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in defense of technology was re: standards (was pricing. can we ta=

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Kathy Forer on sat 31 jul 10

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By itself technology is a monster. Design is a needed balance.=3D20

Dishwashers:
1) Custom built innards
2) Shelf in cabinet that is washer.=3D20
Will take some gravity plumbing as it's not secure on floor. Maybe =3D
it's a standalone cabinet? Who's to say kitchens need to be work =3D
surfaces with overhead storage cabinets?! Couldn't those shelves ---- =3D
which are hard to reach for someone growing to be only 5'-1/2". I used =3D
to scramble and clamber, now I stretch. Or climb if need something from =3D
the top shelf. ---- hold a collection of artifacts. The standalone =3D
cabinet has all the useful stuff including the special dishwashing =3D
shelves.=3D20
3) It has to be a design for a workflow and an entire kitchen. It =3D
doesn't seem necessary to stand around collecting, washing and drying =3D
dishes. Why not just collecting and putting away?=3D20
4) In lieu of said redesign, a plain old dishwasher has much to offer =3D
the modern contemporary chef and food provider. It helps keep the sink =3D
clean for new projects.=3D20


I didn't hear anything from you against Clothes washers.... Should they =3D
too be disowned daily life? Spend the day by the riverside beating cloth =
=3D
with stones. And all that evokes historically, temporally and =3D
geographically. Or toss the dirty clothes in one or two machines.=3D20

Zap asparagus wrapped in a damp towel inside a box emitting shorter than =
=3D
normal electromagnetic waves. Steam them over the electric or gas stove =3D
in some kind of metal pot. I don't see much difference. Heating is =3D
rearranging the molecules. Cooking is something else, with many methods. =
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If a thing is to be heated, how does it matter how it gets there?

Kathy

On Jul 19, 2010, at 11:33 PM, phil wrote:

> Why in the heck would anyone even USE a 'dishwasher' instead of just =3D
Washing
> Dishes???
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> Why after all the decades of info on how damaging to the food and to =3D
you and
> to everything, why would anyone even use, let alone continue to use a
> 'microwave'???? For anything, let alone anything so innane?
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