On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:27:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/17/2017 7:37 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:11:17 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>>> 9.44...
>>>>> On Thu 17 Aug 2017 05:15:08a, Janet told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No one needs to convince me. I have a Bosch and it is superb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone must have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Janet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> " Ophelia
>>>>>> 06/04/2016
>>>>>> Nuking food ...was Roasting Butternut Squash
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to have a dishwasher but ended up getting rid of it. I
>>>>>> like to wash
>>>>>> up as I go along when I am cooking. I put a small upright freezer
>>>>>> in that
>>>>>> space and it gets far more use
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As early as 1952 there has always been a dishwasher in whatever home I
>>>>> lived in. I've often said that if I didn't have a dishasher I wouldn't
>>>>> cook. :-) Yes, I'm lazy. No need to ask. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I have one but use it seldomly. I remember that O said they did get
>>>> new one
>>>> not long ago, a Bosch, which most people say they really like.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> I rarely use the dishwasher, perhaps 3-4 times a year, and only when
>>> the plastic freezer storage containers pile up... I find handwashing
>>> dishes for two no inconvenience whatsoever, especially since more than
>>> 50% of the time we use paper plates.... we see no reason to use china
>>> plates for a sandwich and we always use paper plates for fried foods,
>>> paper plates majorly suck out the fat calories.. and our used paper
>>> plates do double duty, they feed the cats. Plain paper plates cost
>>> .08¢ each. much less than washing dishes... and are very compostible.
>>
>>
>> I don't run mine often either, as you say it doesn't take a lot to wash
>> them, but I don't want to eat off paper plates for everyday. I feel the
>> same way about styrofoam cups etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>
>Same here. I just loaded the last of the days dishes and have 17 plates
>in it. That would cost Sheldon 1.36 + tax. Probably costs me a buck
>with detergent to run the machine so it is not a cost factor. There are
>serving bowls, utensils and the like.
>
>Put in the detergent, push a button, come back to perfectly clean dishes
>that takes less than 5 minutes to put away. Dave mentioned the time to
>empty so I timed one load. 3 3/4 minutes.


Same as you Ed, could not be more simple and convenient even for a
household comprised of one person. It might seem more likely that I
would be the one using paper plates but I cannot imagine doing that,
in fact, can't remember the last time I had to eat off a paper plate.

I did notice when we first put a dishwasher in that we were better off
health-wise. One of five could have a cold/'flu and it did not
automatically wind up infecting the lot of us.