On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >
>> >I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
>> >available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
>> >people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
>> >have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
>> >have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
>> >worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
>> >one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
>> >of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
>> >briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
>> >no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.
>>
>> You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
>> '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
>> already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
>> you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
>> describe other than in old movies...
>
>Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.

I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated. In NY in the '40s
apts had a tin box built in under a kitchen window to use as freezer
in winter... or they kept perishables on the fire escape. In 1978
fridges were quite modern, they had through the door ice cubes,
crushed ice, and and cold water. If you had a 1940s fridge in 1978
then you must've lived in some L'weesianna back water swamp hood, or
you're lying.