Refrigerators

At the start of the 20th Century, about half of households in the United States relied on melting ice (in an icebox) to keep food cold, while the remaining half had no cooled storage at all possibly excepting a "root cellar." The ice used for household storage was expensive because ice had to be cut from winter ponds (or mechanically produced), stored centrally until needed, and delivered regularly.

Then along came the refrigerator, one of many devices that changed the way we live. I wonder how many people have been told to close the door on the refrigerator since they were invented?

This week, a look refrigerators.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Another dream that failed. There's nothing sadder." - Captain James Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series, “This Side of Paradise”

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Refrigerators