Block Ice?

[sunray]

Anybody know where you can buy block ice in Negril? The cubes just don't last long enough. (I miss the days of buying a piece off the ice truck. Twenty J$ got you a nice piece that would last two or three days in the cooler).

[newfiegirl59]

Just buy a few bottles of watta water and freeze them and then put those in cooler with ice on top the frozen bottles usually make the loose ice last a lot longer.

[captaind]

Twenty J$ got you a nice piece that would last two or three days in the cooler).

The ice truck came every day at 7:30 out at New Hope crossroad. I get in the jeep and buy a "straight" The ice was measured in long blocks called straights. About 150 lbs. You could also get 1/2 straight, 1/4 straight etc. We'd get a 1/2 straight every couple of days.

Linston and Jason were kids and their job was to cut the ice and carry the small blocks up Zion Hill

Great memories.........Nowadays we get the ice from our feezer........

Cap