"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sat 19 Aug 2017 05:15:36a, jmcquown told us...
>
>> On 8/18/2017 4:07 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> I only kept a different set of Limoges Porcelain that
>>> had been passed down from my great grandmother to my grandmoher
>>> to my mother and then to me. Our everyday dishes are the Blue
>>> Willow pattern made by Wedgewood. Our SS flatare is a copy of a
>>> Sterling silver pattern.
>>>
>>> I don't think we've used the LImoges set in a dozen years, mainly
>>> because they are gold trimmed, and at that time no manufacturer
>>> was putting a glaze over the gold, so it would actualy wash off
>>> the dishes after a few cycles.
>>
>> Your great grandmother and grandmother likely didn't have
>> automatic diswhashers.* You're not supposed to put fine china in
>> the dishwasher.
>> Of course you know this.
>>
>> My bone china is rimmed with platinum. It has never seen the
>> inside of a dishwasher.
>>
>> *Here's a fun ad for a GE dishwasher featuring Bette Davis circa
>> 1930:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BmidgIRM5Q
>>
>> Gee, we didn't get an automatic dishwasher until 1968! It was one
>> Mom had to roll over and hook up to the faucet on the kitchen
>> sink. Top loading. I remember having to stand on my toes to put
>> the dishes in it.
>> I wasn't quite tall enough to reach that bottom rack. I'm not
>> sure
>> that dishwasher was worth the effort.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Great video! We had neighbors that had a built-in top loading d/w
> similar to this one, but it was a different brand. This was in 1950
> or 1951.
>
> When I rented my first apartment it didn't have a dishwasher. Before
> I moved in I bought a GE top-loading portable. I wasn't going to be
> without a dishwasher. :-)

I grew up without one. I learned to hate the first one I had. It was very
brutal for some reason. Ate the pattern off of my dishes and broke my
glasses. Wasn't the detergent but the unit itself. Repairman said I wasn't
the only one with that problem.

Next two places I lived in were old. No dishwashers, no big deal.

I did put my foot down when we moved to Cape Cod. I hated the house. No
choice as it was military. House had so many drawbacks. including only one
very small bathroom that I demanded a dishwasher. I had to buy it myself. It
was a portable. I did like it. Perhaps less for it being a dishwasher but
more for it being an additional work space. It had a wooden top. I never
used it for cutting things or kneading dough but it did come in handy at
times.

After that, I've only used dishwashers sporadically. My current one is
holding some large plastic containers that don't fit well in my cupboards.