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Julie Bove[_2_]

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> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:41:08 -0300, wrote:
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>>On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:27:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>>>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's an awful lot of plates in a day for two people... are you sure
> you are just two living there? Even without using paper plates the
> most dishes we would generate is 4-6... at most two per meal. I wash
> by hand, along with a pot or two it takes me five minutes to wash our
> two dishes and utensils, dry, and put away. If we used the dishwasher
> it would take us a week to fill it. We used to use the dishwasher for
> company but we don't have more than 2-4 for company anymore, and then
> we'd use the good dishes, silverware, and glassware, those I carefully
> wash by hand... dishwashing compound etches fine dishes, silverware,
> and glassware. I have two sets of fine glassware that I used to
> machine wash, over a couple years it became quite cloudy... we will
> still use it but it'd be embarrassing for company use.
>
> And to me seeing a sink with dirty dishes and a dishwasher with dirty
> dishes reminds me of an unflushed toilet. I see nothing negative
> about paper plates, they are cleaner than dishes fresh from the
> dishwasher... cleanliness is the main reason fast food joints use
> paper/plastic throwaways.
>
>>>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.
>
> I can assure you that using hand washed dishes does not cause colds or
> you found the cure for the common cold. Paper plates are not just
> sanitary, they are medically sterile.

Medically sterile? Oh bwahaha! When you buy medical paper goods they are not
even sterile unless they specifically say so on the package.