Of course selling a fridge once or twice in the lifetime of a consumer is not the high recurrence business model of sugar-water vendors targeting impressionable children and exploiting their apetite for sugar and instant gratification.

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Even before its launch, Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said Windows 8 would be like combining a toaster and a fridge -- something that, while technically possible, was "probably not going to be pleasing to the user".

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As well as two fuel-cell systems for vehicles (one for cars, another for buses and lorries), there are separate systems for large and small generators fridge-sized units running on natural gas to provide electricity for a building that is not attached to the grid.

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You only spend a small portion of your life in your car (although I know it seems like more) so why not splurge on something for the house instead, like a good wide-screen TV and a recliner with a fridge in the arm?

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