04 Feb 09
Originally posted by RoostyI've seen many a blackhouse, and then saw nothing for days.
Dig underground, fill with water(I assume) keeps all your food fresh. Not sure exactly what food you kept down there.
I found one years ago and it's the creepiest place I've been. Anyone else seen an Ice House?
04 Feb 09
Originally posted by RoostyThe only one I ever saw was at Nimpo Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It was on top of the ground though. It was built of logs with a double thickness. Sawdust filled the space between the double layers of logs. We spent four months in that area and the day we left was on October 1. It had snowed during the night and I was worried about a mother cat who had kittens between those walls. She was friendly but had lost toes in a trap. We had a dog with us and did not want to take her from her kittens at any rate. We loaded as much food into the opening in the ice house as we could. The morning that we left we saw a lynx walk past our cabin going toward the ice house. We made sure he kept moving! That was in 1959. We had been there the previous year for only two weeks, but never got back because we started our family the next year.
Dig underground, fill with water(I assume) keeps all your food fresh. Not sure exactly what food you kept down there.
I found one years ago and it's the creepiest place I've been. Anyone else seen an Ice House?
04 Feb 09
Originally posted by Roostyhttp://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-calkeabbey/w-calkeabbey-garden.htm
Dig underground, fill with water(I assume) keeps all your food fresh. Not sure exactly what food you kept down there.
I found one years ago and it's the creepiest place I've been. Anyone else seen an Ice House?
very interesting place!
04 Feb 09
Originally posted by RoostyIce house is the term we use in south Texas to refer to a convenience store, like a quik-e-mart. I have seen lots of them.
Dig underground, fill with water(I assume) keeps all your food fresh. Not sure exactly what food you kept down there.
I found one years ago and it's the creepiest place I've been. Anyone else seen an Ice House?
06 Feb 09
Originally posted by caissad4In Arizona an Ice House is a large building where they make ice, like the cubes they sell in that "quick-e-mart". I used to work at one many eons ago, but not for very long. Three months maybe. At least it was during the summer.
Ice house is the term we use in south Texas to refer to a convenience store, like a quik-e-mart. I have seen lots of them.
06 Feb 09
Originally posted by SuzianneDid they employ you to stand next to the water giving it the cold shoulder until it froze?
In Arizona an Ice House is a large building where they make ice, like the cubes they sell in that "quick-e-mart". I used to work at one many eons ago, but not for very long. Three months maybe. At least it was during the summer.
06 Feb 09
Originally posted by caissad4Oh yeah and so much more. Usually has a covered area with picnic tables. You buy your beer and snacks or grab some BBQ and take it to the patio to join friends. Jukebox or stereo is blasting Tex-Mex or Country and on the week-end maybe live music. Here in New Braunfels we have several and a couple of beer gardens type. Down the road in San Antonio is world central for ice houses. If on Saturday night the place doesn't get a citation for noise, well, it's just not trying hard enough. 😛
Ice house is the term we use in south Texas to refer to a convenience store,
06 Feb 09
Originally posted by Roostyno, but ive seen a buttplug, that was once in a Ice House. It was very very cold.🙄
Dig underground, fill with water(I assume) keeps all your food fresh. Not sure exactly what food you kept down there.
I found one years ago and it's the creepiest place I've been. Anyone else seen an Ice House?