On Mon, 17 May 2021 22:23:50 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 5/17/2021 6:44 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-05-17 6:30 p.m., wrote:
>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 5:22:38 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> In the morning I had other things to do and it was not until about 11 am
>>>> that I remembered the dishwasher problem. Instead of calling the
>>>> repairman I thought I would give it another try. I moved it over to the
>>>> sink, hooked up the hose, plugged it in and the lights came on. I got
>>>> some adult help to program it and started her up and away she went. She
>>>> went through her whole program flawlessly.
>>>>
>>>> It may or may not screw up again, but I figure I just saved myself at
>>>> least $100 by doing nothing.
>>>>
>>> Hopefully, it was just a fluke and you'll have no more problems.* But
>>> at least
>>> you got that load of dishes done.
>>>
>>
>> Personally, I would rather to the dishes by hand. I find it more work to
>> load and unload a dishwasher than it is to do them by hand.* My wife is
>> glad that it is working.
>
>Not me. The DW gets things clean and sanitized. Putting dishes away
>takes no time from my life. I did it this morning while waiting for
>water to boil and while bacon was cooking. If not emptying the machine
>I'd just be standing there.
>
>If you wash by hand, they still have to dry and you still have to handle
>them to put them away. Same time.
>
>Only way to save time is to leave them in they drying rack and work from
>there as needed and never put them in the cabinets.

Paper Plates = 1,000/$9.99 = 2nd use Cat Food = Recycle Bin.
With all the fast food joints/take outs most eat from paper.
Paper is as sterile as Bandaids. Only hand washing I do is
glassware... dishwashers frost/etch good glassware. We have a dish
washing machine but very rarely use it.