Some dude in Newfoundland did the same thing with pop cans.  Painted
them black and mounted them right to the house.

On 15-May-08, at 5:18 PM, John C... wrote:

> But,,, but,,, Does it come with beer ???
> cock-eye'd grin !!! ;o)
>
> ( I aint a signin' nottin' any more ;o)
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
>
>> On May 15, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>>> Hey fellas, Coleman's already done the drinking for you!
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-5-Gallon-PVC-Camp-Shower/dp/B0009PUT20
>>
>> Already got 1 of them things! Not nearly as complicated or expensive
>> as we would like!
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Mr. BZ
>>
>>>
>>> Its also lightweight and unbreakable, so you can concentrate on
>>> what's in
>>> the cooler.......... :)
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Tom Buese
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On May 14, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Mike Elliott wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense...
>>>>>
>>>>> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only
>>>>> beers
>>>>> bottles and hoses."
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many
>>>>> ways. A
>>>>> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor
>>>>> "...
>>>>> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention
>>>>> when he
>>>>> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly
>>>>> perfect is
>>>>> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods
>>>>> sold,
>>>>> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty
>>>>> bottles involves drinking those beers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You
>>>>> want to
>>>>> help
>>>>> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how
>>>>> the rig
>>>>> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will continue to work on the beer bottles, but might have to
>>>> start
>>>> drinking, I mean making, brown bottles for the design, but until I
>>>> have the BZ shelves out the door, NO NEW PROJECTS!
>>>>
>>>> I like a lot of the other ideas suggested & will steal those
>>>> ideas as
>>>> appropriate once the time is ready. I am designing some projects w/
>>>> solar water heat, PV panels & GSHP(Ground Source Heat Pumps)
>>>> presently, but of course I rely on my mechanical engineers to
>>>> figure
>>>> out the hard stuff.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> YMMV,
>>>>
>>>> Mr. BZ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jake
>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27