"Sheldon" wrote

> I once owned a chest freezer, just not any advantage... agreed on all
> your points... plus I'd much rather put my pesos into an interest
> bearing savings account than stash mucho dinero worth of food in a
> freezer... it's easy to amass over a thousand dollars worth of food in

Good grief Sheldon! Get real!

> Folks who stock up huge freezers were deprived of food as a child and

???? You do have odd ideas and a thing about freezers???

> And with the high price of electricity today don't kid yourself,
> running a freezer is not cheap, a large chest freezer (12-15 cu ft)
> costs at least a dollar a day to run... $365 still buys a lot of meat.

No, the one he's looking at is 25$ a year. That was 2005 though so lets say
40$ maybe now.

> And before buying either consider where you'll keep it. you cannot
> keep a fridge or freezer in an unheated space that goes below 60F, or
> a space that gets overly warm without it costing a lot more energy and/
> or damaging the unit... out in a garage or porch that goes below 60F
> and/or above 80F is not a good idea.

Again, wrong. They work fine in a garage. Just not optimal under a certain
level or over it.