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Title: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: thetank on October 13, 2006, 05:38:16 PM Was there any way for atificially manufacturing ice before the advent of electricity?
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: Rookie (Rodney) on October 13, 2006, 05:40:01 PM Lol. Yeah, coz i often wonder about that too!! :D
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: thetank on October 13, 2006, 05:58:54 PM It's useful stuff though. Air conditioning, gin and tonics etc.
I've looked it up. They used to have boats pick up ice and bring it back. Ice harvesting it was called. What a piece of piss gig that must've been. Saunter up North to pick up some cubes, come back quickly to get minted before it melted. Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: Sark79 on October 13, 2006, 06:16:39 PM On the grounds of some Country Homes and Castles, they have 'Ice Houses'. There is one at Culzean Castle. These are deep pits that were packed with ice during the winter and were used as a way to store foods into the warmer months. They didn't remain frozen for very long, but they acted as a kind of freezer.
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: Wardonkey on October 13, 2006, 06:20:31 PM It can be done, I saw it once on 'The Mosquito Coast'.
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: Redbull on October 13, 2006, 06:54:08 PM "The Doc" in Back to the Future III made a compact little number.
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: RED-DOG on October 13, 2006, 07:22:10 PM In pre-lectric days, they used to sit two women who didn't like each other at opposite ends of a sofa.
Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: stallyon on October 14, 2006, 10:45:23 PM What a piece of piss gig that must've been. Saunter up North to pick up some cubes, come back quickly to get minted before it melted. wasnt one of the boats called the gigantic, or titan or something like that? dont know what happened to it Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: mex on October 15, 2006, 01:22:13 AM white star were going to build a ship called Gigantic after titanic..... or did i dream this?
Must stop eating cheese i find under the cooker Title: Re: O/T Silly historical question. Post by: henrik777 on October 15, 2006, 01:49:23 AM http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101299,00.html
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