My family calls those things "coozies". FML

Oh, PM me your number and we can talk alllll night

Hmmmm

I shall seduce you in good time.

Current thought: My stomach is upset from all that beer. And I feel all weird. Fuckin booze.

Woah, talking about stomach upsets already? You really are quite the smooth talker.

My family calls those things "coozies". FML

Tee hee.

Oh, PM me your number and we can talk alllll night

Hmmmm

I shall seduce you in good time.

Current thought: My stomach is upset from all that beer. And I feel all weird. Fuckin booze.

Woah, talking about stomach upsets already? You really are quite the smooth talker.

He knows how I like it..

They help a little, but even so would work better when using super-cold beers.

Okay, here's my idea.

1)  compressor from fridge/AC unit
3)  water pump
4)  10'-12' 3/4" tubing
5)  < 1 gallon resevoir

water pump brings fresh water into/warm water out of the resevoir.  compressor chills water passing through tubing, which is conveniently located outside.

beer sits in resevoir.

this should provide a conveniently cool beer for at least 3 people at all times.

Somebody should invent a small fridge. I'm sure hotels and motels would buy them by the boat load !

small fridges are inefficient.

in a fridge, you end up with liquid->solid->air->solid->air->solid->air for heat transfer.

my system has liquid->solid->liquid->solid->air->solid->air for heat transfer.

the more often that you're able to transfer heat through close phases, the more efficient your process becomes.

add:  This is why you have to keep a fridge door shut, but you'd be able to leave my chilled water device open to the air!

small fridges are inefficient.

in a fridge, you end up with liquid->solid->air->solid->air->solid->air for heat transfer.

my system has liquid->solid->liquid->solid->air->solid->air for heat transfer.

the more often that you're able to transfer heat through close phases, the more efficient your process becomes.

add:  This is why you have to keep a fridge door shut, but you'd be able to leave my chilled water device open to the air!

Dude gets it. I could make another stoned-ass attempt at using Texan stereotype of scorching Cowboyland to reflect on why Lucas gets how to properly chill birras, but I'd just fuck it up again so I won't. I will say that Aussies are supposed to know about beer-chilling methods. I mean how else do you get your Fosters nice and Frosty? Spot the joke.

They help a little, but even so would work better when using super-cold beers.

Okay, here's my idea.

1)  compressor from fridge/AC unit
3)  water pump
4)  10'-12' 3/4" tubing
5)  < 1 gallon resevoir

water pump brings fresh water into/warm water out of the resevoir.  compressor chills water passing through tubing, which is conveniently located outside.

beer sits in resevoir.

this should provide a conveniently cool beer for at least 3 people at all times.

Gotcha. So when are you coming down to build this genius contraption for me, hmm?

What would I know, I'm just a refrigeration mechanic.

Luke, what you need to make is an instant beer chiller. Something that will chill a beer to drinking temperature in 45 seconds. Then you need to bring it with you to Tokyo

What would I know, I'm just a refrigeration mechanic.

then it was a pretty stupid thing to compare an air-cooling fridge to a water-cooling chiller, wasn't it?

Luke, what you need to make is an instant beer chiller. Something that will chill a beer to drinking temperature in 45 seconds.

It could be done, but I don't think you'd like the beer afterwards.  The rapid temp change would probably force most of the CO2 out of solution.

But my idea for this would be a coozy (haha!) made out of many small TECs.

Gotcha. So when are you coming down to build this genius contraption for me, hmm?

I bet you can do it yourself!

What would I know, I'm just a refrigeration mechanic.

then it was a pretty stupid thing to compare an air-cooling fridge to a water-cooling chiller, wasn't it?

Quote the compare... and I spent my time on chillers. Largets one was 6 ton inline chiller. Thats 6 ton in gas btw. A bar fridge will work better and be shitloads less trouble. The temp youre going to gain even on the shorter measure of the pipe you want to use is huge. Unless you wrap it. You want to fuck around with all that, go for it. a second hand bar fridge will be under a hundred bucks, no mess no fuss.

Luke, what you need to make is an instant beer chiller. Something that will chill a beer to drinking temperature in 45 seconds.

It could be done, but I don't think you'd like the beer afterwards.  The rapid temp change would probably force most of the CO2 out of solution.

They already invented "instant" drink coolers. It was actually a can that had a CO2 charge or something around the outside, drink on the inside, made the can way thick, you pressed a button on it and the escaping gas chilled the drink.

a second hand bar fridge will be under a hundred bucks, no mess no fuss.

i suppose that's price-accurate for antigua?

They already invented "instant" drink coolers. It was actually a can that had a CO2 charge or something around the outside, drink on the inside, made the can way thick, you pressed a button on it and the escaping gas chilled the drink.

I can't imagine that it was a carbonated beverage.

Yes, I just flew to antigua and back.


and I wouldnt have a clue about the instant can. I didnt mention anything about the drink being carbonated. i'll see if its on wiki.

edit : couldnt find the one i was looking for in two clicks, but i did find this one http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/20/tinchilla-instant-can-cooler-in-60-seconds/

edit 2 : 6 clicks, i found something that atleast describes it, sorta.. http://productinspiration.com/2007/instant-drink-cooler-with-no-ice/

I've been drinking so much lately that I can have 1 or 2 drinks and not feel a thing now. blah.

had you been drinking when i called the other night?

hmmm i don't remember. if i did it was like one drink.

I've been drinking so much lately that I can have 1 or 2 drinks and not feel a thing now. blah.

This is normal.

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have a beer, fool

i think from now on i'm only going to drink vodka tonics. no water, no coffee, no nothing. just vodka tonic.

switch to citron-n-tonics for some added, lemony excitement!

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Awwww, I'm sorry. I was sick.  :'(

I am fucked up. Like right now. Fuck