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"Felice Friese" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hey, Barb,

Know what I just watched on the telly? A Food Channel program on ice
cream
and such that ended with a piece on the St. Paul Ice Whoop-ti-do, from
cutting the blocks on the Whatever River to the aurora borealis bit
with the
lights. Fantastic!

But what got me was the number of Minnie Soda guys who are willing to
get
out there on that frozen river and cut the damned blocks. You lose many
of
those guys?

Felice

Usually it is a lake, not a river. And you would be amazed at the weight
that 3 feet of ice can handle. So, we lose none of those guys.

del cecchi

In article <[email hidden]>, "Felice Friese"

Quoted message said:

Hey, Barb,

Know what I just watched on the telly? A Food Channel program on ice
cream and such that ended with a piece on the St. Paul Ice
Whoop-ti-do, from cutting the blocks on the Whatever River to the
aurora borealis bit with the lights. Fantastic!

But what got me was the number of Minnie Soda guys who are willing to
get out there on that frozen river and cut the damned blocks. You
lose many of those guys?

Quoted message said:

Felice

Nope. Don't lose many of the guys who go ice fishing on the lakes,
either. At least not the ones with a coupla ounces of common sense.
:-0) My brother drowns worms on Lake Minnetonka (big lake just west of
the city) in January. Crappies. He's nuts. But then he's nuts the
rest of the year too, so it's not really news. '-)

It's the snowmobilers who are kinda dumb.

(St. Paul Winter Carnival, BTW). I had pictures of some of the ice
sculptures on my website last January. I've removed them since then,
though. Way cool.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Several notes since 8/18/05,
including the Blue Ribbon Brownie Recipe and a sad note added
this evening, 8/27/05.

"Del Cecchi" wrote.

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"Felice Friese" wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hey, Barb,

Know what I just watched on the telly? A Food Channel program on ice
cream
and such that ended with a piece on the St. Paul Ice Whoop-ti-do, from
cutting the blocks on the Whatever River to the aurora borealis bit with
the
lights. Fantastic!

But what got me was the number of Minnie Soda guys who are willing to get
out there on that frozen river and cut the damned blocks. You lose many
of
those guys?

Felice

Quoted message said:

Usually it is a lake, not a river. And you would be amazed at the weight
that 3 feet of ice can handle. So, we lose none of those guys.

del cecchi

Oh, dumb me! Lakes, rivers, kettle ponds (here on the Cape), whatever. Glad
to hear you don't lose the ice-cutters.

Felice

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Melba's Jammin said:

My brother drowns worms on Lake Minnetonka (big lake just west of
the city) in January. Crappies. He's nuts.

^^^^^^^^
For those outside of the northern part of the midwestern United
States, those are a kind of fish, not a commentary. :-) Pronounced
crop'- peez. Tiny pan fish similar to sunfish. Not hard to catch,
cook, or eat. They require thawing after being caught during the
winter, though. :-)

sd