It’s articles like this that make me wonder why so much time and money is being spent developing Laundrybot and RoboCommode, when it is clear Dishbot should be the highest priority in home robotics/automation…
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I see you’re agreeing with me wholeheartedly, yet doing so in a way which implies you disagree.
Sentence: go wash some dishes. BY HAND.
Now I’m imagining the cleanup distress moving from the kitchen to the bathroom…
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I already did. No way I’m putting good cookware in the dishwasher. But there is a difference between rinsing and washing. I can rinse the dishes from a dinner for 4 in the same amount of time it takes to wash one cup properly.
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I once had a co-worker show up in wrinkled PROM DRESS! I’m not shitting you!
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This last week, in between cluttering up the BB threads, I’ve been hitting Halfbakery.com, etc., to check out the feasibility of switching out the ‘normal’ sink sprayer with a garden hose and nozzle.
Early in our relationship, we agreed that if I would cook for him whenever he wanted, he’d do all the dishes. We have never had a dishwasher,
Over 20 years, it’s been modified to “all the dishes except cast-iron cookware and wooden and silicone utensils.” He likes soaking things in the dish pan, and I decided it was easier to do these myself that deal with the rust/rot/smell.
The problem we have now is putting away the dry dishes. He makes Jenga piles that crash if I touch them, so he has to deconstruct them.
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I used to subscribe to The Journal of Light Construction, and I think that’s where I ran across an article stating that American dishwashers have small garbage disposals built into the drain to obviate the need for pre-rinsing, but that dishwashers marketed for ‘Not America’ were built expecting the users to pre-rinse.
Google turned up LOTS of links to articles about this, so here’s one:
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Yes, I’m guessing @Grey_Devil’s house will not be inhabited by younger males nor anyone else with poor aim.
I printed this out and put it up in the downstairs bathroom and it has not seemed to make any difference.
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What you might have to do is actually put some sort of a target or bullseye in the exact center of the bowl.
This should not work, and it should not have to work, but it does. Us males can be a simple Folk.
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Sorry! I didn’t mean to malign anyone except the company. Clearly it is a design problem; I just wonder if the company figures that because it’s built in the US for the US market it can be Walmart quality.
Me too!!! 
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I don’t like doing dishes, but I like not being the one who does them even less, particularly with regards to my cookware.
I couldn’t do it. It took me long enough to find one person I could comfortably share a home with. In my youth I lived in some incredibly small cheap apartments to avoid needing roommates. As a kid, my parents nicknamed me Felix after Felix Unger.
My wife and I have a good division. She cleans the bathroom and does the dishes if she makes herself something when I’m not around; and she’s smart about not putting the good cookware through the dishwasher. I do the weekly dusting and vacuuming, windows as needed, most of the cooking, organizing, trash+ recycling. Pet duties split 50/50 (this was a big bonus for me, as I dated a woman in college who never cleaned the litter box and her apartment got seriously foul smelling). I detail my car once a year not because I like doing it, but because I’m picky. She takes her pickup to an auto-detailer once a year which does a satisfactory job for her. She makes the bed in the morning because I don’t care if it’s made until I’m going to sleep in it since only the dog will see it during the day.
Oh, and we do our laundry separately because we like different detergent, but we’re both good about not leaving the machines full.
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Now you can insert a “shut up and take my money” pic if a company delivers a really good shower cleaner. I clean lots of things, but I detest the shower.
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Wait, now, you do what every week?
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Believe me, if we had the space…
This is part of why I always do the dishes at home. I’m also in charge of all laundry.
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Two questions. Did he look good in it? Who’s dress did he steal?
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Countertop versions are available too. About the size of a big microwave.
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