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Well, I don't HATE them - I've lived so long either with them or without  
them that it makes me no never mind. I think of doing dishes by hand as one 
way  
to keep my fingernails clean, and it gives one time to muse in solitude - 
simply  because once the after-dinner clean-up process has begun, family 
members 
seem to  mysteriously vanish into the bowels of the house. Hmmm...
 
My parents married just about time TV got 'invented', and we had a  
round-screen DuMont in the living room. The husbands from the block (all  
two-three of 
them) used to show up once a week to watch the Wednesday night  fights. My 
dad 
rigged up a series of mirrors between the living room and the  kitchen so 
that my mom could watch TV while doing the dinner dishes.
 
She prized her kitchen window and the view from work she had to do at the  
sink, so he made sure that the last mirror swung away during the day, so she  
could see the honeysuckle grow, and me - in the distance - walking home from  
school.
 
Peaceful memories.
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
 
 
In a message dated 9/26/2008 9:49:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lurine AT softcom.net writes:

Eeeuuuuu!  I hate, I mean HATE dishwashers!!!! <g>  In  fact, we have a brand 
new one sitting in the kitchen that is going to be  sold here real quick!  I 
have absolutely no use for dishwashers  whatsoever.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <eureka AT hctc.net>


> Actually, I happily washed clothes by  hand for two decades
> in Austin, after someone tried to break my arm in  a
> washateria over the use of a washer. I stomped my clothes
>  like grapes in the bathtub with Dr. Bronners soap and hung
> them on a  line. I did miss the dryer. Urban varmints would
> eat the armpits out  of my tees if left on the line too
> long, and the hot sun would fade  one half of my socks,
> etc. I could go back to this. What I would hate  to live
> without is the  DISHWASHER.

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