Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset
by run4yourlives on Monday September 17, 2012 @01:20PM
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Call us when you have a family, Mr. ten-minutes. :)
Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset
by tesseractive on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @05:33AM
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Indeed. Our dishwasher is DOA at the moment, and for a family of 4, keeping the dishes washed is an investment of several hours a week, spread out in some fashion or other.
On the plus side, I agree that it's kind of therapeutic to do them. :)
Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset
by julien_c on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:32AM
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Using a dishwasher actually saves water.
Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset
by thebigshane on Monday September 17, 2012 @01:45PM
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I have a feeling this is the case as well. Can you cite any references?
Last spec i saw of a dishwasher was 10 liters / wash. But i think that's pretty low because they were bragging with it.
Estimate how much you need by hand. Filling up the sink, 5-10L? And then rinsing it all afterwards, another 5 at least. Keep in mind that a dishwasher does about 4 meals while you usually do one at a time when you do by hand.
Re:Everything's broken and nobody's upset
by icebraining on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:22AM
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10 minutes? For how many people?
It takes 10 minutes, start to finish, to wash and put the dishes in the rack, if I've neglected to do them for a day or two. 15 total if I towel dry them.
Yeah, the dishwasher would be more convenient, maybe, but doing it by hand is just plain faster and I don't have to multitask.
Probably cheaper, too.