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   On 11/5/2025 10:37 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:   
      
   >>> At my house, we run the dishwasher only about once a month, but we use   
   >>> it daily as a drying rack.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It is just me now and I run it once or twice a week.  I've had one for   
   >> over 50 years, not giving it up.   
   >   
   > For as little as we use ours, we could easily give it up. Another thing   
   > we could give up is the garbage disposal. I've never used a garbage   
   > disposal in my life but my wife says she uses it every 1-3 years.   
   >   
      
   I use is frequently, but not with a lot of bulk.  Handy when rinsing a   
   dish after a meal, the lemon peel from my tea.  I don't use it for egg   
   shells and potential drain clogs.   
      
   My parents had one and when I bought my first house in 1966, I put one   
   in there,   
      
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