I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

On Sep 9, 2:19*pm, val189 > wrote:
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

Why not just open the door _before_ doing the Rachel Ray juggling
act? You've got to have one hand free to put those containers of
leftovers in the 'frig unless you just toss them in once the door is
open and hope everything lands on a shelf in an upright position.

It doesn't make any sense to go the refrigerator with both arms full
of containers.

You have that many containers of leftovers that you are juggling them??

val189 wrote:

> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.




Brian

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Default User wrote:

> val189 wrote:
>
> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> > oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.


Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and others...


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Greg

"val189" > wrote in message
...
>I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.


http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpre...ing/kegerator/

Thats my future fridge, got the kegs, CO2,taps
www.dustingodwinphoto.com/tap1.jpg and the home made beers, just need the
fridge now.

On 9 Sep 2008 19:56:58 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>val189 wrote:
>
>> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
>> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
>When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>
>
Sure did...it was a Frigidaire.

Boron

val189 wrote:
>
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

The way refrigerators work is all wrong.
You open the door, and the heavy cold air
falls on the floor. The door should be
on top, like some kinds of commercial
freezers for storing popsicles and
ice cream bars. You look through the
glass top, decide what you want, slide
the top open, and reach in to get what
you want.

On Tue 09 Sep 2008 01:51:38p, Mark Thorson told us...

> val189 wrote:
>>
>> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
>> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
> The way refrigerators work is all wrong.
> You open the door, and the heavy cold air
> falls on the floor. The door should be
> on top, like some kinds of commercial
> freezers for storing popsicles and
> ice cream bars. You look through the
> glass top, decide what you want, slide
> the top open, and reach in to get what
> you want.
>

Refrigerator and freezer drawers would probably solve your problem:

http://www.subzero.com/IntegratedRef...n/700BRDrawers

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Boron Elgar wrote:

> On 9 Sep 2008 19:56:58 GMT, "Default User" >
> wrote:
>
> >val189 wrote:
> >
> >> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> >> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> >> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
> >
> >When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
> >
> >
> Sure did...it was a Frigidaire.


Those early - 60's dee - luxe Frigidaires were real works of art, buying one
was almost as exciting as buying a fully - loaded Buick or Cadillac...


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow said...

>
> Default User wrote:
>
>> val189 wrote:
>>
>> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time
>> > - oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>>
>> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>
>
> Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and
> others...


I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
around.

Andy

val189 wrote:
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>



I could go for a self cleaning cycle.

"Andy" <q> wrote

> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
> around.

That wouldn't be a little space. I'm sure the mathematicians
around here could figure out the percentage of shelf space lost.
I think it is over 20%.

My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.

nancy

Dave Smith wrote:

> val189 wrote:
> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> > oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
> >
>
>
>
> I could go for a self cleaning cycle.


Those are called "kids", Dave...


--
Best
Greg

Nancy Young said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote
>
>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>> around.
>
> That wouldn't be a little space. I'm sure the mathematicians
> around here could figure out the percentage of shelf space lost.
> I think it is over 20%.
>
> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>
> nancy


That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to reach
the "lost items" in the back.

Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote

> Nancy Young said...

>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.

> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to
> reach
> the "lost items" in the back.
>
> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?

The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
tracks.

How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)

nancy

On Sep 9, 5:21�pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Gregory Morrow said...
>
>
>
> > Default User wrote:
>
> >> val189 wrote:
>
> >> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> >> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time
> >> > - oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
> >> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>
> > Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and
> > others...
>
> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
> around.
>
> Andy

They do have slide out shelves ya know.

Nancy Young said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote
>
>> Nancy Young said...
>
>>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>
>> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to
>> reach
>> the "lost items" in the back.
>>
>> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>
> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
> tracks.
>
> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)
>
> nancy


New-fangled or old fashioned? A tad muddy.

Here, the bottom vegetable and meat bins roll out on wheeled side rails.
The rest of the shelving have stationary underlying (front to back) lock in
support arms like cheap adjustable college shelving.

Andy

Sheldon said...

> On Sep 9, 5:21�pm, Andy <q> wrote:
>> Gregory Morrow said...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Default User wrote:
>>
>> >> val189 wrote:
>>
>> >> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> >> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record
time
>> >> > - oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>>
>> >> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>>
>> > Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and
>> > others...
>>
>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>> around.
>>
>> Andy
>
> They do have slide out shelves ya know.


Until today? Nope!

Andy

On Sep 9, 3:19�pm, val189 > wrote:
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

That exists, was more common years ago... most commercial friges have
that feature. But much better is to have a counter near the fridge to
pile stuff going in.

