"Del Cecchi" wrote.
>
> "Felice Friese" wrote

>> 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

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

Felice