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[Gil White <gil.white AT xplornet.com>]

There's just 2 of us and the last dishwasher we had ended up dying from lack 
of use. I think the gaskets dried up and probably the pump did too. 

When I rebuilt the kitchen a few years ago I did not include one. Actually I 
put in some pot drawers in a place you could always replace it with a 
dishwasher. For resale value of course. Just in case I ever retire and decide 
to move somewhere warmer.

The only thing that I would like to have the dishwasher for is sterilizing 
the chopping boards. I have a couple of plastic one's that I chop all the 
meat on and even though my wife does pour boiling water on them, I would feel 
better if I could give them a good scouring once in awhile.

Though if I ever won a lottery and could build my dream house I think I'd 
still leave one out.

As for pen and pencil, all the time. I keep a note book with me and when I'm 
sitting on the bus or if I'm in a restaurant I'm always jotting down stuff. 
To do lists, material lists, expenses, reminders, plant lists, garden 
sketches and layouts.  

Gil
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>On Aug 20, 2009, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote: 

>In my dream home, which is an earthsheltered home with the kitchen on
>one side of the front(south-east facing passive solar design) I will be
>taking a minimalist approach in an open design. A dishwasher just
>doesn't fit in the plan, but perhaps by the time I am 10-15 years old(in
>my 60's, that dishwasher might look like a great thing. Oh well.


>There is always technology. The question is, how much of it do you
>choose to use. Do you write with a pen, or a pencil, or do you even
>rite at all anymore?


>Bev