I suppose I don't think much about the crud in the dishwasher, but 
these folks sure seem to thing I'm obsessive about the placement of the 
dishes in the dishwasher.  They have no sense of spacial relationships. 
  I always have to go and reorganize...unfortunately that made it my 
job, no one wants to develop these skills.

Geez, now you've gotton me to admit twice that I'm not as laid back and 
easy going as I claim.  This must stop.

-jc


On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 09:51  PM, Ralph Walter wrote:

> In a message dated 2/20/2003 10:22:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> I think the clean socks is a camping thing.  Dry feet are necessary for
> survival.  Clean socks are a joy.
>
>
>
> John,
>
> You're right.  In my yout' as a Boy Scout, I got to the point where I 
> couldn;t stand being dirty anymore, but absolutely the worst was to 
> have to wear already-worn socks.  Gives me the shivers just thinking 
> about it.
>
> Having seen all manner of muck floating around in a pan of supposedly 
> clean Boy Scout dishwater on a campout early on, I also learned a 
> valuable and vivid lesson about the importance of getting the crud off 
> before you even think about putting the dish in the dishwater.  I have 
> been a stickler for clean dishes, and proper methods of obtaining 
> same, ever since.  The Little Ralphs, and even Mrs. Ralph, do not seem 
> to "get" this, no matter how much I yell about it.  Their failure in 
> this regard is MOST distressing.
>
> Ralph