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If you read Part One, you'll recall that I promised another method of beer holding for those of us who don't have a retractable clothesline, or desire a faster solution that requires more work at the onset. The BeerHanger requires a wire coat hanger (preferably plastic coated) and some pliers. You can hang it from the shower curtain rod, or perhaps even the shower head, though I haven't tried the latter.
Pliers are good for bending, shaping, cutting, crushing, and plying.
A wire coat hanger is the sneakiest multi tool in existence. It can do a thousand and one things and then be bent back into coat-holding shape when you're done. The coat hanger trumps the pliers hands-down. If you don't have a coat hanger, you can use anything that looks sturdy enough to hold a beer. Welding wire works well, but likes to rust in showery environments. Baling wire would probably work, though you may want to double it up. You could make one of these out of romex. It would work quite well.
Pliers are good for bending, shaping, cutting, crushing, and plying.
A wire coat hanger is the sneakiest multi tool in existence. It can do a thousand and one things and then be bent back into coat-holding shape when you're done. The coat hanger trumps the pliers hands-down. If you don't have a coat hanger, you can use anything that looks sturdy enough to hold a beer. Welding wire works well, but likes to rust in showery environments. Baling wire would probably work, though you may want to double it up. You could make one of these out of romex. It would work quite well.
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On my way back to my hotel room, I passed a maintenance man changing air filters. Changing the filters looked easy. Carrying all of them around didn't. I asked if him if he needed help. His name is Kim.
I am 26, college educated, a professional stagehand, and do not speak Korean. Kim is a maintenance man and speaks Korean, English and Mandarin. Korea is like that, but that's to be expected from a country who puts doctors and scientists on their money. Kim asked me not to take his picture, but said I could borrow his pliers if I promised to return them. I told him that he could have the beer holder when I was done with it at the end of my stay. Kim said thank you, and that he could probably find somebody who would like it. I get the feeling that Kim enjoys his life a lot.
I am 26, college educated, a professional stagehand, and do not speak Korean. Kim is a maintenance man and speaks Korean, English and Mandarin. Korea is like that, but that's to be expected from a country who puts doctors and scientists on their money. Kim asked me not to take his picture, but said I could borrow his pliers if I promised to return them. I told him that he could have the beer holder when I was done with it at the end of my stay. Kim said thank you, and that he could probably find somebody who would like it. I get the feeling that Kim enjoys his life a lot.
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I've spent quite a bit of time in Korea and from my experience most people seem to be much like "Kim". Definitely the most welcoming country I've had the pleasure of living in, can't get back there soon enough.