"Felice Friese" > wrote in message
...
> 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