son, you do want ice crushed or in chunks, take a hammer and pound the frozen jug until you get the consistency of ice you're looking for. Hammer the jug as soon as its taken from the freezer, because the ice is hardest then and will smash or crush easier. Yes, this hammering does ruin the plastic jug, but, remember they are cheap and you used to just throw them away anyhow. The gallon plastic water jug also makes a reliable fire extinguisher. Last hunting season, we watched a hunter drive his truck into some public land covered with waist high prairie grass. Within a minute after the truck stopped smoke started to come up underneath the vehicle which apparently had a hot exhaust pipe exposed, setting the grass on fire. The driver of the truck quickly drove out of the field and my partner and I quickly grabbed two gallon jugs full of water and, with some

fire and rain dance stomping, put out the blaze. The water jugs, however, do have their limitations as fire extinguishers. This was something I found out a few years ago while trying to put out an electrical fire under the hood of a stationwagon driven by a little old lady out on the Interstate Highway. It seems to take more than water to extinguish burning electrical wires. But, as the lady later said, "it was a nice try," and we did keep the whole vehicle from going up in flames. On of the more interesting things about the one gallon plastic water jug I discovered last year one day when I accidentally left a jug and water dish made from a jug in the parking lot of a public hunting

area. No big deal, I had plenty more. But, a week later, we hunted this spot again, pulled into the parking lot, and there was my jug and the dish - untouched and still half full of water. Apparently, some people just don't know a clever idea and a good deal when they see it. Jerry Thoms Hails from Brookings, SD