Don Quixote had his windmills and apparently the Thai’s have their refrigerators. Okay, not all Thai’s do this but I have seen it more often than not which always leaves me scratching my head.
This particular Thai fridge belongs to Mo’s family in Petchaboon; they have two. If you notice there are two small wood blocks placed under the front of the fridge that gives it a slight backwards tilt. After seeing both of their refrigerators with a distinct tilt I had to finally learn the reason behind it. The answer was a simple “it keeps the refrigerator closed”. Now, if memory serves me someone took care of this particular problem a long time ago by inventing a magnetized gasket that goes around the entire perimeter of the door holding it fast when closed.
What perplexes me even more is the fact that all refrigerators have adjustable feet on them so the refrigerator can be leveled to the floor and hence the same tilt can be accomplished with just the feet. When I asked young brother where the feet were….wait for it…” Had to take off so could put wood under refrigerator”. Face meet palm…this is Thailand.
Next up I will take for a little rice farming in Petchaboon as farmer Talen once again makes an appearance…you won’t want to miss this one as I believe you will love to see a very embarrassing picture of farmer Talen on the job.
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LOL – as you said, hand to head, this is Thailand.
I was in a hotel in Phayao the other day and walked over to the fire escape to look out at the view. The exit door was padlocked. Of course, if you think about it, someone could get in for free if the door were left open. Only natural to lock it up tight. DOH!
Dave, I’ve seen similar in clubs where all the exit doors are padlocked…
Don’t tell me that “Farmer Bull” is going to wear one of those funny hats again?! I can’t wait for the pics!!!!!
Sue, Not again…but the Farmer bull you have seen will be making his first appearance.
A classic post Talen and I wonder where the missing feet are. I think your post sums up the sometimes confusing manner in which a Thai mind thinks.
Martyn, after I got my answer I thought it best if I didn’t know what happened to the feet.
Hello! The most important part of this post and the picture is the darling fabric thingy that Thais love to adorn their fridges with!!!
When I was borrowing my aunt’s fridge I got the matching cloth
Sadly though I did not think to tilt it….
Lani, they do like their fabric thingies…kind of like my grandmother with her doilies
Hahaha! I can’t stop laughing that was really funny! But honestly, we used to have an old ref that had to be tilted to keep it closed. But this ref is almost totally new.
Talen, that’s got to be one of the most classic TiT’s I’ve read about yet. Our fridge is closing, however, the bottom of the seal is drooping and we haven’t got around to fixing it yet…this Thai handy hint may come in very useful
Hehehe,I remember the old times when my family was also using this system.
It’s pretty good because the door will remain closed in any moment,unless you have those new powerful fridges that were released recently.
Haha those refrigetors look very old! At least we have modern ones now.