What do I do with a steady supply of styrofoam coolers?
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I'm on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.
I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?
I agree with charity and giving them away as a first priority. However, have you considered building an igloo?
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make molotov cocktails. nothing like the smell of homemade napalm and a little, uh, "civil disobedience" in the morning.
just don't set any American flags on fire and wear a red hat.
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I'm on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.
I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?
Depending on the density of the Styrofoam, it can be used as a rainfall simulator for a greenhouse. Water drips through some Styrofoam in a very random way.
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make molotov cocktails. nothing like the smell of homemade napalm and a little, uh, "civil disobedience" in the morning.
All You Can Eat Napalm, now serving!
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I'm on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.
I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Original comment deleted… I just realized how small the containers are. Original suggestion would not have made sense.
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I love burning down my home for a little excitement on the weekend!
Homemade napalm, is, uh, not like the movies. It's merely a gelatinous substance, that once on fire, burns forever.
It doesn't explode. It's not reactive, to anything. It just sits in a jar until you take a twig and twirl some out, light it on fire.
Learn some chemistry, some basic science, experiment! Stop getting your ideas from Hollywood.
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I mean yeah, normal coolers arent that hard to find. But, When you're fishing or bird hunting though it's often easier to throw a catch in a disposable cooler that doesn't need to be fully washed and sanitized and won't permanently end up smelling like whatever you got three weeks ago, because plastic is semi-permeable.
Oh! I get it now. I don't hunt or fish. My coolers are for beer and water, easy to wash out, dry in the sun.
You're right. If the contents are nasty, just use disposable styrofoam, chunk it in a pickle jar of unleaded, use the napalm to light camp fires.
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I'm on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.
I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?
You can use them as incubators for little plants in the spring to keep them warm at night if you’re in a cold place. Or if you want a fun project build a cloud chamber and watch particles move.
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Homemade napalm, is, uh, not like the movies. It's merely a gelatinous substance, that once on fire, burns forever.
It doesn't explode. It's not reactive, to anything. It just sits in a jar until you take a twig and twirl some out, light it on fire.
Learn some chemistry, some basic science, experiment! Stop getting your ideas from Hollywood.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Oh I wasn't trying to say that napalm is super dangerous or anything, to me your phrasing just sounded a bit like you'd be making campfires inside your home so I made a little joke. Of course its n.o big deal if you just use it outside.
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Depending on the density of the Styrofoam, it can be used as a rainfall simulator for a greenhouse. Water drips through some Styrofoam in a very random way.
As much as I'd love that for a small greenhouse, these probably wouldn't work. They're almost 5cm thick and tight enough that I've stood on them without compression or denting.
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Chop the Styrofoam into little pieces. Place in glass bottle. When the time is right, add gasoline. Now you have napalm. Rag for wick./s <-- this means I'm just kidding and you should never, ever do this or throw it at fascists.
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As much as I'd love that for a small greenhouse, these probably wouldn't work. They're almost 5cm thick and tight enough that I've stood on them without compression or denting.
May be worth running water over one just in case if you are interested in pursuing it. I was so confident that a Styrofoam container for my humira meds would hold water that I filled it up and started walking before realizing it was dripping all over me.
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May be worth running water over one just in case if you are interested in pursuing it. I was so confident that a Styrofoam container for my humira meds would hold water that I filled it up and started walking before realizing it was dripping all over me.
Hey, we're med buddies! Well now I definitely have to at least fill it with water, I've got a lot of tropical plants that would love a good rain.
