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Dishwasher Loading My Views

How to (properly) load your dishwasher

dishwasher loading procedure rulesSeriously! I was surprised to see how many different opinions there were about how to load your dishwasher. The most talked about dilemma was how to load the silverwares.

Now, loading a dishwasher should not be rocket science. But, clearly, many people have issues with some things in the dishwasher not coming out as clean as they had hoped.

Assuming your dishwasher isn’t that old (let’s say over 10 years), here are some tips that seem to work for most people:

  • Scrape the heavy food off. No need to pre-rinse and in fact, it’s not recommended (unless it’s going to sit for more than 2 days.)
  • Dishes and bowls can basically face the utensil rack. But, when possible, have them face the center.
  • Large items like casserole dishes should be placed around the outside and slightly face down (to drain better.)
  • Tupperware and so forth are OK. But, it’s better to put them on the top rack. (It doesn’t get as hot as the bottom.)
  • Glasses and cups generally go on the top rack. If it’s actual glass (not plastic, etc.), it can go on the bottom.
  • It’s OK to put wine glasses in the dishwasher. In fact, some manufacturers make wine glass holders to keep them from banging around.
  • Knives go sharp end down! (This was mentioned in like 99% of the articles I read.)

That covers most items people clean. You can probably figure out the rest.

But, wait. What about forks and spoons? Believe it or not, this one actually takes a little work. First, let me say that many people feel they should be face up to get clean. However, articles like that from Yahoo News say “all utensils head in”. Then, I remembered that our dishwasher was recently replaced and I figured why not look in the owner’s manual and see if it says anything about it. Well, it does! The dishwasher is made by Frigidaire and here’s what it says: “When covers are up, mix items in each section of the basket with some pointing up and some down to avoid nesting. Water spray cannot reach nested items.”

So, there you have it. It basically doesn’t matter which way you put the forks and spoons in. Just be sure they’re not sitting on top of each other.

You may have noticed that the Frigidaire quote starts out with: “When covers are up…” In case you’re not sure what they mean by that, it’s those utensil tray covers that you can snap down to cover up a section of the utensil tray. I always thought they were just for putting small items in like corn cob holders, etc. Well, if you really want to place all your forks and spoons upright and get the maximum cleaning, just close those lids and place the utensils in the individual spots. This helps separate them for maximum cleaning. You can also use these for your (small) knives. But, again, make sure they are sharp end down! (NOTE: If you use your hands to remove forks and spoons that are face up, wash your hands first! Actually, you should do that anytime you empty the dishwasher.)

Lastly, here’s a video from Bosch that covers some of these points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ibae45Yw8

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Clinton Conspiracy

Killer Clinton

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2016 Presidential Election

And the winner of the 2016 Presidential Election is?

NO ONE!

That’s right! NO ONE!

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How do you have a winner when there are only losers to pick from?

This is the saddest, most depressing election I’ve seen in my lifetime!

I’m not going to go into details. I think the News has done that enough.

You could say it’s just a matter of the lesser of two evils. However, it’s not even good enough to say that.

It’s truly sad that with all the brilliant, caring people in this country, once again, it’s just a matter of money and who’s the better liar.

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wishes

Be Careful of What You Wish For

How many times have you thought to yourself: “If I could just have one wish…”

I can’t help but thinking of the movie “Bedazzled” (2000 remake) where the lead character (played by Brendan Fraser) gets the devil (played by Elizabeth Hurley) to give him 7 wishes.

bedazzled-thumbThis hilariously funny movie reinforces the old saying “Be careful of what you wish for!”

If any of you have been around a while (like I have), I’ll bet there were hundreds if not thousands of times you wished you could just have one (or if you’re greedy, more…) wish(es).

It sounds simple enough. But, when you look deeper into what you want, you’ll start to see there can be all kinds of repercussions. Some or many of not what you really wanted at all. If you’ve seen the movie I mentioned before, you’ll know what I mean.

Does that mean that we should never wish some things were different? No. That’s not I’m saying.
Many people have had their wishes come true. Maybe not exactly in the way they wanted. But, for the most part, they got what they wished for.

It’s just human nature to wish or hope for something. Often it’s what keeps us going. And, that’s what we need to do; keep going.

May your wishes come true.

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Driver Safety

Are men or women better drivers?

First, let me say that the term “better” driver can mean different things. So, let’s look at some of those different things.

Also, I thought this would be easy to find an answer to. I mean, facts are facts, right? But, what I found instead were statistics on all kinds of different details of men and women drivers. The reason I point that out is that 89.7% of all statistics are made up.

I could easily find information that supported the “fact” (I use that term loosely) that men are better drivers. However, I found more information that said women are better drivers.

One thing that I found that was interesting (and consistent) is that women seem to have a much higher percentage of accidents with other women. Now, this has nothing to do with the men vs. women driving stats. I just thought that was odd.

Most of the information was kind of dated. I do believe the number of women drivers are increasing every year which may change current statistics.

Some quotes:

driver-stats1So, what’s the conclusion? It’s prejudice to think that any driver is better because they’re a man or a woman. Clearly, there are excellent drivers on both sides. But, the overall information that I found right now gives women the thumbs up.