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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I not
have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?

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Heck, I've been to 29 or so different countries, boy!


Like many American travelers, you obviously learned nothing of the country
except for seeing the tourist highlights, all gussied up for gullible
Americans like you.

Your hatred of Canada is an example of how little you know.

Your lies and fabrications are an example of how shallow and delusional you are,
boy!

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Heck, I've been to 29 or so different countries, boy!


Like many American travelers, you obviously learned nothing of the country
except for seeing the tourist highlights, all gussied up for gullible
Americans like you.

And I'm not gullible: I don't believe your fabrications and lies.

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a
fridge when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Were you high in the Andes where it's always cold? WAG

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Closer.

Actually, and since dxAce is clueless, it was because storing food was
unnecessary since the cook would go to the market each morning at 5 and
bring fresh things for the day. Anything left over became the meals for the
dogs. To this day, I can't take most soft drinks or juices chilled or with
ice, as they don't taste good. In restaurants at the time, sodas were
brought at room temperature, and if you wanted them chilled, you had to ask
for a glass with ice.

At one time, the manager of ECASA (Ecuatoriana de Artefactos, S.A.) gave me
one of the first Ecuadorian made refrigerators. I ended up taking it to the
stations so employees could put snacks and stuff in it; at home it had no
use.

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Closer.

Actually, and since dxAce is clueless, it was because storing food was
unnecessary since the cook would go to the market each morning at 5 and
bring fresh things for the day.

Wow! The cook!

Thanks for another great tale!

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Were you high in the Andes where it's always cold? WAG

Quito is not cold except at night. It goes through all four seasons every
day; day highs can be near 80, and lows around 30 at 3 to 4 AM.

The reason was, as I mentioned earlier, that there was no need to
refrigerate anything. Everything was fresh daily, and nothing was kept more
than a day. No preservatives, no salt added to keep things "fresher" and so
on.

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a
fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Closer.

Actually, and since dxAce is clueless, it was because storing food was
unnecessary since the cook would go to the market each morning at 5 and
bring fresh things for the day.

Wow! The cook!

Thanks for another great tale!

See how little you know?

In the middle class, a family would have a cook, a maid and a nanny and
probably a gardener even if they did not have a car. And they would send
their children to private schools with no exception.

Small groups of neighbors would also collectively hire a "sereno" or night
watchman who would patrol up and down the block and blow a whistle as he
passed each house, each time, to signify all was well.

In the upper class at that time (Latin America is generally demographically
divided in A, B, C, D, and E socioeconomic levels, A being upper and B being
middle with E being barter/unproductive) it was fairly usual to also have a
driver / messenger, too. Most middle and upper income homes were built with
rooms for 3 to 4 servants, and even condos had room for two (the others
might be day workers).

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Actually, and since dxAce is clueless, it was because storing food was
unnecessary since the cook would go to the market each morning at 5 and
bring fresh things for the day.

That's pretty much what I was thinking. Everything is
grown/picked/bought/caught/whatever fresh daily and not stored. Much of
the world operates this way.

BTW, saying dxace is clueless is like saying that SW or AM is dying.
Everyone knows this, but a few are still in denial.

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Here's a relatively easy question for anyone who is awa Why did I
not have a refrigerator in Ecuador for all the time I lived there?

Because the electricity was not reliable enough? No point in a
fridge
when the power is on only about 8 hours a day.

Nope. Not even close.

Not enough food to make one necessary?


Closer.

Actually, and since dxAce is clueless, it was because storing food was
unnecessary since the cook would go to the market each morning at 5 and
bring fresh things for the day.

Wow! The cook!

Thanks for another great tale!

See how little you know?

How little? Heck, I know that you are a liar and a fabricator. What more do I
need to know, boy?