Dishwasher blues - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

vwnate1 · #31 10-06-2019, 09:35 PM

Thanx for your thoughts .

My Sweet uses the rubber gloves, I don't .

We have a double sink that the left side if is full of soapy water with a bit of bleach in it, 24/7 .

Any time I see anything in it I stop and wash it and if I see any grease or food floating in the soapy water I drain and replace it .

Neither of us uses the dishwasher, I see no need to buy one .

barry12345 · #32 10-07-2019, 04:01 PM

We did not put a dishwasher in the cottage. I had suggested the wife think about it. Even after she decided not to. She does not seem to mind washing the dishes by hand there. We did put in a washing machine and eventually a dryer. Originally she wanted to air dry the clothes. As it turned out but never really expected. We basically stay out there all summer long.

A lady told me she was selling her brothers medium sized Kenmore. He worked away and lived alone. So it was seldom and lightly used. It is still in seasonal cottage use for twenty years now. Possibly the best appliance we ever got for 50.00.

The fridge purchase for the cottage was odd. An old lady had strange terms of selling it. Reflected in the price. She kept it until she moved out. The house was for sale. I agreed and eventually we picked it up. Cautions old girl as she wanted payment before doing this. So little for what it was if she did not deliver on her end it would not matter.

For the life on me I do not understand why young couples starting out cannot buy good used things. We can easily afford brand new but why? If it is pretty much the same as new. For all common sense and esthetic reasons. The first rule to acquiring is asking around for what you want. Plus what might be available.

Cellphone service is expensive in Canada. The wife does not have data but her cell phone and service including free long distance is 7.00 a month.

vwnate1 · #33 10-07-2019, 06:23 PM

That's why no one wants to buy new : the 1% that runs things needs to sell endlessly .

" Cellphone service is expensive in Canada. The wife does not have data but her cell phone and service including free long distance is 7.00 a month. "

My cell service is $49 / month, I don't think your $7 / month is much .

barry12345 · #34 10-07-2019, 10:10 PM

Cellphone usage is expensive in Canada normally. She has a real deal going there for herself at 7.00 a month. I suggested a long time ago she hang on to it and she has. They called her not long ago and said she needed a new phone. I thought it was over but they just changed phones. Some change in their network they claimed.

She also has a bank account with no fees. I assume that is not that uncommon. Although her bank told her it is not available from them anymore. I get something of a break from my bank because of my age but mine is not totally free.

The average cost for basic cable television and the net feed plus a home phone is north of 200.00 a month here. Hydro is getting close to 20 cents per kilowatt hour with taxes. The real problem of note up here today for young families in Canada. Has become the cost of food. Plus basic housing costs. Both strike me as well out of line for the average incomes. It is virtually impossible for the average couple to buy a house in Canada's larger cities for them now. The rents there are even scary. Nobody really seems to have a good grasp of how and why this has happened. I have heard some people are getting very concerned about the trend though. Part of the larger city problems could partially be caused by far too much immigration. Todays cost of providing new infustructure as well as maintaining the present. Is far higher than what taxation can pay for. Why are these things creating the heavy increase of real estate prices in places like ours so far away from the large cities. Where we have a stable number of citizens and virtually no immigration.

As younger guys we used to talk about how much money we felt we would as couples. Really need to survive if we ever retired. The agreement was our needs could be met with150 to 200 dollars a week. What is happening today is fewer and fewer people are retiring at the conventional retirement ages. It is a luxury they just cannot afford. Many still have morgages or rent to pay. We own everything and the weekly cost of existence is well past that long ago earlier estimate. I suspect 600.00 a week but am unsure. The wife pays some things and I others. It could be more but not less I think. That is only about thirty thousand a year.

In areas like we live in where the population density is low. The money had been allotted for plenty of very nice smaller homes. For a small percentage of their pensions as rent. Your access to then is based only on your yearly current income. Also that dictates the rental rate. Being a fixed percentage of your income. They are nice new neighborhoods. It was a brilliant formula. If we as a couple wanted one their percentage formula would make it too expensive. Unless we killed off certain income streams. We could rent cheaper in private owned places. So the people with the real need get them as they should. This is not a belief in any sort of system. Just pure necessity. We owe it to them as many worked very hard and got little out of it for all their working years.

vwnate1 · #35 10-08-2019, 08:00 PM

This sounds reasonable to me.....

