On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:05:59 -0400, "Robert Green"
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:12:01 -0400, "Robert Green"
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Robert Green" wrote in message
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Our 17 cu. ft. refrigerator has finally gotten to the point where I
can't
find parts or keep it alive any longer and since older units are not
very
energy efficient, I have decided it's time for euthanasia.

So I am looking for an equivalent (or slightly smaller) unit as a
replacement.

Anyone have any recommendations as to brands and models? Don't want
to
spend a lot because we'll be moving soon and the unit will likely be
staying
behind. Don't need an icemaker or cold water dispenser, just a
straight-forward food cooler.

Thanks in advance for any input!

--
Bobby G.



I think you answered your own question when you said you do not want to
spend a lot and you are moving soon. If that is anything less than two
years, then look for the least expensive price and do not worry about
the
modle.

If I was wanting a good one, then it would be Whirlpool.

Thanks. We've been moving since 2008 when the real estate market tanked,
so
we could be here until the market "shakes out." How long that will be is
anyone's guess, but I suspect that by 2011, people will be unable to wait
out planned life changes much longer.

You *are* an optimist. 2011 is going to be the double-dip that Obama'a
actions demand. It'll be another five years before this mess gets
straightened out.

We'll see.

Indeed. I propose that we won't like what we see.

Eventually fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and people got to
sell their houses and move.

Not so much. People won't be trading up, or down. A few will be forced to
move for work. Most will not.

I'm surprised it's stayed flat for so long but
as I recall, it was an insane seller's market in 2007 and now its an insane
buyer's market. The pendulum has to swing back at some point, and when it
does, I think it will be surprising how fast it moves.

It happened that way in the early '80s, but only after Reagan/Volcker finally
killed inflation. We haven't yet seen the inflation that *must* follow this
bunch of drunken sailors.

The problem is that
psychologically, everyone wants to either capture the false appreciation
that the bubble caused when they sell and not pay for someone else's false
appreciation when they buy.

Often they *can't*. When you're upside-down money has a way of controlling
you.

But houses in my neighbor have started to
sell - at about half the price of their highest during the boom.

That's certainly dependant on location. That's certainly true for many areas
that saw the greatest appreciation. Corrections are like that.

My wife's decided she needs to
continue to work as long as she can instead of retiring last year because
the future is so uncertain. What was once a nice nest egg is a runny,
soft-boiled mess.

SWMBO would love to quit her job and retire but she got awfully tired of
staying home, too. I retired in '06. That lasted nine months. My
current
plan is to work another five to eight years. By then I'll have all the
toys I
need to retire in style. ;-)

Staying home is hard work. I miss the lunches out, the camaraderie, the
bigger paycheck and lots of other things. I don't miss the god-awful
commute and I've found that I make much more of a mess when I am home that I
ever did working.

My commute was only five miles, but yes, I busted my butt when I retired.
Well, I got sick for a couple of months, but then finished all those jobs I'd
started, but never finished, when I was working. ;-) Once I got all that
done, SWMBO declared that I could no longer make messes (the house was on the
market - messes don't work). I got *really bored, so found a job within a
couple of weeks. It was a contracting job out of state but I made out like a
bandit for a year.

Somehow more projects get started than ever get finished.
Speaking of which, I signed on to get refrigerator advice, so . . .

That's always true. We did just buy a refrigerator, but not what you're
looking for.