On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:46:32 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:06:31 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:21:57 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> >> Finally, somebody with some brains and sense of logic speaks up! Too
>> >> bad I already beat you to it :-P
>>
>> What brains, the door opened or closed, latched or not proves
>> nothing... someone could come along and open the door and not unload
>> the clean dishes, even put in some dirty dishes.
>
>Sure, except that if household members know the system, they won't.

Knowing and adhering are very different... were what you say true the
OP would not be asking about dishwasher stickers.

I'm also reminded to unload the dishwasher when I get my coffee mug
from the kitchen cabinet in the morning and notice that all my Crystal
Palace glasses are gone, then I'm reminded that I ran the dishwasher
the night before.

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:48:49 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:21:57 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Allow me to save you a coupla bucks: If the door to the dishwasher
>> >>> is latched/locked, it means the contents of the dishwasher are
>> >>> either in the process of being washed or they are clean. If the
>> >>> door is merely closed but not latched or locked, it means the
>> >>> contents are not clean. Simple enough.
>>
>> >> But it did occur to me that some newer dishwashers may have a
>> >> automatic latch mechanism - similar to my gas oven's self-cleaning
>> >> latch. It's all handled transparently to me.
>>
>> > Is that speculation or do you know of some?
>>
>> My dishwasher doesn't have a latch and I have opened it while it's
>> running to add that overlooked plate.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Sure, mine, too. I can't think of a different word to describe the
>internal catch on the door that seals it closed for the washing cycle.

Lockless latch/detent latch. Works like ball point pen clicker...
some cabinets latch when pushed closed, push again and they unlatch.

On 1/28/2011 11:33 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>> On 1/27/2011 9:22 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> My dishwasher doesn't have a latch and I have opened it while it's
>>> running to add that overlooked plate.
>
>> Mine doesn't have a latch either. It also has a pause button.
>
> Ha, I imagine if I hit the start/resume button it would pause
> it, but I just crack it and listened for the water to hit the
> bottom. Not that disrupting the wash cycle is something I do very
> often, only a couple of times.
>
> nancy

I hate even pausing it for fear of water shooting out. ;-)
I don't do it very often either. Maybe when I remember to throw in
the kitchen sponge.


Tracy

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> >> But it did occur to me that some newer dishwashers may have a
> >> automatic latch mechanism - similar to my gas oven's self-cleaning
> >> latch. It's all handled transparently to me.
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > Is that speculation or do you know of some?
>
> mine, actually.

Huh! Mine doesn't close tightly unless I push it to that point;
otherwise, the door is closed, but will open without releasing some sort
of locking mechanism. Maytag. About 8-10 years old, I think.


--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>

>> My dishwasher doesn't have a latch and I have opened it while it's
>> running to add that overlooked plate.
>>
>> nancy
>



If I did that, the water still sloshing around would
(and frequently does) splash out on the floor. No, I
don't have the patience to wait till the sloshing stops
before I open the door.

My indicator is whether the inside surface of the door
is soiled or clean. If it has any soil at all on it,
the washer hasn't been run.

gloria p

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:37:43 -0800, Smitty Two
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Heather Mills > wrote:
>
>> Many years ago, I used to have
>
>Yeah, yeah, we all used to have stuff many years ago. How about this
>then? Sorry it's not in the shape of a flower like your old one.
>
>http://www.thekitchenstore.com/cldima.html

Perfect. Thanks.

Goomba wrote:
> Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> No arguments in my house. I could hide a million dollars in there &
>> nobody would find it. Clean dishes are in the cupboard. dirty
>> ones go in the sink. Dad moves them around sometimes.
>
>
> That would drive me bonkers! I sure don't want to see a bunch of dirty
> dishes sitting around the kitchen when they could surely sit out of
> sight in the dishwasher waiting until the machine was filled and ready
> to go. It doesn't drive you nuts?


