Refrigerator will toss you can of beer

Boston.Com/Ap ^ | March 8, 2007 | Estes Thompson

[fishhound]

RALEIGH, N.C. --When John Cornwell graduated from Duke University last year, he landed a job as software engineer in Atlanta but soon found himself longing for his college lifestyle. So the engineering graduate built himself a reminder of life on campus: a refrigerator that can toss a can of beer to his couch with the click of a remote control. "I conceived it right after I got out," said Cornwell, a May 2006 graduate from Huntington, N.Y. "I missed the college scene. It embodies the college spirit that I didn't want to let go of."

[dforest]

Another reason the guys won't need a woman.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Another under appreciated Duke grad...

[Fierce Allegiance]

Who will pick up the beer at the store and load the thing, pick up the empties, clean the bathroom and make the bed, though?

[Sender]

At my favorite pub, they start the tap flowing and let it waste for a couple of seconds before putting the mug in at an angle, so the beer flows down the side.

This produces a full mug with just a half-inch or so of head on top. Are they doing it right?

[showme_the_Glory]

Teach him to get it from the neighbor's fridge when mine is empty. good dog!

[Gabz]

My kind of fridge!!!!

[Fierce Allegiance]

I live in a blue state, he'd only bring back whine(sic).

[Fierce Allegiance]

If it'd shuck clams, it' be way better.

[dforest]

Who will pick up the beer at the store and load the thing, pick up the empties, clean the bathroom and make the bed, though?

The first one they will have to do theirself. The rest of them, most men do not worry about. Or maybe they could get John Edwards to do it.

[Gabz]

or oysters!

Speaking of which, have any luck in the clam hunt?

I'm hoping to see my clam guy tomorrow.

[showme_the_Glory]

I live in a blue state, he'd only bring back whine(sic).

Poor dog!

[Old Professer]

Superbowl commercial material.

[Mr. K]

awww you have to click a button? thats too much work. I want one voice activated to toss one when you say "beer me"

or better yet thought-activated.

[NavyCanDo]

That's no good. I use bottles that require an opener, that is located where?, on the refrigerator. Which means I will have to get up walk to the refrigerator, pull out a frosted mug from the freezer, pop the bottle top, and poor me a cool one.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I can buy them locally, but the rivers are all frozen, so the local clam boats aren't going out. I am not going clamming in ice! I'm looking to buy a cheap boat so I can get out to the better clammming areas when it warms up.

[Fierce Allegiance]

That's no good. I use bottles that require an opener,

Me too, but I generaly use my bic lighter to open them. If not, my leatherman tool works almost as well.

[Hatteras]

"awww you have to click a button? thats too much work. I want one voice activated to toss one when you say "beer me"

or better yet thought-activated."

How about a weight sensitive coaster that activates the beer catapult when your beer gets below 25% full?

[svcw]

When I joint my husband at a pub, thats how they pour the pint, since he really enjoys a fine ale or lager and it bothers him if it is to cold or to warm I am guessing it is correct..

[trisham]

Who will pick up the beer at the store and load the thing, pick up the empties, clean the bathroom and make the bed, though?

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LOL! Chauvinist. :)

[Gabz]

I had seen where you mentioned earlier about the rivers being frozen. My husband's Christmas present to himself was a set of plans to build his own boat.........this is going to be intresting, I can't tell you how many hours he has spent with those plans spread out. Right now it's just too danged cold to go out on the water, but as soon as the weather breaks we have access to a friend's boat and plan on taking advantage of it!