At 09:01 PM 6/29/00 -0700, you wrote:
Brad DeLong, who *likes* his new dishwasher *a* *lot*...
There's a good comment by Richard Powers in his novel, GAIN, where
the protagonist wonders if the dishwasher is really worth it.
After all, she has to clean the dishes _before_ she puts them in
the washer. Then she has to scrape off the gunk that was hardened
on the plates by the high temperatures.
Brad says:
But that's why I like it. You don't have to pre-wash the plates,
and it gets them *clean*.
I heard an expert on this subject speaking on US National Public
Radio (one of their consumer-oriented shows). She said unequivocally
that the makers of dishwashers who claim that their products can
clean dishes that haven't already been washed by hand are _lying_.