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Do you have a dishwasher?

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  • I_Love_comps
    I_Love_comps Posts: 2,488 Senior Ambassador
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    I am on my second dishwasher now . It is used about 4 times a week when we have a lot of washing up to do

    There are only two of us but I would not be without as I do enjoy cooking.
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  • thriftyemma
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    I hate handwashing, but that might be a hangover from ex-OH, who insisted on a very particular way of washing up.

    I have a dishwasher now, and I wouldn't be without it. I cook from scratch everyday, and there's me, OH and three young kids. Our dishwasher goes on a minimum of once a day, sometimes more. I have our freezer in the garage so there's enough room in the kitchen for the dishwasher.
  • pigpen
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    jack_pott wrote: »
    I don't have room for one, but my mother used them at work, and she reckoned that by the time you've pre-washed the dirty stuff, and then washed off the bits that get left behind, you might just as well do the job yourself. I live alone, so there aren't really enough pots to make an economic load.


    Thats what they were like in the 70's!

    Obviously you don't put them in with half a plate of leftovers.. but you'd surely scrape off excess bits before handwashing too.
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  • pigpen
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    I have worshipped mine twice today ... I wouldn't be without it!

    Ours broke while I was cooking christmas dinner a couple of years ago.. I had a replacement on order before the day was out!
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  • missbiggles1
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    Dill wrote: »
    True but I'd rather hand-wash dishes and pans than towels or bedding :eek: A launderette is ok if you know it's only on a temporary basis but unfortunately ours wasn't.

    Long term, definitely not, on cost alone.
  • missbiggles1
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    UKSBD wrote: »
    I just showed her your reply :)

    But did you show her your post as well?;)
  • PasturesNew
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    edited 13 April 2016 at 3:48PM
    Person_one wrote: »
    Doors and walls will be back in fashion any time now, I'm certain of it.

    I'm looking at a new extension for a utility .... first architect seemed to think I should open the whole back up and have the whole open plan, bifold doors thing. I said "that's not my lifestyle ...." and "that doesn't achieve what I need/want, it just creates big/cold/unusable space for me, with my original issues remaining". The dolt.

    I'll be keeping the kitchen wall/door, although I will be able to stand in there and see out the front and out the back, so it's like open plan if you open the (wide) door, but with walls/door :)

    I'm sure in 5-10 years' time people will come to their senses and want separate rooms.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    Yes I do, she's great. Cooks and cleans too... :)
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Had one since 1966. It was the talk of the village. Neighbours came to stare in wonderment.

    My dad hated washing up. I think it is hereditary.
  • mikeeboy
    mikeeboy Posts: 175 Forumite
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    I don't have one, but only because I have no space. If I did one would be installed pretty quickly.
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