> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:24:53 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 8/31/2015 1:33 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>nancy
>
> 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

Same here when they were smaller, very close in age, it was a lot of work.

Cheri