Later on as refrigerators were brought to San Pedro, people froze small trays of ice and sold the tray of cubes for 10 cents. Still later on, Caribena Fishing Cooperative bought its own plant to manufacture these large blocks of ice. A few years later, it bought a plant that manufactured what was called shell ice or small one inch pieces of ice. You could purchase ice there in any amounts at 2 cents per pound. Today my refrigerator will make several pounds of ice a day, and I press a switch to get ice cubes and press another one and get crushed ice.
Ice is an integral part of our lives.
We even waste a lot of ice, especially the 20 year old kids who have had ice all of their lives. However, those of us who did not have ice 25 years ago do appreciate ice a little more for we know what life is without ice. Life without ice is not as pleasant.