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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 27, 2021 17:37:42 GMT
I'm happy to wash up as soon as the meal is finished, even if my beloved is still eating (he takes aaaaaages). I leave the dishes to drain altho if there are roasting tins and saucepans I dry those and put them away because otherwise they look really untidy. When I worked and Jeff had retired he would do most of the washing up, since I retired I tend to do more...largely because I finish first.. I have smaller portions (altho I'm still fat as a fat thing ) Son has been bullied into washing up after himself...he likes to cook for himself quite often...when he left home he saud that he only washed up if he couldn't fit the kettle under the tap to fill it...or if he ran out of plates... Growing up as soon as I was 11 or 12 I was expected to wash the dishes with my brother (5 years older than me) every evening and at weekends. He ALWAYS wanted to wash and I always had to dry and put away. From around 13 years old it was my job to do the family ironing on Sunday afternoons.
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 27, 2021 17:44:16 GMT
When I'm by myself I will wash up after finishing a meal but leave all the stuff on the draining rack so I can pick at it ad infinitum for the next meals.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 27, 2021 17:47:18 GMT
It's so dry here right now that I can wash the dishes & almost immediately put them up without the dish towel being called into service.
My m.o. is to let the clean dishes drain & dry on their own, unless it's a big pot or something that takes up too much space in the drainer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2021 18:15:09 GMT
When I was little, my brother and I had to take turns drying the dishes. I always hated it, which might explain why I prefer to just let the dishes drain by themselves.
Like Cheery and Bixa, I do wipe the big items that take up too much space because there is no other solution.
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Post by mich64 on Dec 27, 2021 18:22:46 GMT
I am obsessive when it comes to a clean and cleared counter even before I sit down for dinner.
All available items are placed inside the dishwasher and pots, pans or dishes that can be washed, dried and put away as I am preparing the meal are taken care of. Roasting pans are filled with hot water and soap to soak while eating dinner and cleaned and dried after dinner.
This is the way I have always been, my parents are the same. As far back as I can remember we were paired up on a week on week off schedule (4 sisters) of wash or drying the dishes, military upbringing. We had the dishwater in the sink before supper and would start cleaning as dishes or pots were set beside the sink. Our brother had outdoor chores.
(I warned you, obsessive!)
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2021 18:52:04 GMT
I don't think that many of us are stupid enough to let roasting pans and oven dishes dry out without being filled with soapy water. At the same time, I am sure that we all know people who do that.
What I can't understand are all of the commercials that still claim that these items will come out of dishwashers perfectly no matter how much crap they have on them. (Maybe I am just deluded since I don't use a dishwasher.)
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 27, 2021 19:06:36 GMT
If you look at the small print it says “after several washes”.
A dishwasher for one does seem a bit pointless.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 27, 2021 21:05:51 GMT
Even though I added a 2500 liter storage tank to this house, I still am extremely careful about using water. Municipal water only comes to our houses every two weeks, meaning that we're dependent on the stored water.
That's why I don't automatically fill the sink or a big dirty pot with water -- too wasteful. What I do that works even better is to use a spray made of household ammonia and water. Fill a spray bottle with water up to @an inch or an inch & a quarter from the top. Add in the ammonia to finish filling to the top. Spritz any dirty dishes or pots you put in the sink with this mixture. When you're ready to wash, a quick rinse & maybe a swipe with your hand should take off any food residue preparatory to washing with the sponge. Yes, of course you'll sometimes have to scour a pot, but with much less elbow grease than you'd need without using the magic spray.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2021 21:31:18 GMT
I've never heard of that and in fact, I was always pretty mmuch mystified by the uses of ammonia even though I am aware that it was always a major household cleaning product of some sort. Pretty much the last time I encountered it was during the Los Angeles earthquake of 1971 when I was in university. The local superette used by the students was closed due to damage the following morning and it absolutely reeked of ammonia, which was still sold in glass bottles back then and they had all broken. When I was little, my mother used to soak her rings in ammonia to clean them, which fascinated and repelled me. I don't know if she used it for anything else.
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Post by questa on Dec 27, 2021 21:48:22 GMT
I have a small single rack dishwasher, It is OK for plates, cups and glasses, and cutlery but useless for anything really stuck. I tend to leave pots and pans soaking in hot soapy water overnight then do the whole lot after breakfast. During the day things can go into the sink or dishwasher.
My kitchen (and I use the term loosely) is a small area separated from the living room by a fake stone bench and flanked by fridge/freezer, dishwasher/sink, and stove/microwave. Cupboards are in the corners and 3cm out of my reach so I spend my time on tip-toe or step stool. The lower cupboards are OK but the electrical and plumbing shares the space.
Only 1 person at a time can be in the area, but at least I don't get tired feet.
