Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:05 +0000
Reply-To: Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater
But,,, but,,, Does it come with beer ???
cock-eye'd grin !!! ;o)
( I aint a signin' nottin' any more ;o)
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
> On May 15, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > Hey fellas, Coleman's already done the drinking for you!
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-5-Gallon-PVC-Camp-Shower/dp/B0009PUT20
>
> Already got 1 of them things! Not nearly as complicated or expensive
> as we would like!
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
> >
> > Its also lightweight and unbreakable, so you can concentrate on
> > what's in
> > the cooler.......... :)
> >
> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Tom Buese
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On May 14, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Mike Elliott wrote:
> >>
> >> Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense...
> >>>
> >>> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers
> >>> bottles and hoses."
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html
> >>>
> >>> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many ways. A
> >>> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor
> >>> "...
> >>> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention
> >>> when he
> >>> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly
> >>> perfect is
> >>> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods
> >>> sold,
> >>> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty
> >>> bottles involves drinking those beers.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You want to
> >>> help
> >>> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how
> >>> the rig
> >>> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I will continue to work on the beer bottles, but might have to start
> >> drinking, I mean making, brown bottles for the design, but until I
> >> have the BZ shelves out the door, NO NEW PROJECTS!
> >>
> >> I like a lot of the other ideas suggested & will steal those ideas as
> >> appropriate once the time is ready. I am designing some projects w/
> >> solar water heat, PV panels & GSHP(Ground Source Heat Pumps)
> >> presently, but of course I rely on my mechanical engineers to figure
> >> out the hard stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >> YMMV,
> >>
> >> Mr. BZ
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > Crescent Beach, BC
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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