[Coco] OT: DED's,warm beer

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob" <theother_bob at yahoo.com>

> > Some Bell Labs employee (probably not an engineer) suggested that
we invent a
> > microwave refrigerator.  Not that it had to operate with
microwaves, but that
> > it could cool and freeze things just as fast as a waver can heat
'em up.
> > Great for warm beer, or Jack D's on hand but out of ice.  --Mike
K.
>
> I used to work at a place that kept a liquid nitrogen bottle on
hand... you
> could make a hot beer ice cold in about 10 seconds. Just don't try
it with
> bottles!

We built one of those vortex tube cooler gadgets once where I
worked - just for the hell of it. It did work too! I see they now
sell them as cabinet coolers.

Neil