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Original poster

Does anyone else not have or want a dishwasher?

77 replies

pedilia · 02/04/2008 14:08

We had our new kitchen fitted at Christmas and everyone that comes round keeps asking why we don't have a dishwasher

I hate them and don't want one, reason enough!

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nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:30

its the same with the microwave. i dont have one. people ask me how i can live without it...

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:31

dont ahve a tumble dryer either!

TheFallenMadonna · 02/04/2008 14:32

I do not wash saucepans separately. Except the non-stick pan, which dh insists will be forever ruined if we put it in the dishwasher.

PerkinWarbeck · 02/04/2008 14:32

no microwave either

ruty · 02/04/2008 14:32

You're all mad. I inherited one in the flat we bought and yes, [pathetic as I am] it has changed my life. However it is very ungreen so I try to compensate by not farting and recycling/composting as much as possible.

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pedilia · 02/04/2008 14:32

now my tumble drier I couldn't live without, I use my microwave quite often but would rather be without that than my drier

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ruty · 02/04/2008 14:33

don't have a microwave though. Have you ever eaten anything that actually tasted nice from a microwave?

shoshe · 02/04/2008 14:34

I'm a CM, and so wanted one, but DH reckoned we didt need one.

Then one summer he was home when all 10 children were here,

I made him wash up the 13 times it needed doing that day.

We now have a dishwasher.

But must admit we dont use it very much at weekends when it is just us.

Anna8888 · 02/04/2008 14:34

TheFallenMadonna - my non-stick frying pan is perfectly happy to be washed in the dishwasher.

Everything goes in the DW in this household. If it gets ruined/breaks in the DW, it has no place in our lives - good riddance

TheFallenMadonna · 02/04/2008 14:35

Ha!

It's going in...

scattercushion · 02/04/2008 14:37

never mind dishwashers and tumble driers (I haven't got these either) but I also haven't got a freezer. One friend was so gobsmacked and said 'but how do you eat?'

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pedilia · 02/04/2008 14:37

ruty- I don't cook anything in the microwave but I do use it for reheating things.

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cheesesarnie · 02/04/2008 14:38

Alishanty-how many dc do you have?i try not to use my tumble dryer but alot of time i have too in winter/bad weather.we have no heating and to hang it in doors it takes 4-5 days to dry!and with 5 of us its lot of wet washing around.

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:39

i jsut hang my washing on clothes horses around the radiators in the winter. yes its untidy but it saves on the electricity bill

cheesesarnie · 02/04/2008 14:40

we dont have radiatorsone night storage heater and a dodgy rayburn that doesnt work.

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:44

must be difficlt drying clothes for you sarnie

do you have a pulley? ikea have them fora tenner - sthat way clothes are hanging out of the way

mylittlepudding · 02/04/2008 14:44

No dishwasher.
Or tumbledrier. (doing washable nappies, too)

I do use the microwave and freezer though.

cheesesarnie · 02/04/2008 14:46

oh i dont mind clothes being everywhere-i live in pigsty but i hate that they take so long to dry in an already damp house with asthmatic dc.

Novicecamper · 02/04/2008 14:47

Never had a dishwasher, never wanted one.

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:48

also, witha pulley, clothes dry quicker as heat rises. the top of the room si always warmer than floor level

cheesesarnie · 02/04/2008 14:49

oh yes!i wish i was clever might have a look!are they hard to put up?

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:49

when dh and i lived in our tiny flat we didnt ahve anywhere to hang stuff. i used to wash the clothes and then take them in a rucksack to the laundrette ad tumble dry there. it was great - an hours peace with me and a copy of marie claire. for only 50p!

nailpolish · 02/04/2008 14:53

they are a faff to put up but not difficult

cheesesarnie · 02/04/2008 14:54

ok thanks for that.will look.

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 02/04/2008 14:54

np I do te same, and it makes the house smell lovely too.

We had a pulley in a student house I lived in. It was great, but then some tosser hung a wet wool floor length coat on it and ripped down half the ceiling. (yes, we all lost our deposits)