Dishwasher  

I am glad someone feels the way I do. thank you so much for responding.

that's cool, thank you for responding.

np.. :P

That is so true!!!!!! But at my house.....NO ONE rinses their plate. Thanks for responding.

No one rinses dishes here either, which really sucks when you have a small sink (it isn't a double). There is no room to soak stuff before I wash them. I hate doing dishes but I'd rather do them myself and know they are clean the first time. I don't know how my mom lived without a dishwasher for so long, lol. We got the one my dad has back in 1990 and my mom got it free off a friend. It had been sitting in his yard for years. My dad cleaned it up and fixed it and it has been chugging along for 16 years now (for us--don't know how much use it got before that). My dad has gotten quite good at fixing 1973 era dishewashers, though, lol.

Is it still mustard yellow or did you paint it....hehehe I quess I feel the way my mom did...I certainly get peace and quite when doing the dishes because everyone runs...dont get much help there.

Yep. It is still the glorious yellow with a wood top (it isn't a built in). I wish my kids would leave me alone when I try to do the dishes. I would get a lot more done. Instead they all converge in the kitchen (which is very tiny and has barely enough room for 1 person) and continually bug me for the 45 minutes it takes me to do the dishes.

They want to "help" which really isn't an option since there is only room at the sink for 1 person and having them help really means 3 times more work for me. What would really help is if they would go clean their rooms while I do the dishes but that will never happen in a million years.

lol you got that right and try talking on the phone kids come from everywhere. hehehehe

No kidding. Just yesterday my sister in law called and I hadn't talked to her in awhile so I'm trying to have a conversation (with her and then my mother in law) and as soon as I answer the phone the kids choose that moment to start screaming at each other or bugging me about something. They get right in my face and keep asking me inane questions. It is so annoying. They could be totally quiet and behaved the whole day but if I try to talk on the phone they turn into nuts, yelling and screaming and running around the room. Why do they do that?

hahahahaha I dont know but mine do and if I recall hehehehe I did it too.

I'm sure I did the same thing, too. I guess it is all about mom's attention when you want it. When you see her on the phone you know she isn't available to give you 100% even if, up until then, you had no need for the attention. Once you know you can't have it you want it. At least that is what seems to happen with my kids. We could sit there all day doing nothing and they won't bother me but the minute I sit down at the computer or try to knit or clean they are all over me.

Boy that is so true....

mine too...I quess I have really never had one that really worked.

Yea we have an open floor plan at our house and when the dishwasher is running that is all you hear. Thanks for responding.

Our old 70s model is extremely noisy. You couldn't hold a conversation in the kitchen with it on. And to hear the TV in the living room you had to shut the door to the kitchen, lol. But, in my opinion, it was a small price to pay to have a dishwasher. It broke for about 2 weeks once and I couldn't believe how much I relied on it. I hated doing dishes by hand. And my dad made so many dishes that I was expected to clean.

Are we spoiled?

Actually I wash by hand as much as I can. I don't use the dishwasher but maybe once a week. I cook with Calphalon and they can only be washed by hand to boot.

true, with this poll, it looks like dishwashers just arent what they claim, thanks for responding!

Do you have a crawl space under your home???/ if so....make sure there is no damage under there from the water...thanks for responding.

Ours used to leak all the time too. But my dad was the one that hooked it all up. He has taken that thing apart so many times to try and figure out why it leaks. We used to have to put rags all around it when we were using it. But it only seemed to leak in the winter. It finally stopped on it's own. We still have no clue what was wrong with it. The floor boards underneath seem okay from the basement side, but the flooring is destroyed and I'm sure there is all kind of mold under it. We don't live there anymore, though.

I'm sorry someone else posted 0.01 cents earned in one day, I'm waiting for them to post a screen shot. If they don't get it done I'll let you know and you can have the best response.

thanks for responding