Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i think that when you're not opening the fridge, it doesn't make much difference whether it is empty or not, but that may be bollox. but it would seem to me to be pointless leaving it on if you're not going to be there for months and there is nothing in it. what benefit is there to running it. i think if i wasn't going to be in a property for months, i would turn off the electricity at the fuse box.

pastures will be worried your fridge is going to catch fire now.

Agree, unless your alarms (fire, security, CCTV etc ) are lowered by I in flat mains as opposed to separate loop of main building. (e.g. I could not switch off my mains here now)

In which case leave mains on, but know either which switches to put down, or manually switch off at each plug.

Generali

chewmylegoff wrote: »

look at the size of that bloody thing versus how much you can actually get in it. if i had something that big in my kitchen i'd want to be able to fit a year's worth of frozen kebabs in it.

this is our fridge below, it is a similar concept in that it takes up loads of space (thankfully not as much as the behemoth you posted) but when you open it you can fit about six carrots and a findus crispy pancake in it. i am sure it is very energy efficient though due to the fact that (a) most of it is insulation and (b) if you put six carrots in it, it is full, and fridges use less power when they are full.

In Aus that's normal plus you have a beer fridge in the garage too.

Fridges cost nothing to run. A PVR can cost more apparently.

chewmylegoff

Wheezy wrote: »

Can't be. There's no jeans, passports, nor kindles on the floor.

well, that picture was taken before we moved in.

chewmylegoff

Generali wrote: »

In Aus that's normal plus you have a beer fridge in the garage too.

Fridges cost nothing to run. A PVR can cost more apparently.

OH's parents have the ubiquitous beer fridge in their garage. it's always full of bloody lemonade, beef sausages, and meet for the yappy dog. i have also never seen them barbeque any shrimp or drink any fosters. they are very bad at being australian, i think.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

when you open it you can fit about six carrots and a findus crispy pancake in it.

i am sure it is very energy efficient though due to the fact that

(a) most of it is insulation and

(b) if you put six carrots in it, it is full, and fridges use less power when they are full.

I've separated that out as it made me giggle so much I'd hate skimmers to miss it

Is that your actual fridge? In your actual flat? Because, if so, I know where you live now

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I love the idea of a skylight above the kitchen area.

Until you realise that birds !!!!!! while flying.... nightmare to clean up there.

silvercar wrote: »

Of course I would put the sink on a unit near the wall to leave the island as one smooth work surface.

Ah - another member of the Clear Thinking Design Group

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

On fridge efficiency. we had the dilemma of whether to turn off the fridge when we left the holiday home or keep it running for months until the flat is next used.

The costs of running an empty-ish fridge in a hot place. Anyone got an idea?

Definitely turn it off. Empty it, turn it off, wipe it down with anti-bacterial spray and leave the door open a couple of inches. You know you'll always return to a nice, clean fridge that won't have gone into meltdown when you weren't there.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

yes it is - the skylight looks nice, but it doesn't work that well. this picture shows you why. our flat is the brown timber clad bit in the middle.

Ah, confirmation.
Right - we've got Chewy's address now .... let's meet at the supermarket car park where michaels says we'll get the best beer deals this week ... then run a convoy down to his place.

SURPRISE!!

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

pastures will be worried your fridge is going to catch fire now.

I did ... but I worded it differently so my looniness over it wouldn't be spotted

Komunkashun skillz R US.

PasturesNew

Wheezy wrote: »

Can't be. There's no jeans, passports, nor kindles on the floor.

They're in the washing machine/bin.