The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

GDB2222

chris_m wrote: »

I was exaggerating - actually I emptied the DW today, while the toast was doing, and there was very little actually in the sink waiting to be transferred.

I can't understand why you put the dishes in the sink at all?

GDB2222

Can anyone recommend an email/web to SMS gateway for sending occasional texts from my PC, please? Preferably, one that's free or a few pence per text. Also, one that's reliable and doesn't harvest email addresses or telephone numbers for spam purposes.

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

I can't understand why you put the dishes in the sink at all?

It saves bending down to put them in the dishwasher, of course :p:p:p

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

I can't understand why you put the dishes in the sink at all?

I'm guessing "in soak" so liquids and moist foods don't end up welding themselves to the dishes.

I rinse/put in soak wet things ... and dry things are stacked on the edge of the sink... to make washing up easier to sort through and do in the right order, for the right reason... because you have to do washing up in certain ways/order of items.

GDB2222

chris_m wrote: »

It saves bending down to put them in the dishwasher, of course :p:p:p

An architect recommended having a dishwasher raised up a bit, to save bending. Not very practical, as it would not fit under the worktop.

He recommended storing all your crockery and utensils in the dishwasher. You would take what you needed for the meal, use it, then put it back in the dishwasher, along with the clean stuff. Then set it going, ready for the next meal. Clever idea, but not remotely practical.

michaels

You cna get two drawer dishwashers where you can wash each drawer seperately - so mostly just use the top drawer, no bending and as it is small it is full after every meal so needs running....

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Don't quote, will delete.

Been tracking Irma and you can't tell until it's quite close where it's likely to go.... but it looks like my cousin's house is in the safe zone, where others have evacuated to - and where search/rescue missions are planned to be organised from.

So that should be all right then.... unless it changes direction, which you can't tell until the day.

I was watching US tv through an app last night. Irma has changed direction slightly. It is now due to hit southern Florida near the Keys, before tracking up the middle and slightly east, which it will do as a Cat 2-3. It is currently due to hit Orlando on Sunday as a strong Cat 2 after hitting the Keys as a strong Cat 4. However as it is as big as France, and Florida is the size of England, roughly speaking, then all parts of Florida are likely to be somewhat hit. Bear in mind though that ALL houses in Florida are built to hurricane code.

Meanwhile there has been a magnitude 8 (huge) earthquake on the Mexico/Guatemala border, and the country is under a tsunami watch on one coast while dealing with a hurricane on the other.

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

An architect recommended having a dishwasher raised up a bit, to save bending. Not very practical, as it would not fit under the worktop.

In my old flat I had a half-height one sitting on the worktop.

He recommended storing all your crockery and utensils in the dishwasher. You would take what you needed for the meal, use it, then put it back in the dishwasher, along with the clean stuff. Then set it going, ready for the next meal. Clever idea, but not remotely practical.

Not particularly efficient either, IMO - rewashing everything after having only used one meals worth.

michaels wrote: »

You cna get two drawer dishwashers where you can wash each drawer seperately - so mostly just use the top drawer, no bending and as it is small it is full after every meal so needs running....

That sounds a good idea - I'll have to look into that when my current one needs replacing.

michaels

vivatifosi wrote: »

I was watching US tv through an app last night. Irma has changed direction slightly. It is now due to hit southern Florida near the Keys, before tracking up the middle and slightly east, which it will do as a Cat 2-3. It is currently due to hit Orlando on Sunday as a strong Cat 2 after hitting the Keys as a strong Cat 4. However as it is as big as France, and Florida is the size of England, roughly speaking, then all parts of Florida are likely to be somewhat hit. Bear in mind though that ALL houses in Florida are built to hurricane code.

Meanwhile there has been a magnitude 8 (huge) earthquake on the Mexico/Guatemala border, and the country is under a tsunami watch on one coast while dealing with a hurricane on the other.

Famous last words but it seems like winds need to be cat 4 or above to do disasterois damage, once lower than this it is the rainfall and thus speed of movement that matters where so far the forecast is fairly positive. Travelling mostly overland over florida may be a good things as even though it hits more areas because it is no longer over the sea its power is not being replenished and there are no 'landfalls' bringing storm surges.

vivatifosi

The problem with Florida is that The weather enables many of its poor and retired to live in trailer parks which don't withstand hurricanes. They are pretty much everywhere. Also the track is forecasting it as a major hurricane until it is about half way up the peninsula:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at1.shtml?cone

The Caribbean region is really taking a pounding at the moment with three hurricanes and a major earthquake.