On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:05:15 -0000, Tim wrote:

Nuts with those idiots! Haven't they ever heard of "dry ice"?

A friend of mine up north used to work in a meat processing plant, and
if he was wanting to have a party, cook out, whatever, he'd bring home
a chunk of dry ice. Fill the cooler half full of water, throw in the
beer/ soda, make usre it was all submerged well, then throw in the
ice, and let it boil. short moments later, you had very chilled goods.

I don't have access to dry ice, but on the Mythbusters show they did
that.

Sorry to burst your bubble - regular ice was just as effective.

Co2 fire extinguishers work in a pinch. but you ahve to rince the cans
off well though.

At $40 per extinguisher to cool a six pack, the salt idea is much more
economical.

And not as effective.