In article , The Real Bev wrote:
On 06/01/10 19:00, Doug Miller wrote:

Lou wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote:
wrote:

Unless the cellar is deep underground, cellars still will be warmer in
summer and colder in winter.

Surely you don't mean what you wrote.

I was wondering about that myself. I also wonder why someone would
insist on a chest freezer.

I've always wondered that too -- or, more specifically, why anyone would even
consider a chest freezer.

The cold doesn't leak out when you open the door.

That's basically irrelevant. You *might* lose five to ten cubic feet of cold
air when opening an upright freezer -- let's call it ten. Ten cubic feet of
air has a mass of around one pound. That's not going to make any noticeable
difference in the temperature inside, unless you *leave* the door open.

That large flat area is such a tempting place to set
all kinds of crap on top of...

And you think that's a bad thing?

Makes it kinda hard to open the lid.

Invest in one of those nice sturdy chrome
rolling shelf units -- when you need something in the freezer just roll it
away. If that won't fit around the freezer, hang shelves or cabinets above it.

Or just get an upright freezer.

Horizontal space should NEVER be wasted.

Which of course is yet another reason for *not* getting a chest freezer: it
takes up twice as much floor space as an upright.