Mpemba effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

I did physics at uni and it brings back memories of the intractable Hungarian-accented English of one of the lecturers in thermodynamics.
The postscript to that is that a few years later I was introduced to a girl in Liverpool who, on discovering my background, persuaded me over a drink or three to deliver an impersonation of the eccentric Hungarian. Only when I’d dug myself right into the hole did she reveal that he was her father:D

:D:D I am glad things like this happen to other people, as digging big holes seems to be my forte.

Thank god for the Focus ST2 😀 So much fun in this increment weather:D

Are you then? I know I am. Oh well it keeps me out of the other half’s way and stops us arguing.

LMAO Mike have fun 😀 I don’t have that c*ap anymore thank god.:)

Hot water will make ice-cubes faster than cold water .:) I guess you have a good understanding anyway. 🙂

Excellent point…..assume in this case the room is 20°C warmer than the inside of the fridge…

…unlike my house at the moment where there isn’t much in it! 😡

:D:D

Free range children. I like that though I dread to think just what the term implies

17 and 19 I guess I can’t question them anymore:) Unlike the 11 year old going on 18 !;)

Guess it could also depend on how cold the room was?