Comments on: This Old House MD http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:18:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/comment-page-1/#comment-41837 Caroline Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:16:13 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=986#comment-41837 <p>I approve of any use of the phrase "éminence grise." I hope to see a future column make use of the phrase "femme formidable," preferably in reference to Laurie or Iris.</p> <p>As my husband says, in odd but not totally inaccurate French, "J'approve."</p> I approve of any use of the phrase “éminence grise.” I hope to see a future column make use of the phrase “femme formidable,” preferably in reference to Laurie or Iris.

As my husband says, in odd but not totally inaccurate French, “J’approve.”

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/comment-page-1/#comment-41825 mamster Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:44 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=986#comment-41825 <p>We got our first dishwasher in 2004. It's really hard to go back.</p> We got our first dishwasher in 2004. It’s really hard to go back.

]]> By: Ross http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/comment-page-1/#comment-41824 Ross Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:57:18 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=986#comment-41824 <p>My own dishwasher, which is a countertop unit that looks more like a medieval microwave than a dishwasher, and which my fiancee flatly refuses to use in favor of washing the dishes by hand (You folks are all weird and spoiled. We got our first dishwasher in 1990, my mother set it on fire the next year, and my sister and I were forced to wash dishes by hand for the next seven years until I went off to college and my parents realized that washing dishes is unpleasant and bought a new dishwasher. What's with this weird attitude that no one ever washes dishes by hand?), and which, ironically, is sitting on top of the clothes drier which has a broken timer -- where was I going with this again?</p> <p>Oh, right. At the beginning of every cycle, it spends 30 seconds emptying out the water from the previous cycle. Intentionally. The instructions said that this is to "keep the pump primed".</p> My own dishwasher, which is a countertop unit that looks more like a medieval microwave than a dishwasher, and which my fiancee flatly refuses to use in favor of washing the dishes by hand (You folks are all weird and spoiled. We got our first dishwasher in 1990, my mother set it on fire the next year, and my sister and I were forced to wash dishes by hand for the next seven years until I went off to college and my parents realized that washing dishes is unpleasant and bought a new dishwasher. What’s with this weird attitude that no one ever washes dishes by hand?), and which, ironically, is sitting on top of the clothes drier which has a broken timer — where was I going with this again?

Oh, right. At the beginning of every cycle, it spends 30 seconds emptying out the water from the previous cycle. Intentionally. The instructions said that this is to “keep the pump primed”.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/comment-page-1/#comment-41823 mamster Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:20:57 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=986#comment-41823 <p>I guess the timer is actually more heart than brain.</p> I guess the timer is actually more heart than brain.

]]> By: josh g. http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/11/14/this-old-house-md/comment-page-1/#comment-41821 josh g. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=986#comment-41821 <p>I approve of this story.</p> <p>That is all.</p> <p>p.s. BRAINS</p> I approve of this story.

That is all.

p.s. BRAINS

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