"Andy" <q> wrote

> Nancy Young said...
>
>>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young said...
>>
>>>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>>>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>>
>>> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to
>>> reach
>>> the "lost items" in the back.
>>>
>>> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>>
>> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
>> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
>> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
>> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
>> tracks.
>>
>> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)

> New-fangled or old fashioned? A tad muddy.
>
> Here, the bottom vegetable and meat bins roll out on wheeled side rails.
> The rest of the shelving have stationary underlying (front to back) lock
> in
> support arms like cheap adjustable college shelving.

Exactly so, except those arms are designed so they hold
a shelf and the runner it slides out on.

nancy

Nancy Young said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote
>
>> Nancy Young said...
>>
>>>
>>> "Andy" <q> wrote
>>>
>>>> Nancy Young said...
>>>
>>>>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>>>>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>>>
>>>> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to
>>>> reach
>>>> the "lost items" in the back.
>>>>
>>>> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>>>
>>> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
>>> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
>>> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
>>> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
>>> tracks.
>>>
>>> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)
>
>> New-fangled or old fashioned? A tad muddy.
>>
>> Here, the bottom vegetable and meat bins roll out on wheeled side rails.
>> The rest of the shelving have stationary underlying (front to back) lock
>> in
>> support arms like cheap adjustable college shelving.
>
> Exactly so, except those arms are designed so they hold
> a shelf and the runner it slides out on.
>
> nancy


I can picture that now!

Thanks,

Andy

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> val189 wrote:
>>> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>>> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
>>> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I could go for a self cleaning cycle.
>
>
> Those are called "kids", Dave...

Yeah, right..... it never happened when there was a kid in the house,
and he made most of the mess in there.

On Tue 09 Sep 2008 02:41:04p, Nancy Young told us...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote
>
>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>> around.
>
> That wouldn't be a little space. I'm sure the mathematicians
> around here could figure out the percentage of shelf space lost.
> I think it is over 20%.
>
> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>
> nancy
>

General Electric made such a refrigerator back in the late 1950s. All of
the shelves were semi-circular and were also easily height adjustable. The
rotated 360°.

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Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>
>> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>
> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
> tracks.
>
> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)

I know what you mean. The shelves are on rollers so they can roll out.

Andy wrote:
> Nancy Young said...
>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote
>>
>>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>>> around.
>> That wouldn't be a little space. I'm sure the mathematicians
>> around here could figure out the percentage of shelf space lost.
>> I think it is over 20%.
>>
>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>>
>> nancy
>
>
> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to reach
> the "lost items" in the back.
>
> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>

More like the rolling rack like a warming tray on an oven.

Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Tue 09 Sep 2008 02:41:04p, Nancy Young told us...
>
>>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote
>>
>>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>>> around.
>>
>> That wouldn't be a little space. I'm sure the mathematicians
>> around here could figure out the percentage of shelf space lost.
>> I think it is over 20%.
>>
>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> General Electric made such a refrigerator back in the late 1950s. All
> of the shelves were semi-circular and were also easily height
> adjustable. The rotated 360°.


Following nancy's fridge design with today's industrial strength materials,
they could probably telescope a shelf out a couple feet that weighs 50 lbs.
and then Lazy-Susan the square (rectangular?) shelf and put it back the
other way!!! Implying a back wall hitch to prevent tipping over.

Premium $$$ fridge, no doubt.

Andy

"Dave Smith" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
>> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
>> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
>> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
>> tracks.
>>
>> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)
>
> I know what you mean. The shelves are on rollers so they can roll out.

Exactly.

nancy

On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:15:04 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> On 9 Sep 2008 19:56:58 GMT, "Default User" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >val189 wrote:
>> >
>> >> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> >> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
>> >> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>> >
>> >When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>> >
>> >
>> Sure did...it was a Frigidaire.
>
>
>Those early - 60's dee - luxe Frigidaires were real works of art, buying one
>was almost as exciting as buying a fully - loaded Buick or Cadillac...


This one was from the 50s.

Boron

Sheldon wrote:

On Sep 9, 5:21?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Gregory Morrow said...
>
>
>
> > Default User wrote:
>
> >> val189 wrote:
>
> >> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> >> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time
> >> > - oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
> >> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>
> > Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and
> > others...
>
> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
> around.
>
> Andy

They do have slide out shelves ya know.
--------------------

GM replies:

Andy has a "slide - out" *brain*, I hear...


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Greg

Gregory Morrow said...

>
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> On Sep 9, 5:21?pm, Andy <q> wrote:
>> Gregory Morrow said...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Default User wrote:
>>
>> >> val189 wrote:
>>
>> >> > I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
>> >> > containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record
time
>> >> > - oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>>
>> >> When I was kid, our old refrigerator had that.
>>
>> > Yup, IIRC on those huge early 60's top 'o the line Frigidaires and
>> > others...
>>
>> I would sacrifice a little fridge space to have semi-circle Lazy Susan
>> shelving so I could get to the back items without shuffling everything
>> around.
>>
>> Andy
>
> They do have slide out shelves ya know.
> --------------------
>
> GM replies:
>
> Andy has a "slide - out" *brain*, I hear...


