"Typical man", I needed to buy some Christmas presents today as I have not got round to putting in an order on Amazon. So I went up to town after hearing confessions this morning to get some good books that I hope my immediate family will like. I also got some chocolate just in case they don't like them.
It was quite spooky visiting London the day before Christmas. Everywhere I went, people were talking about some "Festive season". On the tube, canned announcements advised us at regular intervals to look at the "Festive Travel" leaflet. In MacDonalds, I was going to order the "Festive Wrap" from the "Festive Menu" and ask what it was all about, but thought better of it.
Then a nice young African lady behind the counter greeted me with "Happy Christmas". I thanked her and asked what this "Festival" was that everyone seemed to be talking about. I'm not sure if I went a bit far when I added that Christianity was the only religion that nobody is allowed to mention in Britain today.
On my way home, I got a few things at Sainsburys and popped into Coment since it was next door and I could pick up a couple of peripherals (mouse & speakers) cheaply. I was amused to see that a whole section of the store was labelled "USA Style Fridge Freezers". According to Comet, it is "USA style" to have a six foot tall fridge freezer in tasteful grey. I'd be interested to hear what you guys across the pond think about that ;-)
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Well, my 30 year old 5' 8" or so Fridge (whatever can they mean by Fridge/Freezer as I thought all did both?) is a late 1970s yellow - but it does seem the fashion lately for a lot of the newer fridges to have a "brushed" stainless steel casing. [If that's what they meant by "grey." ] The newer the home, the more affluent the people, the more likely to have one of these babies.
Hmm... The current fashion in the US is indeed for fridge freezer combinations which are stainless steel and about six feet tall and the front panels made of grey stainless steel.
On my one trip to England I saw only one persons refridgerator, and don't recall it being out of the ordinary (I also watched "Who wants to be a millionaire" which was on TV there at the time, and subsequently became a big hit in a US version that wasn't as good.)
Ummm--our fridge is about 6 feet tall, but it's Ivory enamel.
Yes, I am always amused when my sister in Ireland refers to her 'Fridge-Freezer'. Of course when I lived there decades ago no one had a fridge or freezer. Though in our very old house we had a back room which was cold and damp and my mother always referred to that as 'the freezer'...!
Here in the US a 'refrigerator' is assumed to also include a freezer - usually on top but it could be on the bottom or on the left side with full-length doors for fridge and freezer.
Colors can be pretty much anything you want, with stainless steel and black being popular in some circles...
Well, like Karen said, if they meant "stainless", that's what I've got.
(We're hardly affluent, but we did buy the condo a few years back when stainless became the rage. The condo came with the appliances already installed.)
:)
I personally like those retro wide yellow ones like omnipresent annoyance Rachel Ray uses on TV. They have the fridge part on top and the freezer on the bottom, like it should be.
But they are thousands and thousands of dollars.
Stainless steal is very popular in the U.S. It is easy to clean and looks neat. Also, they like to have everything match. The dishwasher, fridge, coffee pot, oven (with gas burners) will all be stainless steal. I, personally, don't care. I don't spend enough time in the kitchen to notice. I just go in there for my morning coffee and a late night sandwich.
Thanks for all the info on American fridges! Mine is hidden in the cupboard - I don't need a big fridge and the small freezer compartment at the top is OK for some ice cubes and the odd bit of frozen fish or something. But my parishioners seem to be going for 6ft double-door fridges with built-in drinks dispensers etc.
I will not tell them that the retro yellow wide one is the really cool item to have :-)
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