" The money had been allotted for plenty of very nice smaller homes. For a small percentage of their pensions as rent. Your access to then is based only on your yearly current income. Also that dictates the rental rate. Being a fixed percentage of your income. They are nice new neighborhoods. It was a brilliant formula. If we as a couple wanted one their percentage formula would make it too expensive. Unless we killed off certain income streams. We could rent cheaper in private owned places. So the people with the real need get them as they should. This is not a belief in any sort of system. Just pure necessity. We owe it to them as many worked very hard and got little out of it for all their working years."

Tony H · #36 10-09-2019, 12:00 AM

Old dishwasher in my truck going to the transfer station tomorrow. I hate to dispose of something that just needs a small part. The dishwasher in the last home (Kitchenaid) lasted 25 years before rusting out. I kept it going for another year with industrial silicone patching the leak.

strelnik · #37 10-09-2019, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony H

Old dishwasher in my truck going to the transfer station tomorrow. I hate to dispose of something that just needs a small part. The dishwasher in the last home (Kitchenaid) lasted 25 years before rusting out. I kept it going for another year with industrial silicone patching the leak.

I just bought a 1933 wringer washer. It needs a good cleaning and greasing of the gearbox.

Very simple: all you need is electricity and a water supply and a drain.

I will set it up, then use it for my coveralls.

barry12345 · #38 10-09-2019, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by strelnik

I just bought a 1933 wringer washer. It needs a good cleaning and greasing of the gearbox.

Very simple: all you need is electricity and a water supply and a drain.

I will set it up, then use it for my coveralls.

Just remember not to put your hands through the wringer. All too frequent of an occurance years ago. Most had a pressure release but they still hurt people. One of these would also be good at washing out shop rags and greasy towels as well.

They soiled products are dangerous with the possibility of spontainious combustion. So throwing them in the tub with some water in it would be a good practice. Then draining and running them through as a load with hot water and detergent. later. Some if not all had a lid as well. Probably lost to time with many of them.

vwnate1 · #39 10-10-2019, 03:35 PM

....And don't forget to anchor it as these love to waltz around the floor when in the spin mode

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Tony, care to tell me about you're '57 Typ 113 ? .

Tony H · #40 10-11-2019, 12:32 AM

I bought the Oval Window probably 35 years ago. I put it on a '68 chassis so I could keep the swing axle but have better brakes and ball joints, and 4 lug wheels. I drove it for about 5 years with plans to make upgrades but ended up trading to the guy that was doing the cabinets and finish carpentry in the house we were building. I was commuting from the Bay Area to Barstow in it. I have owned several bugs and a bus over the years. I had a buddy with a type 3 Notchback.
Tell me about your 350SL stick shift. If I buy another car I think that would be it. Never letting the coupe go though.

vwnate1 · #41 10-11-2019, 08:36 AM

Some years ago I bought a 1975 350SLC graymarket car off E-Bay from out of state .

It turned out to be a rust bucket some used car lot in East Grunt Nevada couldn't sell .

It looked O.K., was neglected but unmolested, I drove it home and when crossing a flooded creek at speed discovered just how badly it was rusted when I got hit in the face with a wave of sandy water from the passenger side footwell .

It was a very fun to drive car, four speed, the V8 engine was OHC and had BOSH D-Jetronic F.I. so once I serviced it all and replaced the M.A.P. sensor, some hoses (vacuum & fuel), adjusted the valves, took the interior apart and cleaned / greased / lubricated everything it was in fact a nice cruiser .

I drove it on a bunch of road rallies but it required premium fuel and only returned 24 MPG no matter how I drove it plus it brought out the stupid in me just like a Super Motard Motocycle will do, at that time my daily commute went through down town Los Angeles and I decided it's really not smart to be doing power slides in dense city traffic so I sold it on .

I nearly ran it off a cliff in central California once too, even when drifting all four wheels it was amazingly controllable, I don't think I'm responsible enough nor have the driving skills required to own a car like it .

Plus, it was BIG, too damn big .

I love my W123 Coupe more .

Tony H · #42 10-14-2019, 02:06 AM

My 280se 3.5 coupe has the same engine/transmission combo but it is a much larger car.