU]
>Sent:   Monday, August 11, 1997 12:37 PM
>To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject:        Reliability thinking and risk assesment
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>At 05:54 PM 8/11/97 +0930, MikeS <mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net> wrote:
>
>[snip]
>. And if I go away for more than
>2 days - I turn off the freezer - since I wouldn't risk the bacterial
>contamination in case the utility turned off the supply while I was gone
>and just happened to turn it back on a couple of hours before I got back,
>I know of one person who got sick for this very reason !
>
>Seems like a lot of trouble to transfer all your frozen goods to
>the neighbor's freezer, just because you are going away for
>a few days.  Here's an old Indian trick I use.  I have a baggie
>with a few ice cubes in it.  If it got warm enough to threaten
>the food, the baggie would be filled with a misshapen blob
>of ice.
>
Another great idea down the chute.  (using a PIC!)

MikeS
<mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net>