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Bruce[_28_]
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For what it's worth
On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:23:53 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
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>On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 12:08:59 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:41:08 -0300,
wrote:
>> >
>> >>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'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.
>
>"Medically sterile" is the same as "sterile" only it's even more sterilier.
Is that the same reasoning as:
"Medically pregnant" is the same as "pregnant" only it's even more
pregnantier?
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