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(...) Exactly my train of thought--the primary purpose of refrigerators is as magnetic bulletin boards[1], the bigger, the better. --Bram 1) mostly for displaying magnets, but also for the stuff the magnets happen to be holding up. Bram (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ha! Your naïveté is cute, but misplaced. One must never underestimate the power of the refrigerator-magnet lobby. Plastic appliances...puh-leez! Chris (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FwrBKH.5yD@lugnet.com... (...) large (...) outside. (...) extent, (...) an (...) think) (...) Yes, and I think I know why. It's a lot easier to pressform steel into whatever shape you (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) This may be one place where the US is behind the rest of the world. Most large appliances in the US are indeed made of enameled steel at least on the outside. That includes washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges, and to a lesser extent, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Enameled steel is passed away long ago, as a refrigerator material. Injection molded plastic (and yes, ABS) is the one mostly used today. Believe me, the company that ý wok for supplies parts to home appliances industry, and refrigeration (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) XP .storage I agree, I use cream cheese containers and ice-cream containers for the important stuff. I'll be stocking up on some actual containers RSN but meanwhile I make do with shoe boxes and "I scream" containers. -Shiri (24 years ago, 25-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage)
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According to our chemical guys at work, only 10% of ABS worldwide is used in consumer goods (this includes toys.) So there must be a lot of other places it goes in the cold? (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Hmmm - if LEGO bricks were made of enameled steel I would suspect that one didn't know what one was talking about. But I think you meant to say that the *inside* of refrigerators are made of the same stuff LEGO is made of ... ;-) If LEGO was ever (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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