On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 02:45:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
9.44...
>>
>> 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.

It's my favourite machine. I wish I could put the whole house in it,
plus the yard and the cars.