From: HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com   
      
   On 11/5/2025 7:22 PM, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
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   >> I guess people who only microwave frozen meals don't need a   
   >> dishwasher.   
   >> What do they do when the microwave dies?   
   >>   
   >> We run the dishwasher every day.  Only sharp knives and nonstick   
   >> pans are washed by hand.   
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   >   
   > I'll challenge  the   implication / stereotype   of  people   
   > who eschew dishwashers  as  people who eat frozen dinners.   
   >   
   > Many of us grew up in conditions where dishwashers were   
   > a rich person's appliance  and   we had well-water systems   
   > and septic syatems that couldn't support such things.   
   > We carried those ideas into adulthood  and  found it difficult   
   >  to justify the wastage -  water and energy  -   
   > associated with such luxury appliances.   
   >  It has nothing to do with a lazy meal lifestyle.   
   >   
   > When we were a family of 5  we'd use the dishwasher   
   >   ~   6    times per year  -  busy times when we had company.   
   >  As empty nesters  -  ~  once or twice per year.   
   >  We never cook in the microwave  -  just warming-up   
   > leftovers  or  occasionally  thawing something.   
   >   I'm pretty sure  our  3  kids'  families use their dishwashers   
   > daily  -  despite their history  -  with  modern busy  2 career   
   >  parents with umpteen kids' activities  ...   
   >     John T.   
      
   For quite a few years, and certainly now, dishwashers, if used when   
   full, require much less water that when washing and rinsing the   
   equivalent number of dishes by hand.   
      
   See: https://prudentreviews.com/how-much-water-does-a-dishwasher-use/   
      
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