Not really. Since I'm the only one who ever lifts a finger in the
kitchen, I usually load the machine right after meals, but if I'm
interrupted, they'll wait till I get around to it.

gloria p

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:38:33 -0500, Goomba >
wrote:

>Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> No arguments in my house. I could hide a million dollars in there &
>> nobody would find it. Clean dishes are in the cupboard. dirty
>> ones go in the sink. Dad moves them around sometimes.
>
>
>That would drive me bonkers! I sure don't want to see a bunch of dirty
>dishes sitting around the kitchen when they could surely sit out of
>sight in the dishwasher waiting until the machine was filled and ready
>to go. It doesn't drive you nuts?

Nope. I 'do' dishes at 5am. By the time I have more, the washer
is ready to be emptied. Dinner dishes go in the sink-- and I'm not
in the kitchen until 5am the next day. . . and we repeat.

Sometimes I do 2 loads in a day- but it is rare. If I'm in the
kitchen I'm cooking, not looking into the sink.<g>

Jim

On Jan 27, 10:06*pm, "HeyBub" > wrote:
> Heather Mills wrote:
> > Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> > of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> > I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> > flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> > the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> > clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> > It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> > searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> > magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> > and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> > I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> > magnetized rubber material.
>
> That sounds like a good idea.
>
> My scheme is this: If the door is shut completely, the contents are clean
> and need to be put away.
>
> If the door is ajar, the stuff inside is dirty and the washer is waiting for
> more dishes to make a full load.
>
> Aside:
>
> I've been adding a teaspoon of TSP to the washer to make up for absence of
> phosphates in the newly compounded detergents.
>
> WOW! What a difference!
>
> When I exhaust my current supply of liquid Cascade, I'm gonna get powdered
> detergent and add the TSP to the box.

TSP isn't TSP anymore (unless you've got a stash of the old stuff).

Cindy Hamilton

wrote:

[snip]

> My dishwasher has two little green lights that come on
> when the washing is done, they go off when the door is opened...
> that's all the reminder one should need...

Then you open the door to let them dry, and while they're drying someone
sticks some dirty dishes in among the clean ones.

> [snip]
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"DO! or DO NOT! - there is no TRY." -- Jedi Master Yoda

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
>> On Jan 27, 5:26 pm, Heather Mills > wrote:
>> > I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
>> > can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> Avery makes a magnetic sheet for inkjet printing. Do some searching to
> see if you can buy just one sheet somewhere.
>

Put in regular paper to use until you're sure your design is right, bufore
printing on that one sheet.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"DO! or DO NOT! - there is no TRY." -- Jedi Master Yoda

On 1/27/2011 5:06 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> Heather Mills wrote:
>> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
>> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
>> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
>> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
>> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
>> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>>
>> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
>> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
>> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
>> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
>> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
>> magnetized rubber material.
>>
>
> That sounds like a good idea.
>
> My scheme is this: If the door is shut completely, the contents are clean
> and need to be put away.
>
> If the door is ajar, the stuff inside is dirty and the washer is waiting for
> more dishes to make a full load.
>
> Aside:
>
> I've been adding a teaspoon of TSP to the washer to make up for absence of
> phosphates in the newly compounded detergents.
>
> WOW! What a difference!

TSP sounds like a good idea. You're probably putting in a whole lot more
phosphates than the old formula detergents ever had. OTOH, that's not
being very green.

OTOH, just as long as everybody else is not doing this, I suppose you
and I can do it with very little environmental impact. My guess is that
this would work great with the laundry too.

>
> When I exhaust my current supply of liquid Cascade, I'm gonna get powdered
> detergent and add the TSP to the box.