You must get the babes, Gregory!!!

In article
>,
val189 > wrote:

> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

I would like to have temp and humidty controlled compartment large
enough to age salame and prs'ut.

D.M.

val189 wrote:
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.
>
I'll cast my vote for that!

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Sep 9, 6:17 pm, Sheldon > wrote:
But much better is to have a counter near the fridge to
> pile stuff going in.

I do position everything on the very edge of the nearest counter,
then open door, try to hold it open with one foot and and try to stash
it all without having the door open too long. IF I had that foot
control, I could prob. get everything in two hands and THEN open the
door. IF I could just shut off the tape off mother's voice wailing
"Don't leave the door open so long" ( that's the real problem here, I
guess) but wouldn't a foot control be handy tho? Or grow a third arm
and hand.....I guess we're never happy.

On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:42:59 -0400, Dave Smith
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>Yeah, right..... it never happened when there was a kid in the house,
>and he made most of the mess in there.
>
You had enough left in the refrigerator to qualify as a "mess"? When
my son was in high school, I swore I wouldn't recognize him unless his
face was reflected by the refrigerator light bulb. That kid was one
giant stomach with feet.

And when he went (an hour away) to college, his bi-monthly visits home
were actually foraging expeditions. You'd know he'd been there by what
wasn't left in the pantry or refrigerator.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Sep 9, 3:19 pm, val189 > wrote:
> I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

If the machine just keeps stuff from spoiling for a week or so I am
happy enough.

Bulka

>>>>> My refrigerator shelves pull out. I only discovered that when
>>>>> I decided to clean it one day. Still, I never use that function.
>>>
>>>> That's a better solution as long as the shelves extend out somehow to
>>>> reach
>>>> the "lost items" in the back.
>>>>
>>>> Do the shelves slide into side tracks like in an oven?
>>>
>>> The shelves are a self-contained unit, that's the best description
>>> I can come up with right now. In other words, when I take them
>>> out to wash them, there isn't anything left in the refrigerator
>>> to show that the shelves slide. The shelf unit contains the
>>> tracks.
>>>
>>> How's that? Clear as mud? (laugh)
>
>> New-fangled or old fashioned? A tad muddy.
>>
>> Here, the bottom vegetable and meat bins roll out on wheeled side rails.
>> The rest of the shelving have stationary underlying (front to back) lock
>> in
>> support arms like cheap adjustable college shelving.
>
> Exactly so, except those arms are designed so they hold
> a shelf and the runner it slides out on.
>
> nancy

Um, I just checked my fridge (Kenmore french door fridge), and they have
shelves like that. I've had the fridge a year and didn't discover that until
just now.

Felling pretty dumb,
Jon

"Zeppo_m" > wrote

>> Exactly so, except those arms are designed so they hold
>> a shelf and the runner it slides out on.
>>
>> nancy
>
> Um, I just checked my fridge (Kenmore french door fridge), and they have
> shelves like that. I've had the fridge a year and didn't discover that
> until just now.
>
> Felling pretty dumb,

(laugh!) Join the club, I had no idea until I took the shelves
out to wash them in the sink. I felt pretty silly, myself.

nancy

"val189" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>I wish for this nightly, when I'm trying to juggle a half dozen
> containers of food or leftovers to put back in fridge in record time -
> oh, for a foot lever to open that door.

Always have a single door, not side by side, and have a counter for perching
this stuff next to the door opening. It's why I will never have a side by
side.

My feature of dreams is a live-in elf who will spend his nights washing up
any drips or spills and carefully removing any incipient frist. Frostfree
fridges were not available here when I moved here. : (

On Sep 9, 9:03*pm, val189 > wrote:
> On Sep 9, 6:17 pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> * But much better is to have a counter near the fridge to
>
> > pile stuff going in.
>
> * I do position everything on the very edge of the nearest counter,
> then open door, try to hold it open with one foot and and try to stash
> it all without having the door open too long.

Maybe you should adjust the hinges so that the door stays open by
itself. Mine stays open if the door is fully open; once it gets to
be
less than 90 degrees open, it slowly closes itself.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sep 9, 9:03 pm, val189 > wrote:
>> On Sep 9, 6:17 pm, Sheldon > wrote:
>> But much better is to have a counter near the fridge to
>>
>>> pile stuff going in.
>>
>> I do position everything on the very edge of the nearest counter,
>> then open door, try to hold it open with one foot and and try to
>> stash it all without having the door open too long.
>
> Maybe you should adjust the hinges so that the door stays open by
> itself. Mine stays open if the door is fully open; once it gets to
> be
> less than 90 degrees open, it slowly closes itself.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Both my apartment fridge and Mom's fridge does that very thing. I suppose
it could be problematic if the OP's fridge door opens directly onto a wall.

Jill