On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:57:25 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 8/31/2015 3:11 PM, wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:24:53 -0400, Nancy Young
>
> >> Growing up, I think I only knew one family that had a dishwasher,
> >> my best friend's mother had a portable machine. She must have
> >> really wanted it because that was one tiny kitchen. Of course,
> >> she was a working mom with four kids.
>
> > Yeppers, tell me about it. I only had three but come home, cook,
> > clear was a drag. When the dishwasher came the kids were made to
> > handle it from there
>
> Too bad my mother didn't feel the same, but then, she had
> me to do the dishes. Who needs a machine?

I know exactly how you felt. We'd ask our mother when we were getting
a dishwasher and she'd say she already had two.
>
> Seriously, it just wasn't common in those days, now it's an
> expected appliance.
>
It's much easier on dishes and glassware. My breakage numbers go way
up if my dishwasher is out of commission.

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Elitist Snob