Uses for old refrigerator

Just remember to take the insulation out before you do this

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Roger

That isn't one bit funny if that is what you were trying to be.

Yes it was.

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Respect The Cactus!

If you do have it laying down, we used to use old freezers this way. We cut a hole in one end and then hung a piece of remnant carpeting over the hole and our dogs that stayed outdoors had a very warm doghouse for the winter. Of course depends on where you are and being in California, you might not need that much warmth but in the midwest, works very well. They can be painted to blend in with surroundings too.

My dad use to use them for smoke houses as well.

Not cool

Then you are apparently one sick and twisted person if you find the deaths of hundreds or thousands of children over the years dying from the result of hiding in them. So many that laws were enacted to change latching mechanisms and requiring the removal of the doors or latches when stored outside or trashed.

Yes, you definitely have a different mindset than most of us. I'm sorry you have such thoughts and views.

We have used it as storage for tools, a smokehouse and even offered one to an annoying teen house "guest" who we were evicting. Told him if he drilled a few air holes he would have a home that was nice and toasty warm, better than the cardboard box he was heading for. (no job, no desire, no drive)... ugh.

I love the dog house idea... I wonder if we could get a hole the right size so the goats would use it (our dogs don't need they sleep with us on our bed!)

Laurie (vtfarma)

I saw one with the doors removed used to hold the mail boxes on top(freezer space) with the space below (refrigerator area)used to hold packages.

I thought it was funny too, But I am going to H E double hockey sticks so . . .

I also thought it would be a good emergency coffin for a vampire.

With a small light bulb . . .keep your welding rods dry.

If it's got a metal grid on the back that can make an effective preliminary "doormat" before people get to your conventional doormat.

I doubt over the entire existence of the refrigerator thousands of children have died in them. Best I can determine after a quick check online is maybe 200 over the years. The last statistics I can find about death rate from refrigerators was somewhere around 0.50 per MILLION in the late 70s.

And just because it is tragic, doesn't mean it isn't funny. Two kids I went to school with died of autoeroticasphyxiation. A tragedy? Yeah maybe but it certainly is an undignified and downright hilarious way to go.

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Ok, Quint, let's sing it together now:
Suffocation, the game we like to play,
First you get a plastic bag,
then you put it on your head,
Go to bed,
Wake up dead,
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh....

Sorry, some of us just have a warped sense of humor....but others don't find it funny if it is aimed at small, helpless creatures, so you have to know your audience and pick your times.

I'm new here, and I've learned from reading I gotta watch my humor. OK, I've got three old fridges and a deep freeze. I plan to use one or two for smokers, one for mouse-proof storage, and maybe for raising crickets or mealworms. My father-in-law used one for fishing worms. I've got one in use right now as sort of a file cabinet in my shed. Nice shelves for sorting, and mouse/spider-proof, too!