Thanks for the tip. :-)

dsi1 wrote on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:16:27 -1000:

> On 1/27/2011 5:06 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>> Heather Mills wrote:
>>> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the
>>> shape of a flower. It was green on one side with the
>>> word "clean" and yellow I think) in the other with the word "dirty".
>>> It was made of that flexible magnetic-infused
>>> rubbery material. We kept in on the door of the dishwasher
>>> to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were clean or
>>> dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>>>
>>> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
>>> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
>>> magnets, but they are all the kind that you
>>> rotate. Both the "clean" and the "dirty" are on the same
>>> side. And they are metal, not rubber. I'd really prefer one that is
>>> reversible and made of that soft magnetized rubber
>>> material.
>>>
>> That sounds like a good idea.
>>
>> My scheme is this: If the door is shut completely, the contents
>> are clean and need to be put away.
>>
>> If the door is ajar, the stuff inside is dirty and the washer
>> is waiting for more dishes to make a full load.
>>
>> Aside:
>>
>> I've been adding a teaspoon of TSP to the washer to make up
>> for absence of phosphates in the newly compounded detergents.
>>
>> WOW! What a difference!

> TSP sounds like a good idea. You're probably putting in a
> whole lot more phosphates than the old formula detergents ever
> had. OTOH, that's not being very green.

> OTOH, just as long as everybody else is not doing this, I
> suppose you and I can do it with very little environmental
> impact. My guess is that this would work great with the
> laundry too.

>> When I exhaust my current supply of liquid Cascade, I'm gonna
>> get powdered detergent and add the TSP to the box.

My dishwasher has a light that comes on when drying is complete. So, I
know I must empty the thing before putting in more dishes.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:57:50 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Goomba > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> > In article >,
>> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>> >> But it did occur to me that some newer dishwashers may have a
>> >> automatic latch mechanism - similar to my gas oven's self-cleaning
>> >> latch. It's all handled transparently to me.
>> >>
>> >> -sw
>> >
>> > Is that speculation or do you know of some?
>>
>> mine, actually.
>
>Huh! Mine doesn't close tightly unless I push it to that point;
>otherwise, the door is closed, but will open without releasing some sort
>of locking mechanism. Maytag. About 8-10 years old, I think.

My Maytag latch operates the same... like the old fridge handles did
prior to magnetic gaskets

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:36:41 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>
>> On Jan 27, 5:26*pm, Heather Mills > wrote:
>> > I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
>> > can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
>Avery makes a magnetic sheet for inkjet printing. Do some searching to
>see if you can buy just one sheet somewhere.

So they do. For some reason, they did not come up on any of my
searches. Thanks.

Heather Mills wrote the following:, which was deleted.


How can I tell if my car is dirty?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

On Jan 27, 9:25*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:06:15 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >On Jan 27, 8:01*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> >> Heather Mills > wrote:
> >> >Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> >> >of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> >> >I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> >> >flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> >> >the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> >> >clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> >> No arguments in my house. * *I could hide a million dollars in there &
> >> nobody would find it. * * * *Clean dishes are in the cupboard. *dirty
> >> ones go in the sink. * Dad moves them around sometimes.
>
> >HEY!! *THAT'S where I'll hide my chocolate chips from now on. *The SO
> >will NEVER think of that.
>
> I hide my $7 chocolate bars under the fruit in the refrigerator. * *So
> far it has proved impenetrable.
>
> Jim

Hmmmm......maybe in my bottom drawer in an old tortilla package?
Thanks - I was running out of idea.

In article >,
Heather Mills > wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:36:41 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >> On Jan 27, 5:26*pm, Heather Mills > wrote:
> >> > I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> >> > can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
> >
> >Avery makes a magnetic sheet for inkjet printing. Do some searching to
> >see if you can buy just one sheet somewhere.
>
> So they do. For some reason, they did not come up on any of my
> searches. Thanks.

