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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 27, 2008, at 1:04 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> Sawdust was the insulation used in ice houses.  My granduncle told  
> me about harvesting ice and putting it in sawdust in the ice house,  
> the foundation was still there when I was a kid.  They used the ice  
> in a homemade ice box, and of course ice cream freezers.  My brother  
> still has the ice box it was made with tongue and grove beadboard  
> and the inside was lined with sheet zinc.
> I've wondered about saving Styrofoam maybe grinding into pellets and  
> using that for insulation?

In my teens I had a job that included getting ice chunks out from  
sawdust shed and delivering to tourist cabins.

The issue with Styrofoam, or packing peanuts, or other stuff, is that  
the return on time is pitiful.