What are you all up to

Had mine done years ago..... I'm guessing over 25 years....  They did both at once and did them under local anaesthetic.  It's probably much different these days, but I remember the injections into my hands, like it was yesterday!!  😀😀  After the op I had to sit with my hands up on stands for the rest of the day and was told not to move them!!

I do remenber that they bought me food to eat, but I had no means of eating it.  They came to collect the dishes at the end and wondered why I hadn't ate anything.  I just looked at the food, then looked at my hands, and they cottoned on and organised something...  Unbelievable!  🤣🤣  I'm sure it's all different these days....

David

I had to go back to see what your DW dilemma was all about DSB.  Couple of questions.....is the present one integrated?   If so I would presume you need to stay with the same size as that will be the size of the front panel?

If not, how would you fill the remaining space if you go for a smaller one?

As I seem to remember saying, I would stick with a full size model, we have Bosch, though it is getting on a bit now, and so does our daughter, hers must be at least 15 years old. 

As long as you do a rinse after each meal there should be no problem leaving 36-48 hours between full washes.  OH cannot stand a stinky DW, ours never is, unlike DD's.   She needs to send her husband back to his mother for re-training as he never remembers to use the rinse!

Personally, I am only allowed to unload the DW, not load it , as I never do it "correctly" according to the  boss, and apparently it is more work for her to have to re-arrange it afterwards than just to load  it herself  to start with!

Not integrated, as such, but it fits underneath a surface and the standard DW is the correct size.  However, it is really difficult to get in and out of the space for cleaning...  Whatever we do, it will be a bit of a compromise.... I guess it always will be.  I'm veering towards a full size at the monent....

David

How different we are, the DW is the one piece of equipment that I could do without.

Not doing pans and oven tins has nothing to do with me "managing fine with a slimline DW". I could put them in and still only put it on every 2 days. I chose not put them in even though they are all dishwasher proof.

We eat quite simply unless entertaining, cereals for breakfast, sandwich or similar for lunch and a home cooked meal in the evening. None of these meals produce mountains of dishes, pots and pans. 

We do have a microwave but having one doesn't reduce items to be washed.

I use the slow cooker, the Remoska and George Forman grill for lots of my meals so none of these would go in a DW.

When this one has had its days it will go and it will not be replaced with another one. I will probably get an under counter freezer and get rid of the chest freezer in the utility room.

Ohhh.......we love the DW, got our first one back in 1973, would never do without one at home!    The dishwashing would be down to me these days!

When in caravan, we do miss it, it is second on the "miss it list".......first is our waste disposal unit.   We never have food waste to dispose of at home, it all gets  ground up in the waste disposal unit........in the caravan there is a lot more to dispose of.  

It is not that we throw out a lot of food, but the  waste disposal is great for potato peelings, other veggie peelings and trimmings, teabags,  coffee grounds, even chicken bones, plus anything that has unfortunately gone  mouldy, a seldom occurance as OH is strict with "stock control".

Ours is freestanding.     Cleaning?    Ours seldom needs any cleaning, maybe a wipe over the front occasionally.   DD has used those internal DW cleaning things you can buy, but we have never needed to do so.

To have  space enough behind it for the water pipes and drain hose, we have a 650mm deep worktop in that area.....experience is a great thing!  So easy to pull in and push in if required.

OH has said she often see kitchens in houses for sale where the WM sticks way out, and sometimes  even the DW , if they are freestanding.  Often a 600 mm deep worktop is not enough.

Yes, this Thursday 21st.   Should be home  on the 22nd.

Pre op assessment consisted of weighing, blood pressure check, lots of questions about meds, a test to check I was "with it", and 2 lots of blood taken by 2 different nurses to make sure no mistakes were made in checking my blood group.

Very heavy traffic across town, a predicted 30 minute journey took 65 minutes, fortunately I had set out 75 minutes before my appointment.

Letter arrived today regarding various things re the op, one being that I should be at the hospital at 07.15.......at odds with the 09.00 I was told yesterday. Think  I will need to ring  them tomorrow to check!

Busy day cooking today. 2 large chocolate brownie tray bakes, one lemon drizzle traybake, two large apple pies and two very large lasagnes all cooked and now in the chest freezer. 12 of us at Son and daughter in laws for Christmas so these are part of my offerings. With 6 teenage grandchildren I doubt it will last long. We originally bought the chest freezer for my allotment produce, no longer needed for that but so useful for times like this.

Richard, Good to read that Ros has normal gone density and doesn't have to take the meds for it.

Kjell, glad that the pre-op went ok and hope that your operation goes well on Thursday.

After rain through most of the night today was dry, and we even had some sunshine. OH managed to get a round of washing done.  We had to restock provisions and diesel for the car so headed into Winsford. At Morrison's diesel has gone down to 143.9 per ltr, the cheapest we have seen for quite a while. Had a walk around Weaver Parkway before calling in at Aldi on the way back to the van. It has just now started to rain and the wind has got up too.

That is a good price, it is147.7 up here at both Asda and Morrisons.