*** Quoting Roger Nelson from a message to Cindy Haglund ***

 CH> Not long ago a new hubby complained to Dear Abby how he and his
 CH> wife could not agree on how to wash dishes. He says do the flatware
 CH> and glasses first because they come in contact with the mouth, then
 CH> the plates. She said it doesn't matter. He says you dust first then
 CH> vacuum, she says vac first then dust. Hubby is asking Abby who is
 CH> right.

RN> That is one of the silliest things I've heard and I've heard many.  It
RN> doesn't matter as long as the dishes are thoroughly washed and dried i
RN> after use.  Most couples of today don't do that.


Actualy there is a slight sense in both of his methods.  The dishwashing is
¨best if you start with the things 'not greasy' as the grease will break
down ¨the washing water fairly fast.  That means glasses first usually.

Me, I almost never dry dishes.  Only when in my cho apartment (Local Japan,
out ¨in town) did i do so on occasion but that was due to lack of drying
space.

Dusting knocks down dust so vacum it up after, but if you have a poor
vacumn ¨cleaner, it may actually add dust to the air (reverse if so).

Just curious, but got any favorite labor saving ideas?

I used to dip water out from the fish tanks to water my plants, then refill
the ¨tank with more fresh.  This helped the water quality and the plants
love it.
                                       xxcarol

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