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Post by bjd on Dec 28, 2021 8:59:11 GMT
Our new neighbours went away for Christmas and asked me to feed their cat. They had left it in the garage because otherwise it roams around yowling and hunting. They left last Wednesday and I was supposed to fill its bowl on Friday and Sunday. The kibbles were in a closed jar because otherwise the cat shreds the bags.
On Friday I went to feed the cat but it turned out that when they left, they had locked the garage door from the inside, leaving the key in the lock. No way to open from the outside, couldn't move the garage door at all. The cat meowed loudly when it heard us but there was nothing we could do. My husband ("it might come in handy") had a box of old keys, but none of them worked since their key was in the lock on the inside of the garage.
They got home yesterday late afternoon. The cat was fine -- didn't even lose weight.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 28, 2021 14:48:50 GMT
I hate ammonia.
I am an obsessive cleaner when i cook and somebody else cooks i clean everything i can get my hands on. I just can't understand how you can cook with all the dirty bowls etc piling on and taking up tbe space.
When a student i would wash once a week either when the sink was full or when my mother would visit.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2021 21:51:56 GMT
They left last Wednesday and I was supposed to fill its bowl on Friday and Sunday. ...On Friday I went to feed the cat but it turned out that when they left, they had locked the garage door from the inside, leaving the key in the lock. ... They got home yesterday [Monday?] late afternoon. The cat was fine -- didn't even lose weight. Thank goodness it turned out okay! When I was a child & my family lived in Madrid, there were only two other American families in our neighborhood. We knew one of them quite well & were friends with the adults and the kids. The other family lived down the street from us & we never got to know them well. Shortly after they moved in, they went away on vacation. Apparently there were no Spanish speakers in the family. Nevertheless, the father showed the cans of cat food to the maid because he wanted her to feed the cat while they were gone. When they returned & opened the door to the house the cat flew at the father's head, attacking him and putting him in the hospital. It seems the maid had no idea about what the man was telling her & just took the cans home, presumably to feed her children. Really??!!! I like to dab it behind my ears.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 28, 2021 22:04:16 GMT
So that was the smell at the London meeting!
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 28, 2021 22:06:35 GMT
My daughter bought Alexa for Mrs Cactus as a Christmas present. It’s all set up to operate but she speaks to it as if it’s a naughty child.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2021 23:23:01 GMT
So that was the smell at the London meeting! Um, no. That was a slight malfunction/side effect of you all making me laugh too hard. My daughter bought Alexa for Mrs Cactus as a Christmas present. It’s all set up to operate but she speaks to it as if it’s a naughty child. That's hilarious! Mick, you must record her talking to it!
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 29, 2021 8:12:50 GMT
Yesterday morning she had music on which was too loud and instead of asking Alexa to turn the sound down she said "Alexa, calm down!". Alexa replied "I shall keep calm and carry on".
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Post by bjd on Dec 29, 2021 8:33:49 GMT
When I call my sister in Canada, she always has a TV or radio on and after a moment I hear her say, "Down to 2, google". It drives me crazy -- it makes me think that she is trying to impress me with her latest gadgets. One day I'll hear, "Beam me up, Scotty."
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 29, 2021 12:24:16 GMT
I once read of a church committee who met in a member's house to deal with some administrative matter, and began with a fervent prayer for an amicable and productive discussion. Which was followed by an unseen voice in the corner saying "I',m sorry, I can't help you with that." My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 30, 2021 6:26:16 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 30, 2021 11:30:14 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 1, 2022 0:07:40 GMT
Happy New Year
....enough with the fireworks already....
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 1, 2022 12:56:07 GMT
For the first time ever I noticed "COVID coordinator" in the closing credits of a movie.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 1, 2022 14:29:10 GMT
....enough with the fireworks already.... For the very first time ever, our municipality has taken notice of the trauma animals suffer during New Year, Divali and other festivals. It has prohibited anyone that has an animal pet on the premises to engage in loud fireworks. This is all very noble but cannot be controlled. Who in heavens name is going to walk around checking if you light a cracker you have an animal in the yard. The poor thing will be under the table and out of sight.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 1, 2022 16:10:47 GMT
I am sure that it is more along the lines of a cruising patrol car seeing people throwing firecrackers at a dog in the street and catching them in flagrante delicto or neighbours denoucing someone who has a pet with burned patches on it.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 1, 2022 19:36:58 GMT
I saw 3 dogs during yesterday fireworks and they were as cool as ever, didn't raise an eyebrow.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 4, 2022 19:00:46 GMT
Our previous dog wasn't bothered by fireworks at all, we had her from a puppy tho.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 5, 2022 21:35:58 GMT
A very pleasant surprise today. Had a letter from a credit card company about a card I had over 6 years ago. I had been charged wrong interest rate and they were returning £421 to me!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 5, 2022 22:43:35 GMT
Wow! What a wonderful and very useful surprise! Happy for you, Mick.
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Post by htmb on Jan 6, 2022 2:28:18 GMT
That’s a nice surprise, Mick!
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