"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/31/2015 7:31 AM, wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:32:06 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just stumbled across this funny old ad. Bette Davis advertising a
>>> dishwasher in 1930:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BmidgIRM5Q
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Thank goodness they improved the design for loading~
>>
> The first dishwasher I recall my mother having was a top loading one. That
> would have been in the 1960's. It was "portable", aka on wheels. It had
> to be hooked up to the kitchen faucet. Truly, it seemed like more trouble
> than it was worth.
>
> I'll pass on the top loading dishwasher. I will, however, take the fancy
> dinner dress her guest is wearing.
>
> Jill

My first dishwasher was a portable roll and hook to the kitchen faucet. At
the time I loved it because it had a butcher block top, so it gave me extra
*counter* space in the very small kitchen. I do prefer the built in kind
100% better though.

Cheri