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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ice industry ruined.
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:06:47 +1100
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 09:00:15 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 2025-04-01, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On 2025-03-31 10:13 p.m., Ed P wrote:
>>> Ice houses were great and provided employment for people.  Someone came 
>>> along and destroyed the thriving industry.
>>> 
>>> It might be one of the world's most transformative inventions when it 
>>> comes to our diets, but the refrigerator was initially met with a frosty 
>>> reception. Although ice houses such as the one pictured were relatively 
>>> popular with the upper classes, everyday people relied on techniques 
>>> such as pickling to preserve their food.
>>>
>>
>>   We are a dying breed Ed. I remember ice delivery when I was a wee one, 
>> but only when we went to the city to visit relatives. I also remember 
>> when we drove through the city we passes a few ice shops. The ice would 
>> be stacked up and covered with sawdust for insulation.  If we went on a 
>> picnic we wold stop and get a block of ice. Those blocks are hard to 
>> find these days and that's a pity because a block of ice would  last for 
>> a few days while a back of ice will be a puddle by the next day.
>
>I wonder if my mother remembers ice delivery.  If I think of it, I'll
>ask her tomorrow.
>
>Do you often go on picnics that last a few days?

:)

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Bruce
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