For all the folks who don't have automated dishwashers in their home, or sinks large enough to scrub their large pots in. This would be a large place similar to a laundromat, but instead of clothes washers and driers would be filled with dishwashers and large sinks. The sinks could be regulated, if you're worried about water bills, like a petrol pump. Pay in advance for a given quantity or dollar amount, then it shuts off when that amount is reached.-- 21 Quest, Nov 03 2009 http://www.treehugg...g-which-greener.php [hippo, Nov 04 2009] Portable dishwasher http://www.google.c...m=1&ved=0CCgQrQQwAAYou will then want to name it and then outfit it with googly eyes and other robotic paraphernalia as appropriate for a domestic servant robot. [bungston, Nov 04 2009] .455 Webley http://www.teamgob....iles/webley_mk6.jpg [normzone, Nov 04 2009] I don't recall using a pan or dish that's larger than my sink's capability to wash it afterwards, but I've never tried to make paiella.
What would stop people taking their massive pans down to the jet-wash? (Not that that's a problem with the idea, just a potential source of competition)-- zen_tom, Nov 03 2009 [+] Simply mount existing dishwasher racks on the roof, drive through style.-- bigsleep, Nov 03 2009 Damn... that's a tempting idea, Bigs.-- 21 Quest, Nov 03 2009 I've seen horses go through, and there was a lady who rinsed off a child recently and got in trouble for it. If I could get properly prepared sanitzers and rinses, I'd love it for my home brew equipment.-- normzone, Nov 03 2009 Next door's cat cleans my plates.... Imagine the weight and trouble bringing a pile of dishes to a laundrette. Silly idea [+]-- xenzag, Nov 03 2009 Fun time and meet others too, while cleaning up. I like this. Bravo, mon Questor.-- blissmiss, Nov 03 2009 This was actually inspired by necessity, as our new home lacks a dishwasher. I really took those things for granted...-- 21 Quest, Nov 03 2009 This would look absolutely hilarious. Good idea for a flash mob - just take over a laundromat, and pretend that everybody in there has just the *completely* wrong idea as to what those machines are for....-- jutta, Nov 03 2009 …but nevertheless still strip off to one's underwear, as is per usual for laundromat attendance.-- Ian Tindale, Nov 04 2009 Actually, it's only my opinion, but in my opinion, dishwashers are about number two or three in my entirely fabricated top ten list of number one causes for user-level contributions to global warming (in that dishwashers are wholly superfluous - they're not an enabling technology, they're merely an enhancing technology, but they really do suck the resources - and kitchen space). I've never had one, can't fit one in here, and much like cars (number one on said list), can't see the need for one and will never feel compelled to have one.-- Ian Tindale, Nov 04 2009 A modern dishwasher, if you use it when it's reasonably full, will use less energy and less water than washing the same things by hand (see link).-- hippo, Nov 04 2009 I love my dishwasher, and won't have a word said against her, though the bit about taking up a lot of room in the kitchen is spot-on.-- coprocephalous, Nov 04 2009 Me hopes you are not referring to youst wife, mr copro. Or you may be the new dishwasher. If you get my drift.-- blissmiss, Nov 04 2009 //dishwashers are about number two or three in my entirely fabricated top ten list//
<guy with pushcart>Bring out yer dishes !</gwp>
He, there could be a whole line of "domestic chore rickshaw". "Any odd ironing ? Any odd ironing ? Bring out yer ironing !"-- bigsleep, Nov 04 2009 Actually, a D2D (door-to-door) ironing service would be kinda cool. I'd pay a few bucks for someone to iron my shirts in the morning.-- 21 Quest, Nov 04 2009 +-- bobofthefuture, Nov 04 2009 // and will never feel compelled to have one //
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Do you feel compelled now ? How compelled do you feel, on a scale of zero to one ? Smile and nod. The stains in your trousers may wash out eventually. Best not to make any sudden movements.
// I'd pay a few bucks for someone to iron my shirts //
Baked.-- 8th of 7, Nov 04 2009 //<Sound of .455 Webley being cocked>//
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Please people, remember the syntax for self closing tags.-- bigsleep, Nov 04 2009 oughtn't the slash to go at the beginning of the tag?
</Sound of .455 Webley being cocked>-- bdag, Nov 04 2009 No, in XHTML the slash goes at the end of an empty element. Of course, none of this fake XHTML nonsense could ever validate, as they seem to consist of a leading element tagname, followed by either a series of attribute names with no values, or attribute names with no equals and no quotes around any values, or a mixture of both.
Anyway, XHTML is going to fade away soon and be forgotten. HTML5 will win.-- Ian Tindale, Nov 04 2009 All this code talk is going way over my head.-- 21 Quest, Nov 06 2009 I just spent two hours cleaning our kitchen. Our dishwasher is a dinosaur. We live down the street from a hugely popular laundromat, I am tempted to flash mob like [jutta] said. It would sure spice up the drudge of kitchen cleaning.-- blissmiss, Nov 07 2009 I had imagined this might be a way to avoid the use of disposable crockery etc. in food halls - take along your own plate, and get it washed afterwards. You'ld have to put up with a paper cup for your coffee I suppose, which you'ld be drinking while you were waiting for your plates to be cleaned.
I guess you could shrink a car-wash system - that would be quicker than waiting for a conventional dishwasher to fill up and go through its cycle. Large industrial conveyer-belt dishwasher systems are baked already, aren't they ?
[sp. "paella" btw]-- VaquitaTim, Nov 09 2009 But the idea here is not for a large industrial conveyor belt dishwasher.-- 21 Quest, Nov 09 2009 so...now we need something to haul off the dirty dishes in, then something to put them back in after they are clean..shopping cart with a dishrack inside might work...or laudry basket with slots? any ideas for the transporting of the dishes?-- xandram, Nov 09 2009 I was thinking bus tubs (like those used by waiters at restaurants) for the dirty dishes, and regular countertop dish racks with handles for the clean ones. Your idea, for a converted shopping cart, makes more sense for larger loads, though. Making it collapsible to stow in the trunk would be great. If you want to make a post of it, I'll bun it Xandram.-- 21 Quest, Nov 09 2009 halfbakery