You *might* even want to phone them and ask if you might have a sample
before shelling out the $15 or whatever it is they want for the package
of them.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:
> My indicator is whether the inside surface of the door
> is soiled or clean. If it has any soil at all on it,
> the washer hasn't been run.
>
> gloria p

Funny, I just realized I check that, too, without even thinking about
it. I believe I'll suggest *that* to HWSRN and see if it sinks in.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On 1/28/2011 5:28 PM, willshak wrote:
> Heather Mills wrote the following:, which was deleted.
>
>
> How can I tell if my car is dirty?
>

Show it a copy of Hustler Magazine and see if it smiles. :-)

TDD

On Jan 28, 10:40*am, Cindy Hamilton >
wrote:
> On Jan 27, 10:06*pm, "HeyBub" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Heather Mills wrote:
> > > Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> > > of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> > > I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> > > flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> > > the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> > > clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> > > It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> > > searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> > > magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> > > and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> > > I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> > > magnetized rubber material.
>
> > That sounds like a good idea.
>
> > My scheme is this: If the door is shut completely, the contents are clean
> > and need to be put away.
>
> > If the door is ajar, the stuff inside is dirty and the washer is waiting for
> > more dishes to make a full load.
>
> > Aside:
>
> > I've been adding a teaspoon of TSP to the washer to make up for absence of
> > phosphates in the newly compounded detergents.
>
> > WOW! What a difference!
>
> > When I exhaust my current supply of liquid Cascade, I'm gonna get powdered
> > detergent and add the TSP to the box.
>
> TSP isn't TSP anymore (unless you've got a stash of the old stuff).
>
> Cindy Hamilton

TSP branded cleaner probably isn't what it used to be but trisodium
phosphate the chemical is still the same. Oddly enough, that's still
around - I think.

First, since you are Heather Mills, why don't you take some of the $40
million you got in the divorce from Paul McCartney and hire someone to
do you dishes?
But seriously, folks, what we do is this: If the dishwasher is
locked, the dishes are clean, because, after all, it won't run if it
isn't locked.

Heather Mills wrote the following:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>

But a hasp and staple and a padlock.
Screw the hasp and staple to the door and case.
When running the dishwasher, lock the door and put the key nearby.
If the door is locked, the dishes are clean and you can't put dirty
dishes in it until you unlock the door.
If you lose the key, buy a new dishwasher.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

On 1/28/2011 7:06 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> My dishwasher has two little green lights that come on
> when the washing is done, they go off when the door is opened...
> that's all the reminder one should need...

Our dishwashers must be similar, mine does the same thing. The green
light stays on until I open the door, then close it again. I empty the
dishwasher as soon as it finishes, it only takes a minute or two to unload.

Becca

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:38:47 -0600, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

>On 1/28/2011 7:06 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> My dishwasher has two little green lights that come on
>> when the washing is done, they go off when the door is opened...
>> that's all the reminder one should need...
>
>Our dishwashers must be similar, mine does the same thing. The green
>light stays on until I open the door, then close it again. I empty the
>dishwasher as soon as it finishes, it only takes a minute or two to unload.
>
>Becca

Unloading the dishwasher and putting everything neatly in its place is
one of the few household chores I enjoy... especially since it's
something I do pretty much only once a week... a heck of a lot more
fun than cleaning three cat litter pans each twice every day. I
actually enjoy washing clothes in my washing machine and drying them
in my clothes dryer too... sure beats the old fashioned hand laundry
method of times past... I still remember the old deep sink in the
kitchen, the scrub board, and big bar of brown Octogon soap. I don't
really enjoy dusting and vacuuming but Swiffer made dusting a simple
chore and Dyson made vacuuming a virtual pleasure... I don't feel
nearly so bad pushing a vacuum cleaner when I know that it doesn't
leave a speck of dirt behind... with any other vacuum cleaner no
matter how many times you roll it over a rug and empty the dirt it
just keeps picking up more dirt endlessly. The Dyson actually sucks
it all in one fell swoop. If I ever found a girl named Dyson I'd
marry her. LOL

On 1/30/2011 1:55 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> matter how many times you roll it over a rug and empty the dirt it
> just keeps picking up more dirt endlessly. The Dyson actually sucks
> it all in one fell swoop. If I ever found a girl named Dyson I'd
> marry her. LOL

There is a joke in that statement, somewhere. ;-)

Becca

Heather Mills wrote:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
>
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)


Bunches of them on Ebay: http://tinyurl.com/4zbuucv