My dishwasher stopped working. So my wife and I started old fashioned dishwashing up instead and find it keeps the kitchen a lot clearer of cups and dishes, etc. I get to talk to my wife as well. So should I get it fixed?
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Banish the dishwasher week
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I had a dishwasher installed many years ago when I had a new kitchen. Hated it and haven't used it for years. All that loading up (what you wanted to use was always in the dishwasher dirty) and then taking out and putting everything away. I use it now for storage and would never have another one.
Jean
Moved into our flat eight years ago and never used the dishwasher. Mind you OH does the washing up! His call! 🙄
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My husband does the lions share of the washing up too. It’s good for his hands 🤣😂🤣
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No, mine wears rubber gloves. I can’t bear rough hands!🤣
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😂🤣😂
I have a human dishwasher..... Me, rarely breaks down, runs very quietly 😊😊
i have a dishwasher but rarely use it.By the time its loaded and then unloaded i can wash up by hand much quicker.
I used to have a dish washer and I loved it, I think they are ideal when there is more than two living in the house, when there’s only two people it’s easier just to wash up the good old fashioned way. I sometimes miss my twin top washing machine because that was so quick to use. 😉
Mine’s a 6’7” ex-copper, but he’s not proud! 🙄
If it were me I would have it removed and shelves put in there that can be put to good use, always need shelves in kitchen. I live by myself, so seldom use the dishwasher, I use it for storage, I keep my wok in there. I found I used more water using the dishwasher than doing it by hand, and of course the electricity.
Never had a dishwasher until 14 years ago, I only use it when I have company over for dinner, and now with the virus that does not happen. I have also found paper plates are great for some meals, so only cutlery and glass to wash!!!
You and Hilda make me giggle 🤭
Both having a retired tall retired policeman doing the washing up 😁
Me too, I would fill it with hot water and the washing was done in no time. 😊
My dishwasher stores all the china and glass that I, as a singleton, do not use ever! Before OH died we opted for plastic plates/cups because he kept dropping things. 7+ years later I am still using that except 4 years ago when my children visited from Canada & NZ; not had any visitors since. The animals do not mind that their plates are plastic so long as there's food and water freely available. I wash up 3 times a day, sometimes only twice if I do without lunch.
Since moving into my tiny apartment, there hasn't been room for a dishwasher. At one time I felt I couldn't manage life without one but I was quite wrong. If you factor in the amount of time spent loading, waiting and unloading, you can do the dishes by hand and be sitting with your feet up in half the time! They aren't really all that labour-saving!😊
My creed is 'life's too short to wash dishes'. We empty the dishwasher after breakfast, put the breakfast dishes in then everything else as it is used. Finish it off in the evening and leave it to run overnight. Wouldn't be without it!
And they are more hygienic and use less water than constant washing up.
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