RE: OT Fridge with drawers

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Fair comment Actually Ian, - Home "Automation" _should_ IMHO
cover all
aspects of adapting the home environment to better suit the
needs/comfort/convenience of its occupants.

Even something as simple as a mechanical spring door-closer could count
really, - after all how different is it *really* (in terms of automation),
to talk about having lights come on automatically when youe enter a room,
than it is to talk about having the door close automatically behind you?

Although there's not actually any "automation" element to Tim's
query, it
does still involve adapting the environment to suit the occupant, rather
than the other way round....

just my £0.02

Paul G.


>From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT Fridge with drawers
>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:12:16 -0000
>
>Can't help directly Tim, although I would appreciate something like it
>myself.
>
>I have a spinal problem which means from time to time, I get episodes
of
>blootering pain in my lower back, and bending down to get into the back
of
>the fridge is a real trial of endurance.. "how much do I *really*
want a
>bacon sarnie...."
>
>The reason I am posting is more to ask, is this even OT at all?
>
>okay, we are not talking about a fridge with electronic smarts, but
surely
>the remit of the group should cover home *functionality* ?
>
>Were we discussing polished stainless as against brushed aluminium
>finishes,
>thats possibly OT, but where it's the function and usage of home
equipment,
>surely that's square in the frame?
>
>I think what I'm getting at is: is it time to explicitly word the group
>charter/description to state that discussions of AV equipment, IT
>networking, Appliance functionality, Self Build Qs, and all the various
>"fringe" topics are an integral part of Home Automation?
>
>Ian.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 20 March 2002 11:52
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] OT Fridge with drawers
>
>
>One of the many difficulties to overcome when you spend your life
sitting
>down it that it is really difficult to get into the back of cupboards.
>There
>are solutions from the "Disabled Living Foundation", but if I
said they
>weren't aesthetically appealing it would be an understatement.
>
>I've currently got a great built-in Neff fridge which has drawers
instead
>of
>shelves (in a similar fashion to upright freezers), but the bastards
have
>gone and discontinued it! Anyone seen anything similar on their travels
>
>Tim
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