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LTK:
And what usually follows after having guests over is that there's a pile of washing up to do that's n+1 times bigger than usual, n being the number of guests. So they'd best lend you a hand with that!
I don't have a whole lot of plates and glasses myself, so after a day or two of not washing up I simply run out of things to eat from. But if I do leave dirty dishes out, I always wash them before making dinner, and then leave what I used for cooking to be washed the following day.
People always tell me that you should never leave your dirty dishes out in the open because they'll attract fruit flies, but I haven't had that problem at all. The communal kitchen in my apartment has so many greasy surfaces that any fly coming in is inevitably going to die being stuck to something. It's become so much of an insect graveyard that I think the living insects are staying away out of sheer terror. That's not a pest control strategy I'd recommend, though.
Lupercal:
We did have a little hive of those flies where a housemate had left a bag of onions on a high shelf out of sight and reach....yay, a bag of black sludge!
as for dish laziness - surely you run out of things to eat from? I mean, I've done the eat-from-the-saucepan before but its not that great. I also have stuff like mugs that I prefer to drink out of above the others (pretty lame, eh?) and so they are always ready to be used. But sometimes I just wash it out and re-use it, because I hate drying up with a passion.
Month's worth? How many of each thing do you have? I suggest donating some crockery to anyone you know who needs a new this or that.
Carl-E:
I miss Suzie, my wife's brother's wife (so she's a sister-in-law, but it's pretty far off). When they used to live a couple of hours away, they'd come over for holidays. After the dinner, Suzie would start washing up... she was amazing. She'd rope others into drying, we'd take shifts to keep up. All the china, silver, crystal, would be all lined up and ready to be put away, the pans and serving dishes all done. We'd have to make her come and have dessert. She'd get everything cleaned, then she'd just stand there at the sink, wondering what to do next.
Girl had problems, but damn, now that they live accross the country, I have to wash up... :-(
Welu:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Dec 2011, 08:23 ---Leftovers! I live off them...
Unfortunately, you won't be close enough to Mom to "borrow a meal" anymore.
Oh, wait, that's the point...
:angel:
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Well, sadly then entire town is in walking distance of itself but we have talked and she knows not to turn life into Everybody Loves Raymond. :laugh:
Whenever my brother's come home, Mammy always has several frozen meals ready for them to take back with them. They won't need to buy food for themselves for two weeks each usually after they visit. Our freezers are always full.
tuathal, my Mammy worked in a few hotels and loves her stall markets so we're the same for way more dishes and glasses than we need.
LTK:
--- Quote from: tuathal on 21 Dec 2011, 20:23 ---I got it bulk at a second hand shop for five euros, they had old stock from a hotel.
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Sell them with profit!
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