Dusting and ironing!
Gary
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What do you think is the worst household chore?
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Amazing how so many of us agree on ironing and washing dishes by hand. Oy!!
Can't wait for the day I can afford that "magic box" in the kitchen called a dishwasher!
Can't wait for the day I can afford that "magic box" in the kitchen called a dishwasher!
alexhoovers94
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I HATE DOING DISHES!
Lol.
Lol.
nycwriter
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Only in New York ...
... can you spend a million dollars on your home and STILL have to schlep your laundry to the laundromat, or if you're "lucky", down to the basement where they have only 4 washers and 4 dryers for 60 apartment units (yeah, bring a book -- a BIG one -- while you wait).
So for me, it's LAUNDRY. Here in the city, it's an *event*.
I never have to "clean" the oven, because I'm super-diligent with my "preventive" housekeeping in that regard; I ALWAYS wipe up all spills right after they happen. This way, the oven is always gleaming.
... can you spend a million dollars on your home and STILL have to schlep your laundry to the laundromat, or if you're "lucky", down to the basement where they have only 4 washers and 4 dryers for 60 apartment units (yeah, bring a book -- a BIG one -- while you wait).
So for me, it's LAUNDRY. Here in the city, it's an *event*.
I never have to "clean" the oven, because I'm super-diligent with my "preventive" housekeeping in that regard; I ALWAYS wipe up all spills right after they happen. This way, the oven is always gleaming.
caligula
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I hate,
Washing windows!
Washing windows!
fatalfranklin
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Dishes. I hate dishes. I'm not big on domestic chores in general, but that one is the pits. And I won't do a dishwasher unless it has a name and takes instructions...dishwashers leave wine glasses looking abysmal! Not to mention the thought of reheated/wetted food bits schlogged around and re-deposited onto "clean" dishes....no thanks.
caligula
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I love housework.
Dusting is easy with the dust brush, of a vacuum cleaner. As a young kid I got into helping around the house. Okay, there was a reason, I got to use our Electrolux. As I grew older I made that the basis for every job, and finally went to work for Kirby. Being a virgo, and a guy who likes a clean house (and hates clutter) this is as easy as breathing. But I do hate doing things like yardwork, cleaning gutters or washing windows.
Dusting is easy with the dust brush, of a vacuum cleaner. As a young kid I got into helping around the house. Okay, there was a reason, I got to use our Electrolux. As I grew older I made that the basis for every job, and finally went to work for Kirby. Being a virgo, and a guy who likes a clean house (and hates clutter) this is as easy as breathing. But I do hate doing things like yardwork, cleaning gutters or washing windows.
ned_flanders
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Dishes. I don't have a dishwasher.
turbo500
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Not to mention the thought of reheated/wetted food bits schl
what exactly do you think happens in a washing up bowl?
I'd much rather my dishes were cleaned with HOT water in a dishwasher and thoroughly rinsed than sloshed around in a sink full of dirty, warm water with inadequate detergent.
what exactly do you think happens in a washing up bowl?
I'd much rather my dishes were cleaned with HOT water in a dishwasher and thoroughly rinsed than sloshed around in a sink full of dirty, warm water with inadequate detergent.
Definately
cleaning windows, I am currently trying to convince my hubby we NEED a Karcher Window Vac, he just rolled his eyes in a "not another appliance" kind of way. I'm not a great fan of ironing, that's usually hubby's job anyway unless he has a research paper to do. Not a huge fan of changing the bedding either but that is done at least once a week. I NEVER leave bedding on longer than that.
Alex, I have to say I LOVE hanging laundry out on the line. Nothing better than the sight of my washing lines full of clean laundry, puts my neighbours washing to shame!
I vacuum and dust the whole flat daily and the bathroom and kitchen get cleaned daily too. I would love a dishwasher but that would involve a kitchen remodel. I don't really mind doing dishes buy hand though.
cleaning windows, I am currently trying to convince my hubby we NEED a Karcher Window Vac, he just rolled his eyes in a "not another appliance" kind of way. I'm not a great fan of ironing, that's usually hubby's job anyway unless he has a research paper to do. Not a huge fan of changing the bedding either but that is done at least once a week. I NEVER leave bedding on longer than that.
Alex, I have to say I LOVE hanging laundry out on the line. Nothing better than the sight of my washing lines full of clean laundry, puts my neighbours washing to shame!
I vacuum and dust the whole flat daily and the bathroom and kitchen get cleaned daily too. I would love a dishwasher but that would involve a kitchen remodel. I don't really mind doing dishes buy hand though.
mark40511
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That's Easy
DUSTING! Think about it - it gets EVERYWHERE....
I would hate doing dishes too but I haven't washed a dish by hand in so long I'm not even sure what it would be like....
DUSTING! Think about it - it gets EVERYWHERE....
I would hate doing dishes too but I haven't washed a dish by hand in so long I'm not even sure what it would be like....
nycwriter
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Dishwashers ...
... are the single-biggest cockroach attractor than anything else in your home.
The conditions are perfect: warm, wet, with bits of food.
... are the single-biggest cockroach attractor than anything else in your home.
