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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.