Death of a freezer.

[Crazyredhead]

RIP Dear ole freezer. http://www.my-smileys.de/smileys2/4_9_7%5B1%5D.gif

I had a chest freezer for the past 4 years and it finally died this past weekend. It will run, you can hear the motor, but it won't get cold. I figured that it needed a freeon boost, but the cost of the tech to come out and diagnose it would probably cost more than it is worth.

I had at least $100.00 worth of food in there, that was thawing out. I ended up going to Home Depo and buying another one. Now I have this dead freezer box on my back porch.

I didn't buy any extended warranty on it and I needed a bigger one anyways. It was a 5 foot one and the new one is a 7.6. I usually pack it to the brim when I go shopping, so a bigger one will probably work better.

While I was there, I was thinking out loud and said that I could probably stuff my husband in one of the larger upright ones. The couple beside me slowly moved away with a look like they were getting ready to call the police. LOL! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm http://iconhell.com/i/iconhell_surrealthoughtz_mwahahaa.gif

[Tanasi]

I have four freezers and 2 of them are around 20 years old. I have one for beef, one for pork,fish,chicken, other meats, one for veggies and the fourth one is for which ever person is getting on my nerves at the time.
BTW, I'm a real hungry person.

[protege]

My refrigerator is on its way out. It doesn't keep things as cold as I'd like...and the switch is set as cold as it'll go. I *could* get it fixed, but since the thing is probably 15-20 years old, I'm replacing it. I have no idea how old the thing is, but I'm tired of having milk go bad :(

[Rapscallion]

That sounds to me like it's got low gas, Protege. Have a look around for the compressor - over here they're large black things and usually reside on the underside of the fridge. Sort of a tank thing. Feel it - the top should be hot and the bottom should be cold. Low gas makes it hot top and bottom. A quick top-up from a refrigeration engineer and it should be good as new.

Rapscallion

[Spiffy McMoron]

Your obituary reminded me of my Dad!

One day, some 15-17 years ago, Dad went to an auction sale going on at the nearby hall. He didn't want to buy anything, but an auction sale is a good social event, and the coffee was free.

Some backstory: Dad was a farmer back then, and he both raised cattle and grew grain. Since he had a ready availablility of beef, it was cheaper to take one of his calves and custom butcher it, instead of buying meat at the grocery store. However, this presented with the problem of occationally having a thousand or more pounds of meat hanging around. Also, money was not exactly free flowing-farming is not a good money-making venture. With himself, a wife, and four young hungry children, he knew better than to throw away money.

So Dad comes back from the auction in his truck. On the back of said truck was a giant freezer-at least 20 cubic feet. When Mom saw him pull up, she shot out a look that bubbled the paint on the truck-she was pissed! Dad gets in the house, and before a marriage-threatening arguement starts, says, "I know what you're thinking dear, but we need a freezer, and the price was right."

Mom: "How much?"

Dad: "Two fifty."

Mom blew up, and started to yell about how they could not afford two hundred and fifty dollars on food and clothing, much less on a freezer. Dad puts up his hands to stop her tirade, and says that he paid two dollars and fifty cents for it! :lol: All Dad had to do to it was to give it a medieval washing, and replace the plug-and he had a perfectly good working freezer, that lasted for at least 12-13 years, for under five bucks! I would have gloated to my wife if I were in that situation...:devil:

[Tanasi]

When I was a kid on the farm I couldn't wait until I could get away from the farm so I didn't have to raise or help raise the majority of the food I ate, I would get a good job and buy my food and use my brains to make a living instead of my back. Well I was drafted into the Army and was granted the opportunity to see the elephant whether I wanted to or not. While I was gone I discovered that excitement wasn't all it was cracked up to be and boring was good sometimes.
Afterwords I found a lot of clam in raising my own food and one has to have a way to store it so I freeze, can, and dry a lot of food. What I can't use and can't sell I give away to our local food bank.
Now that fall is here and winter is coming I find my calm in my green houses, barns and garages. It's amazing what farming can do for you, I think if more folks raised their on vittles the world would be a better place, but then again what does this hillbilly know.:)

[Ringtail Z28]

This reminds me of the old freezer my dad had years ago. It was an old one that he had bought from a coworker real cheap, he planned on using it to store meat that he hunted or fished for. It worked well for a about a year until he packed it with a lot of whole raw shrimp that he planned to grill for a Super Bowl party. The freezer decided to die shortly before then, yet it still sounded like it was working. No one noticed until the shrimp bloated up so much that they pushed the door open and started falling on the ground, the smell they left in the house was kinda noticeable I guess you could say.