Hello all,<br><br>I had an idea today (choose your own smart alec reply). I'm sure someone has had it before, but it occured to me today that I have never been anywhere in the recent past without seeing a discarded aluminum soda/beer/generic beverage can. Last year I went camping, canoeing, fishing, hunting and just walking so many times I have lost count. On each occasion, even when trying to find a spot where few ever go, I have found cans. Years ago, while at the Nouthern Training Area in Okinawa (memories, misty water colored.....), deep in the jungle, I found cans. Rock hopping in Southern Utah, in places where you'd think haven't seen a person since the Anasazi, I found cans. Deep in the Olympic rain forest, looking for mushrooms and Sasquatch, I found cans (but no Sasquatch and very few mushrooms.) They are the scourge of the earth.<br><br>But...they're dandy water containers. Almost like they were made to hold liquid. And you can boil water in them.<br><br>I feel stupid for not having thought of this sooner, and I'm sure this has occured to everyone else already, but just in case, I thought I'd mention it.<br><br>Andy

I agree that the cans would be useful water containers and that they unfortunately be found in even the most remote areas. But I wouldn't want this to be my primary water container. In away they are a lot like restrooms and ATM machines. They seem to be every where except when you need one the most.<br><br>Brian

Brian,<br><br>I wasn't suggesting that they be depended upon. I only wanted to point out that that they are everywhere, or so it seems, and that they should be considered before breaking out the condom or oven bag or whatever. One man's trash is another man's treasure and all that. I was so acclimatized to seeing them that I never noticed them. It was so obvious that I missed it for years. I wanted to make sure that no one else overlooks the obvious. Reminds me of a Poe short story, "The Purloined Letter." <br><br>Andy

I remarked on this in an older post. Actually, a study of Mississsippi sediment rates utilized core samples that held recovered soda cans of various vintages.

1st post here ever..... hope no one minds...... Yes these cans are every where. I often find them full, canoeing... go figure? So if caught in tight spot check them out. bad beer is better than no beer;-) Mac