"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/4/2013 2:44 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 19:21:31 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> I second the motion. Or another freezer?
>>>
>>> I could use it. Sad to say that the freezer is broken and I have no
>>> place
>>> for another one. Obviously was a bad idea to put it in the garage.
>>
>> Why is it a bad idea to put a freezer in a garage where you live?
>>
> I can't speak about Julie's part of the country. Lots of people will tell
> you it's a bad idea to put a freezer in the garage. I've no idea if it
> really *is* a bad idea.
>
> My parents had a freezer in the garage. They bought it when they moved
> into the house in 1987. (I ran across the receipt.) It was still working
> some 22 years later. For something that shouldn't be put in the garage,
> that's a lotta years. The smaller freezer I have is in the garage.
> There's no where else to put it.

It's a bad idea if your garage isn't heated and you live in an area where it
gets cold. I looked at various small ones to replace this one with and all
said *not* to put in an unheated garage. And yet that's what everyone does.