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Hello Monday, this
morning at around 2am my mobile phone rang, it was Jessica she wanted
to speak to her dad, turns out she hit a roo and had some damage to
her front bumper bar, he told her to go home and not worry about it
and said he would go over this morning to check it out. Now when he
got up and I mentioned that he said he would go over he said no he
didn't say he would go over he said she could come over here and he
would look a the car.
Anyway he has now gone
to work and hasn't checked out her car because I expect they are sill
asleep as it would have been around 3am before she got home and into
bed. I think she was just rattled a bit by the accident and needed
reassurance.
The new dishwasher has
arrived but it isn't installed yet Tim will install it tomorrow
morning, well that is what he said.
Anyway being that it is
Monday, it is did you know Monday, so did you know.
That
the dishwasher dates back to the 19th century with the
first patent being in the USA in 1850 by Joel Houghton, then in 1865
another patent was granted to L A Alexander which was similar but
neither device was practical or widely accepted.
In
1887 the first reliable hand-powered dishwasher was invented by
Josephine Cochrane with the help of George Butters in Josephine's
tool shed and was unveiled at the 1893 World's Fair.
Boiling
potatoes will not coo any faster by turning up the heat, the water
can only boil at 100°c, turning up the heat will only make the water
evaporate as the water turns to steam at this temperature.
I hope her car can be fixed easily.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness they invented the dishwasher...and washing machine...and vacuum cleaner... ;)
She got a quote today to fix the car only between $200-300 as she has a friend who can do it for her so she only needs to pay for the part
DeleteInteresting! I have not seen this type of dish washer.
ReplyDeleteMe either they have come a long way since then
DeleteI was going to say, "Of course it took a woman to invent a good dishwasher", but after looking all over, I never determined that Alexander wasn't a woman as well. I did find out Cochrane was the granddaughter of a man who had patented a steamboat before Fulton.
ReplyDeleteYeah I couldn't find out if Alexander was male or female and with that name who can tell
DeleteI didn't know when dishwashers were first invented, but I'm sure glad they were.
ReplyDeleteMe too so much easier and the dishes are often cleaner
DeleteWe didn't have a dishwasher until we moved into the house where we now live. Dishwasher and AC changed our lives.
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