On 3/11/2013 9:40 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-03-11, Alan Holbrook > wrote:
>
>> being advertised, and I like the concept, but I'm wondering how well
>> they work. Anybody have any experience with this?
>
> Yeah. You put tea in water to make tea. You put fruit in water to
> make fruity water. Finally, you add ice cubes to water to make the
> water cold. I suspect mankind has been doing much the same thing for
> many millenia, and without the help of a gimmicky overpriced piece of
> junk that costs $30. I personally have been doing it all my life with
> nothing more than a plain ol' continer of some sort, typically a
> plastic water pitcher costing about one dollar at yer local dollar
> store. Why, jes this very instant I have ice cubes in a glass of
> water without a plastic "ice core". Hard to believe, but true!
>
> nb
>
I was once given a glass pitcher with an "ice core", ostensibly for iced
tea or lemonade. The core itself screwed onto a plastic snap-on lid. I
couldn't see the point. Not only did it take up half the room in the
pitcher, you could only fit a three or four ice cubes in it.

Jill