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This one had me at raccoon 😳 🤣. Which are you?

 
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I take the 5th. Rocky

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I've never turned my dishwasher on once.  I like washing dishes.  Go figure.

;O)

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Reply to w30bob

Whaaaaat

Axl
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Probably used it 3 times in 5 years .. can't remember how to work it...

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Reply to crappycolondiaries

We never had a dishwasher growing up, nor did we need one.  I was the dishwasher.  

Are you THAT lazy you can't wash a few dishes?

Next you'll tell me you have a Washer AND Dryer too!

This country is gettin' way too soft.  What's next.......Air Conditioning?

;O)

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Reply to w30bob

Ohhh them are fighting words lol

I wash the dishes that can't go in the dishwasher or if I'm going to need it again before the dishwasher is run.

I have kids ya know? They go through A LOT of dishes.

Air conditioning saves lives.  Google it. I'm sure it's a fact somewhere.

I'm laughing b/c I have to use a stool to be able to reach the laundry in the bottom of the washer, definitely didn't test that out in the store before I bought it online and had it delivered. But because of how far I have to lean in and the weight it put on incision sites it got me out that part of laundry for months.  

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Reply to Axl

Mine is used daily.  I really question sometimes how we go through so many dishes.

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Reply to w30bob

Once again, Bob, you and I are on the same page.  Amazing, huh?  Almost five years in my house and I haven't used the dishwasher once.  I prefer washing them in the sink.  

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My daughter would definitely be the raccoon.....IF our dishwasher was currently working (it decided to go on vacation shortly after my first bout in the hospital, which was about 6 months ago, we just haven't replaced it yet).  At the moment she is having to wash them by hand, so she is really missing the dishwasher 😂

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Reply to crappycolondiaries

Fightin' workds?  Well.......ok, I'll oblige.....cuz you look like a good fighter and have a good sense of humor too.

Ok.....gloves on...........

Kids do use a lot of dishes........so try paper plates!

I know.......bad for the environment. But not really.  Trees grow back.........coal doesn't.....and coal is what's used to generate the electricity you use for that dishwasher.  So much for 'reduced carbon footprint'........eh?  

AC does save lives, I guess (I WILL need to Google that to be sure though).  But AC also dumps LOTS of warm air into an atmosphere some claim is getting warmer because of stuff like that.  AND it uses more of that coal to get the electricity needed to power all those AC units.....so a double whammy!!

You're short.  Well.........good things come in small packages, right?  So I have to give you THAT one!  

We'll just say the score is Bob (2) and Jodi (1).  It's close.  And to be continued, I'm sure.  I hear you don't like to lose!!

Have a FANTASTIC Wednesday there Crappy!

;O)

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I am a Scandinavian architect.  I also squeeze the tooth paste tube from the bottom.  

A dishwasher is more water-efficient than washing by hand when you have a full load.  Energy Star says that over the typical dishwasher's 12-year lifetime, washing your dishes by hand can cost you about $1,300 more than using an Energy Star-certified dishwasher. Combined energy and water costs for the average dishwasher amount to just $463 over the appliance's lifetime.

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Reply to gentlejohn

Hi gentle,

  Well.............SURE........if you use water to wash your dishes.  Us poor folks just use an old dishrag to wipe stuff off until the towel finally walks away.  Guess we save $1300 a pop that way.  Wait till I tell my kin folks!! 

  To be honest.........we'd probably use a dishwasher too..........if we had electricity and running water up at the house.  

;O)

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Reply to Wildflower 81

Oh I bet she is! 😆

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Reply to Wildflower 81

In general I'm laid back and have a philosophy of it won't cause harm, see what works. Our former neighbors who we remained friends with still tease me about a rice experiment I did one year. The flaw in my plan was that my experiment was very visible to anyone that walked by the house or in their case lived across the street.  It was driving my husband crazy how I loaded the dishwasher, so now that's his job to do it 😁

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Reply to w30bob

Spelled my name wrong so you lost a point. Sorry it's a rule can't do anything about it. 

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Lol I organize the dishwasher when I load it 

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I'm totally a Scandinavian architect! Unfortunately my two adult girls are raccoons on meth. I just gave up getting annoyed 😆 

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Reply to gentlejohn

I would expect the architect aspect from a surgeon. 

I do remember reading about the energy efficiency of a dishwasher vs hand washing when we had our new one installed. 

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Reply to w30bob

Spent the day at Cleveland Clinic 😝

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Reply to Uro2011

If you can't beat them, join them or in your case not getting annoyed works too 😁

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Reply to Beth22

Color coded or different method? 😉

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I use the dishwasher every night.  If I'm away, my husband never opens it once, and when I return, I have to wash every dish he's used.  His idea of 'washing' dishes is running hot water over them, even if they are greasy.  I'm beating my head against the wall trying to make him understand that water alone doesn't cut through grease.  I often remove dishes that he has placed in the dish drainer, and put them in the dishwasher.  He insists that his dishes are clean.  Not!  We also disagree on how to load the dishwasher, me being the architect, he the raccoon.  I don't see any end to this situation, it just is!  The joys of a happy marriage!

Terry

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Reply to delgrl525

Terry,

He uses just hot water ..ahhh lol I would do the same thing you do 

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Reply to crappycolondiaries

What is this rice experiment you speak of??

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Reply to delgrl525

I told my husband if he didn't like my method as I didn't have one, he could be the one who loads it all the time. So he does now 😆 I got in trouble too many times after my colectomy from trying to unload the dishwasher so that's the kids job now but we could never remember whose turn it was 🙃 so each has to do their half

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Reply to crappycolondiaries

I think what bothers me most is there were times she would only have it half full and run it....um, no....yeah it may use less water but them cascade pods ain't cheap, lol 😂. Also, putting things in like mashed potato encrusted beaters .....no .....soak that crud off first!

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ROCL ROLLING ON THE CHAIR LAUGHING I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR

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Reply to Wildflower 81

Not sure I should explain that one out loud 😆

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Reply to crappycolondiaries

I'm down for a PM!!! Inquiring minds want to know......😜

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