Akka wrote:
We continue to have problems with our engine-driven refrigeration
system, and wondered if anybody knows what we might be doing wrong.


After reading all the posts so far, I got to admit I do not think I
make enough money and lack the skill to maint a refer system.

So why do you "need" a refer system when most the worlds population
lacks such amenities?

This morning I got up had my oat meal, soy milk, and a few raisins.
Umm........ The soy milk aint milk but the light chocolate soy is
great! Shelf life is about on year. For lunch I think I'll have some
rice, fish, and some veggies. Maybe for dinner a little pasta, veggies,
olive oil, parmesan. Ummmmmm. Oh, and a nice 84 degree F beer. The hops
really stand out over 80 F! Get a good south pacific beer brewed
locally and its got to taste good at 84 degrees. Why? Uhh, who do think
is buying it? Later a snack: fruit salad, pineapple, mango, banana, and
that weird pokey thing that tastes like Juicy Fruit Gum. And speaking
of Hawaiian styled Poke. Nothing like a nice bowl of raw fish. Ummm.

Hey........ just a second! Non of that needed a refer?!?!?

So why do you need a refer? Oh I forgot. For all the visitors when tied
at the dock. I do not do much entertaining. I enjoy sailing. One of the
first things I threw overboard was that cocktail table in the cockpit.
Damn thing kept flapping around when surfing down 20' seas. Also
removed the salon table. Now that was a waste of space. But will be
able to recycle both for various boat projects.

And no I do not think cursing should be "camping in the sixteenth
century."

All a person needs do is cruise, pick up handy ways of living from
people not raised in a Wal-Mart. But if everyone did that our economy
would crash. How much of our GNP is from consumer purchasing????