<snipped John's definition of "lister">
Long back before refridgerators (or even a steady and stable power supply
to home) in India (and doubltless other eastern countries), water was
stored in clay jars, which would use minimal water in evaporation through
the clay (not glazed only baked) to keep the water cool. Last I drank from
one of those contraptions (pronounded sue-rai (sue as in "I'll sue
you" and rai as in "ray of light"), it was, uhm '84? Gave the water a very
pleasant taste. On later times, when my dad was posted on clinics in the
desert in the mid-east, they would wrap gauze bandage around bottles of
water, and spray them--same idea to cool the water. Ditto for Desert Storm
troops.
Necissity is the mother of invention..
/AV
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PS, for you observant folks: the clinic's refridgerator, used ONLY for
medicines, ran on propane, and the diesel generator was turned out only
mid-day for cooling the clinic and at night for heating (temps can vary
from 0 C at night to 50 C in the day).
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