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Old 08-09-2015, 10:50 AM   #1
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Will someone please invent...
... targeted memory erasure.

If there was such a thing, I could watch Lost for the first time ...as many times as I please.


and BSG...and POI...and Doctor Who...and...and...

On second thoughts - maybe a bad idea.


What do you wish someone would invent?
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Old 08-09-2015, 11:34 AM   #2
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How is this for timeliness....

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Strongly influenced by Glatts Consumer Reports ratings we bought this

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Whirlpool...SAEM/206135980
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The wash cycle takes a lot longer, 2 1/2 hours as opposed to 1 1/2 on the old machine,
but it cleans much more effectively so I guess that's OK, especially as I put it on at night mostly.
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The 2-hr+ wash cycles are common among US brands.

Makers should add a manual timer that us bill-payers can control.
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Old 08-09-2015, 11:55 AM   #3
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... targeted memory erasure.
Learn from US politicians, denial and selective memory are your friend.

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Makers should add a manual timer that us bill-payers can control.
Most washers allow you to set the actual washing cycle time but that's usually between 8 and 16 minutes. I don't know why the hell the fills/drains, rinse and spin take so long but there's no way to control it.
My buddy said he was surprised when his kid needed a particular shirt for school the next day he did it in the dishwasher.

I want the Wayback Machine.
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Old 08-09-2015, 02:18 PM   #4
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How is this for timeliness....



The 2-hr+ wash cycles are common among US brands.

Makers should add a manual timer that us bill-payers can control.
2 hours?!?!?! JFC! That's an awful lot of money just to get out of washing dishes. I've never used a dish washer. The longest I've ever spent doing the dishes was two sinkfulls after a dinner party. Took ~40 minutes.
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Old 08-12-2015, 10:13 AM   #5
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2 hours?!?!?! JFC! That's an awful lot of money just to get out of washing dishes. I've never used a dish washer. The longest I've ever spent doing the dishes was two sinkfulls after a dinner party. Took ~40 minutes.
It only takes 15 minute of your time to wash dishes in a dishwasher.

I also have a single friend who doesn't bother with his as it's easier to wash and dry by hand.
As a family we have to run the dishwasher 10 times a week to even vaguely keep up. it would be at least an hour a day, every day for someone to keep up.
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Old 08-12-2015, 10:46 AM   #6
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With the schedule of public appearances your tribe maintains, I'm surprised anybody is home enough to dirty that many dishes.
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Old 08-12-2015, 01:46 PM   #7
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With the schedule of public appearances your tribe maintains, I'm surprised anybody is home enough to dirty that many dishes.
I was thinking almost the same thing.

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Old 08-12-2015, 01:45 PM   #8
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It only takes 15 minute of your time to wash dishes in a dishwasher.
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The wash cycle takes a lot longer, 2 1/2 hours as opposed to 1 1/2 on the old machine...
Well, which is it? Does it take 2+ hours, or fifteen minutes?

I'm confused.

No, really.
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Old 08-12-2015, 02:53 PM   #9
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Well, which is it? Does it take 2+ hours, or fifteen minutes?

I'm confused.

No, really.
"Your time". Loading and unloading, presumably.
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Old 08-09-2015, 04:52 PM   #10
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I want someone to invent turn signals for grocery carts.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:30 PM   #11
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Fortunately the cart ain't mine so crashes are the markets problem, but they should have air horns.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:53 PM   #12
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...and 4 properly functioning wheels.
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Old 08-09-2015, 08:34 PM   #13
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what about self-driving grocery carts/shopping trolleys? Could test them at M-Town.

Ones with little drones you could send back to pick up the thing you forgot while you stay in line. Ones that stay close enough for you to chuck stuff in, but not so close that you shin yourself if your shoe sticks on some discarded gum on the floor or a rogue piece of trash jams the wheel.......

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Old 08-09-2015, 08:55 PM   #14
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That would be tough. The carts could be developed but people are too unpredictable.
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Old 08-09-2015, 09:03 PM   #15
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