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Knives and Forks Upright or downwards in Dishwasher!

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    #32
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Forks and dinner knives up. Sharp knives down.


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    #33
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭Trev M


    Up , nothin like the bit of danger when loading the crap in there when your locked:D. For some reason Im compelled to load the dishwasher when I come in from a night on the sauce:confused:.


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    #34
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,285 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Forks definitely up - otherwise they protude through the rack (and as mentioned previously ultimately damage it)
    Normal knives go both ways with me (same with spoons - if they all go down they tend to stick together and not wash properly). Sharp knives point down.

    What really gets me is when someone in the household (who shall remain nameless) puts the long knives in at such an angle they catch the "propellor thingy" - can't be good for the machine or its efficiency

    She     That person also overfills the whole damn thing, then puts it on a 30 minute cycle, and wonders why half the items come out dirty

    If only they included lessons on how to fill a dishwasher in domestic science!


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    #35
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I don't concern myself with the trivialities of domestic husbandry.

    I look after household security and electronic product maintenance.


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    #36
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Don't use one, but if I had to, I'd put ordinary tableware handle down,steak knives etc point down


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    #37
    El_Dangeroso
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    From: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/child-impaled-in-freak-dishwasher-accident-20090526-blj2.html
    A five-year-old girl is in a stable condition after a freak accident in which she was impaled on a knife in a dishwasher.

    Police say the child tripped on the open door of the dishwasher and fell onto the blade of a knife in the cutlery rack.

    She is the daughter of a police officer stationed at Eulo in south-west Queensland.

    The accident happened around 7.30pm on Monday at the police residence attached to the police station.

    Police from Cunnamulla and an ambulance came to her aid and the girl was stabilised before the Royal Flying Doctor Service took her to Brisbane, where she underwent surgery at the Mater Children's Hospital.

    /thread


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    #38
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    She's stable.

    /Opens thread.

    If it was a Crocodile Dundee knife, fair enough though.


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    #39
    jenga-jen
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭jenga-jen


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Forks and dinner knives up. Sharp knives down.

    +1 third option on poll needed!

    Ever had the stabby fright of an upwards pointing sharp knife in an unfamiliar dishwasher? Unpleasant


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    #40
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Temple_Grandin wrote: »
    From: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/child-impaled-in-freak-dishwasher-accident-20090526-blj2.html



    /thread

    The cutlery rack can be removed. In fact its designed to be removed when removing the cutlery.

    And what kind of a twit leaves the door of the dishwasher open with the knives exposed when his 5-year old is nearby.

    I said it before:
    1. Open Door
    2. Take out cutlery rack
    3. Empty cutlery rack
    4. Allow 5-year old into kitchen.

    You have to pass a test to drive a car but anyone can have kids.

    /thread


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    #41
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Up. They get washed better that way :P

    The dirt doesn't flow from the handle to the part you eat with, nor does it get stuck at the bottom etc etc.


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    #42
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Aurelia Incalculable Ulcer wrote: »
    Up. They get washed better that way :P

    The dirt doesn't flow from the handle to the part you eat with, nor does it get stuck at the bottom etc etc.

    I think we finally found something we agree on.


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    #43
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    syklops wrote: »
    You have to pass a test to drive a car but anyone can have kids.

    Have any yourself?


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    #44
    AnonoBoy
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    These days I eat everything with my fingers off the cardboard box it was delivered in so this debate holds little relevance for me.


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    #45
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    stovelid wrote: »
    Have any yourself?

    Whats that got to do with anything?


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    #46
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    syklops wrote: »
    Whats that got to do with anything?

    I was hoping to pick up some parenting tips. Seeing as you have a five year old and have never once made an error of judgment or mistake.

    You could do a book or TV series.


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    #47
    TheZohanS
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    stovelid wrote: »
    I was hoping to pick up some parenting tips. Seeing as you have a five year old and have never once made an error of judgment or mistake.

    You could do a book or TV series.


    Tone it down.

    If you want parenting tips try the Parenting forum. :)


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    #48
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    TheZohan wrote: »

    If you want parenting tips try the Parenting forum. :)

    I don't.


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    #49
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    stovelid wrote: »
    I don't.

    But.... but..... you said. :confused:


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    #50
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    But.... but..... you said. :confused:

    :D


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    #51
    gypsygirl
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭gypsygirl


    Definetley down, can't stand the sight of an upright sharp knife!!


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    #52
    rainbowdrop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭rainbowdrop


    Where's the 'I can't afford a dishwasher:(:(' option?


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    #53
    T-Square
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭T-Square


    syklops wrote: »
    Easy knowing the recession isn't affecting you.

    How much more does it cost to run a dish washer on economy mode,
    versus filling a basin with hot water?


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    #54
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Down if you have kids. Always think safety people....


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    #55
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    I think i just figured a good way to get away with murder........Up right knives and water everywhere......

    I am doing the dish washing from now on....


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    #56
    Novella
    Registered Users Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    DOWN!


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    #57
    Lollymcd
    Registered Users Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Lollymcd


    T-Square wrote: »
    How much more does it cost to run a dish washer on economy mode,
    versus filling a basin with hot water?

    But then you have to run hot water on each utensil to get the dirty water and suds off....

    and Fairy does fúck all for my hands!


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    #58
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Up. Except really sharp knives that can puncture your wrist if you reach in for something. Those go lying down in the top drawer in the machine in my house.


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    #59
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    T-Square wrote: »
    How much more does it cost to run a dish washer on economy mode,
    versus filling a basin with hot water?

    How much more does a dishwasher cost over a basin?


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    #60
    T-Square
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭T-Square


    Everyone has a dish washer, and the don't cost much, if any, more than a basin. So why not use it?


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    #61
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Down, for safety
    T-Square wrote: »
    Everyone has a dish washer, and the don't cost much, if any, more than a basin. So why not use it?

    Somehow I don't think the price of a dishwasher is the same price as a basin...


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