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| # | Comment | Survey |
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| 151 | I'm sorry to hear that. I do have to say that I feel queasy when I reach into a cabinet and get silverware and/or dishes that are dirty. But if your dishwasher is not broken (in which case no matter what you do you can still get dirty dishes), there are things you can try to avoid dirty dishes from the machine. Recently, detergents with enzymes have been introduced to the American market, and they work much better at dissolving the food away. I have had very good luck with Electrasol (tablets or powder, "Dual Action" is their keyword for the formulas with the enzymes) and CascadePlus or Cascade Complete (both in powder and gel form). As I said above, you need a "Rinse Agent" in the dishwasher, and both JetDry and Cascade make them. Also, pay attention to the water hardness, for very hard water you need a detergent with high phosphate (8% or more, or the machine doesn't clean well) and soft water needs very low phosphate or you get etched dishes. Avoid the standard stuff (Cascade, for example) that is mostly chlorine bleach with very little detergent and no enzymes -- it doesn't get the dishes as clean and the chlorine destroys almost anything it touches at that high a temperature. I also recommend you do some research on the web, there are plenty of pages about how many more germs there are on dishes done by hand, maybe you can show him something that will make him feel bad about it and you can use the dishwasher. (Me, I know there will always be germs on dishes, it's not that important unless it becomes excessive, but if he's not acting rationally, you can take advantage of the situation easily.) On the other hand, I understand the desire not to argue anymore, just thought I'd give you more ammunition if you felt like stirring some trouble. | Do you like to wash dishes? |
| 152 | Yes, a gallon is about 4 liters (a tad less for US gallons, a tad more for UK gallons). I'm not sure where you live, but the usual detergents sold in US for handwashing are not safe enough to be ingested, they are potential carcinogens. I had some friends who lived in Sweden and they told me one could buy detergents that degrade in less than 30 minutes and didn't need any rinsing, it degrades while air drying. The food industry certainly uses some detergents that can be ingested safely, but I'm not sure how easy it would be for a normal person to buy it. | Do you like to wash dishes? |
| 153 | When I drop by the qualification section I'm more worried about the structure, as Bill says. Recently I have felt bad that I haven't checked the Category much and a bunch of "Misc" surveys escaped with my "Reasonable" on them. If I let myself be swayed by my likes and dislikes I'd be censoring surveys on subjects that make me feel bad and I don't think that's fair or useful. I also dislike when people start complaining about irrelevant stuff during the qualification ("I don't like this survey/the way you put that option", "I don't think people will like this subject so I'll 'Needs work' it." etc) when there are plenty of spelling and grammar errors in the survey for them to complain for a week. | Are you currently wearing an orange sweatshirt and standing on your head while humming showtunes? |
| 154 | Yes -- some years ago we needed some steak knives and Woolworth's had a set of twelve or so for about ten bucks so I thought what the hell... we still have about half of them and it's been at least five years by now. | Have you ever owned a ginsu knife? |
| 155 | And the poor operators are standing by! Act now so we can let them sit down! | Have you ever owned a ginsu knife? |
| 156 | No, but I know someone who has and has gone thru at least a year of antibiotics -- she's feeling much better now. My friend's stepmom also has Lyme disease (she was one of the first patients diagnosed with it) but apparently it has reached her brain, so the antibiotics can't help her much (I don't know her personally, though.) | Do you have Lyme Disease? |
| 157 | Yes, but not regularly. Every couple of months I take them for a week or so and then forget about it for a while. Usually a bottle of Centrum lasts me a year. | Do you take vitamins supplements? |
| 158 | I thought those were Abelian Grapes?  | Do you fulfill both the conditions of having a sleep disorder AND you have recently ingested ANYTHING that had Concord Grapes as an ingredient? |
| 159 | Depends a lot on the particular airline, but usually yes. | Do you like Airline food? |
| 160 | I don't like it. And the words chosen to describe the two sides are very often very poor choices, as a friend of a friend put it so eloquently, when was it that "Life" became the antonym of "Choice"? | How do you feel about controversial issues being limited to two positions? |
