The sign reads “new FDC refrigeration facility under construction: authorized by Ralph the rat Thompson. Watch us grow”. Ralph did not care for the sign and removed it.

Cold anything, except rain, was welcome but infrequent. Most ice was made from local water and considered contaminated. We learned to spin a can rapidly on the block of ice to cool the contents. Cold vanished rapidly and canned drinks went down fast. Ice disappeared even when packed in the rice hull insulation used by local ice merchants; they did not have electricity to power refrigeration.

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