The conditions are perfect: warm, wet, with bits of food.
thekirbylover
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i dont do chores
i clean and polish every where and make everything look ascetically pleasing, but i asked my mother and she says washing the dishes and ironing
i clean and polish every where and make everything look ascetically pleasing, but i asked my mother and she says washing the dishes and ironing
gus
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Cockroaches!
Matt IMHO I don't think for a single instant, dishwashers are prone to attract these insects. I live in a community of some 20.000 people, in ten blocks of six towers each and 15 floors high. It's like a sort of park with little ways and big trees. Unfortunately it's 40 y/o and it has a permanent cockroach problem BUT in my flat I vacuum everyday sometimes twice, since I have a German Shepperd which is always shedding hair. Besides that, I drop 2 naphtalin balls in the dustbag of my machines. SO I don't have cockroaches at home. I'm not the Mr Knows-everything, this is just my experience. Besides, dishwashers, as you know, are almost hermetic, or else you have a problem of flood in the kitchen. So they (cockroaches) come from outside through open windows, sewage pipes, under doors and ducts, like bathroom, and elevators (or lifts). My twopence. Hugs Gus
Matt IMHO I don't think for a single instant, dishwashers are prone to attract these insects. I live in a community of some 20.000 people, in ten blocks of six towers each and 15 floors high. It's like a sort of park with little ways and big trees. Unfortunately it's 40 y/o and it has a permanent cockroach problem BUT in my flat I vacuum everyday sometimes twice, since I have a German Shepperd which is always shedding hair. Besides that, I drop 2 naphtalin balls in the dustbag of my machines. SO I don't have cockroaches at home. I'm not the Mr Knows-everything, this is just my experience. Besides, dishwashers, as you know, are almost hermetic, or else you have a problem of flood in the kitchen. So they (cockroaches) come from outside through open windows, sewage pipes, under doors and ducts, like bathroom, and elevators (or lifts). My twopence. Hugs Gus
nycwriter
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Gus ...
... you THINK you don't have a cockroach problem.
I have a friend who services dishwashers and he assures me, when he disassembles the units, in 99% of homes (yes, even the exceptionally clean ones), he uncovers entire nests of the things inside the machine.
You cannot avoid them. Unless, of course, you get rid of that appliance that always leaves behind moisture and bits of food (even microscopic bits of food).
... you THINK you don't have a cockroach problem.
I have a friend who services dishwashers and he assures me, when he disassembles the units, in 99% of homes (yes, even the exceptionally clean ones), he uncovers entire nests of the things inside the machine.
You cannot avoid them. Unless, of course, you get rid of that appliance that always leaves behind moisture and bits of food (even microscopic bits of food).
mark40511
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I have never
seen a single cockroach in my house. If there were a nest of them under/in your dishwasher, I'm sure I would see at least one on occasion. A cockroach would hate my house because there's nothing for it to eat.
I've seen spiders crawling across the floor on occasion - but never a cockroach...
I hear they hate eucalyptus smell.
seen a single cockroach in my house. If there were a nest of them under/in your dishwasher, I'm sure I would see at least one on occasion. A cockroach would hate my house because there's nothing for it to eat.
I've seen spiders crawling across the floor on occasion - but never a cockroach...
I hear they hate eucalyptus smell.
dustin
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For me, it is washing dishes by hand, washing walls, and cleaning the bathtub/shower. Thankfully, we have a great dishwasher. I refuse to wash dishes by hand unless there is absolutely no way of fitting qn item in the dishwasher (I have taken the top rack out before for large pots). If something doesn't come clean, it comes out of the dishwasher, goes in the sink to be filled with water and soak, and then goes in with the next load. Cleaning the showers/bathtub is just a pain in the butt and the cleaner irritates my hands and usually makes them peel. Washing walls (especially in the kitchen) just seems to take forever, and usually takes a while to get clean. I need to wash the kitchen walls eventually, they are starting to look a little dull from the kitchen grease and smoke (cooking smoke, not tobacco smoke, nobody smokes in our house thank God!)
Cleaning shower doors-HATE-HATE them-fortunately most of the bathrooms I have used use shower curtains on the curtain pole.Its far easier to wash the curtain in the washer-or if really dirty-just replace it.If I have to use a bathroom with shower doors-will rip them out and replace them with a pole and curtain.I have NEVER seen really clean shower doors-most always have some kind of yuck on them.Scrubbing potties and bathrooms as well is no fun.And hate some yardwork-only yard chore I like is mowing-to me its like vacuuming a giant carpet.
thermokid
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Vacuuming is the worst chore!!
Just kidding guys... I love to vacuum, unfortunately I have collected to many vacuums (410) so there isn't much room to vacuum. But I am working on downsizing my collection big time.. But I really hate to do yard work.. or wash dishes, that is why I haul around my good old Maytag Portable dishwasher where ever I move to. And if a dish or pot won't fit in the Maytag, out it goes. Dan
Just kidding guys... I love to vacuum, unfortunately I have collected to many vacuums (410) so there isn't much room to vacuum. But I am working on downsizing my collection big time.. But I really hate to do yard work.. or wash dishes, that is why I haul around my good old Maytag Portable dishwasher where ever I move to. And if a dish or pot won't fit in the Maytag, out it goes. Dan
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