My Diswasher Has Just Broken :( I didn't realise how reliant on it I was

boy i know what you mean. ours broke once and it was terrible. i hate washing dishes and it seemed like there were always a ton of them stacked up. i could not live without my dishwasher. other than that i think i could survive. i would miss my other stuff but i suppose i could live without it.

hi ellie:). I have no dishwasher, but I'd like to have one. I feel like wasting my time when I have to wash my dish. I can do so many other more interesting things intead of this boring activity. But I can't think about living without my washing machine. I had to wash by hand when I moved to new flat lately. It took us about 2 months to buy a washing maschine. It was terrible to wash all clothes by hand. I think it is much worse than washing all the dishes. have a nice day, jazgottt.

Poor you Ellie. Hope that the Fairy Liquid is handy. But what a time for it to happen. The dishwasher would be a near disaster, but the washing machine beats it by a length. We recently had this experience when our old one gave up and its replacement didn't want to play either. It is fine now though. The kettle is another one too. My morning starts with a cup of tea, otherwise grumpiness reigns chez P1ke.

I have never had a dishwasher so I do not know what is like for them to break down! I have a dishwasher in the form of my 16 year old lad, who washes up to earn his keep! If he breaks down then I guess I will know what it was about hee hee. I am sorry though that it has broken down, I hate washing up more than anything and I am sure when I have to do it myself I may invest in a dishwasher LOL

Definately, 100% certainly my washing machine. My youngest wears cloth nappies still so I'm doing at least a load a day. I just don't fancy doing that lot by hand!

Microwave! Since we move a lot, we put our nice microwave in storage. When we move to a new place they always seem to have one. Right now, we don't. I can't make popcorn, reheat anything, or heat up soup or spagheteos (sp) for the kids. Good thing I have a gas grill or I would have to throw left over pork chops on the warm sidewalk. Washing dishes is so pioneer of you, do you have your hair in a bun to make it look authentic? :)

I would so love to have a dishwasher but 1) we use bore water here and 2) I would be horrified to use so much water so I will keep doing the dishes

Hi there ellie, Maybe I will pick computer/laptop! LOL! I can do washing manually but just don't get me out of my time in my PC...I enjoy here a lot plus I can't think how will I survive my 8 hours alone without being connection in the world through PC..LOL!

My washer and dryer first...I don't like having to haul them around in the car to go to a laundry mat....to me that would be a waste of time....and my microwave.....I use it more then the stove. I like the quick results I get making a meal with it....

Hmmmm i would say we have Electric to get the water out of earth and shift to our water reservior. we cant live with out it if it get broke, as after that we wont be getting Water

Our washing machine is giving us trouble again! So I can empathize with you!The newest information from scientists tells us to wash the dishes right away and you will remove most of the germs! Leaving the dishes sit dirty for more than an hour is what causes germs to build up! It also makes it a lot tougher to wash, as soaking will be needed, costing more time and money!

Good day Ellie, I wrote a other reply but wasnt signed in so its lost in cyber space. The one thing I cant live without is a fan. It keeps me cool and most important keeps the bugs away. hope you get your machine fixed or replaced soon. Sometimes it helps to revert to the conventional way just for a short time. Just to remember how and keep from taking things for granted. Happy hand washing. :)LOL. Thanks for helping guide me through my first days on my lot! sinceely David

hey there ellie333, funny that you mentioned it. We are so dependent machinery nowadays that sometimes we forget how to live without them. How do you live without computers, handphones etc. is almost unthinkable.

Hello ellie my friend. Sorry to hear about your dashwasher had broken down, I know it realy awful when the dirty dishes are piled. My one broke down two years ago, and my mean husband won't buy me another, he said it use too much electric. so I tol him don't eat too often. I do the washing by hand all the time, he is too lazy. Hope you will a good ne Dishwasher. Best of luck. love Tamarafireheart.

I don't use washing machine. I do all of my dishes by hand. I would be able to live without my espresso machine. I can not live without my morning coffee. Also, washer and drier are my best friends. I can do my dishes by hand, I have only few per day anyway....

Oh my gosh Ellie, I would be running out the door even if I had to go into debt to get a new one or have mine fixed! No way do I want to go back to washing all of those dishes by hand. Spoiled spoiled I know...

I found it hard to live without the dishwasher when i lived at my parents house, but now i live fine without one, i just need to keep the pile of pots down. I lived without a washing machine for 6 months by washing clothes by hand in the sink and bath instead of using a washing machine, so thats manageable just takes alot longer and harder to get stains out. I have a kettle, but without one i could just boil water in a pan on the cooker. I wouldn't definetly need a microwave either because i could just use a cooker. I think a cooker would be the most important thing in the kitchen i couldn't live without. I'd be having to buy food that doesn't need cooking or buy takeaways in all the time. ~Joeys wife

I know what you mean! I am totally dependent on my dishwasher!

hi ellie..i dont have dishwasher at home (my husband doesnt like it) and i do prefer to do the dishwashing...but i dont like to hand wash clothes so i prefer my washing machine to be with me..

There is no such thing that I cannot do without. I have lived all my myself since childhood and have learnt to live without even the barest minimum. However, when it comes to kitchen apppliances I think I couldn't do without my electric kettle. It comes in handy anytime. Did you finish off with your washing? *laughs*