On 8/31/2015 7:43 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:33:41 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "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
>>
>> My first one was a frigidaire with butcher block top, I liked it,
>> anything was better than making the kids wash the dishes. Then they
>> argued over whose turn to empty the dishwasher, but two evenings of
>> back to washing dishes and we never heard that again
>
> That was my sons job. To this day, he refuses to unload their
> dishwasher. :-)
>
> Cheri

It's my least favourite chore. I don't mind loading the dishwasher but
I dislike unloading it. I'll hand-wash dishes for a week before I'll
empty the dishwasher.

Jill