# Common Things You Don't Have **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904 "2009-05-18T21:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/61 "2009-05-19T17:59:04Z")
> [@Judith\_Prietht](#): > > I could live without the dishwasher – I don’t mind doing the dishes by hand, but my husband would probably pitch a fit. I’ve never met anyone who dislikes dishes more than him. If you count people you’ve met online in “people you’ve met”, then you have now. I hate doing dishes by hand with the fire of 6.02 \* 10[sup]23[/sup] suns. Mr. Neville and I have an agreement that he’ll do the rare hand washing of dishes for things like knives that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher. Give me a choice between one of the knives or pans that can’t go in the dishwasher and one that can, and I go for the one that can 100% of the time, given the choice. When I was picking a china pattern when I got married, I considered only ones that were dishwasher- and microwave-safe. I cannot comprehend why anyone who has a perfectly good dishwasher would ever hand wash dishes, except for stuff that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher. Doing dishes by hand involves physical work (hard work, if stuff is stuck on) and possibly touching slimy gross food that has come off the dishes. I’d do it before I’d go snorkeling in raw sewage, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/62 "2009-05-19T18:10:56Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Anybody else have “King of the Road” stuck in their heads after reading this thread? Or the theme song from _Gilligan’s Island_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/63 "2009-05-19T18:19:50Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > If you count people you’ve met online in “people you’ve met”, then you have now. I hate doing dishes by hand with the fire of 6.02 \* 10[sup]23[/sup] suns. Mr. Neville and I have an agreement that he’ll do the rare hand washing of dishes for things like knives that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher. Give me a choice between one of the knives or pans that can’t go in the dishwasher and one that can, and I go for the one that can 100% of the time, given the choice. When I was picking a china pattern when I got married, I considered only ones that were dishwasher- and microwave-safe. > > I cannot comprehend why anyone who has a perfectly good dishwasher would ever hand wash dishes, except for stuff that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher. Doing dishes by hand involves physical work (hard work, if stuff is stuck on) and possibly touching slimy gross food that has come off the dishes. I’d do it before I’d go snorkeling in raw sewage, but that’s about it. This post sounds so familiar … It’s the old food that really grosses my husband out. We’ve worked out a deal where he has to take out the garbage (kitchen and bathroom) and I’ll do the dishes. I HATE taking out the garbage. This will delight you – our garbage disposal was installed by morons. The pipe runs almost horizontally, meaning that food detritus backs up into the sink almost every time we use it. Guess who gets to stick her hand in there and manually clean it out? And often, when you run the disposal stray food items shoot into the air on the other side of the sink, possibly befouling any clean dishes that happen to be in the rack. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/64 "2009-05-19T18:28:04Z")
> [@Judith\_Prietht](#): > > This will delight you – our garbage disposal was installed by morons. The pipe runs almost horizontally, meaning that food detritus backs up into the sink almost every time we use it. Guess who gets to stick her hand in there and manually clean it out? And often, when you run the disposal stray food items shoot into the air on the other side of the sink, possibly befouling any clean dishes that happen to be in the rack. Ick, ick, ick! That sounds like a garbage disposal installed by [Bloody Stupid Johnson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Discworld#Bloody_Stupid_Johnson). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/65 "2009-05-19T18:35:26Z")
[ul] [li]I don’t have a lawnmower. Where I live we have common yards and a lawncare and landscape maintenance company keeps everything trimmed up, paid for through association dues.[/li][li]I don’t have a Tivo or DVD recorder (except on my computer). I’m still using a VCR, which is connected to my old-fashioned CRT non-wide screen, non-HD TV. My computer monitor is also a CRT.[/li][li]I rarely drink coffee, so I don’t have a coffee maker. Come to think of it, there are a lot of common kitchen appliances I don’t have (e.g. blender, mixer, griddle, etc.)[/li][li]I have no dedicated video game consoles and I only play a few games on my PC.[/li][li]I don’t have any house plants, not even fake ones that I wouldn’t have to water.[/li][li]No beer or any alcoholic beverages. I’m not a Mormon or other strong religious devotee. I just see no need for alcoholic drinks.[/li][li]Nothing patently feminine (no feminine hygiene products, clothes, makeup, etc.) since I am a single guy and only live with my brother.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/66 "2009-05-19T18:52:52Z")
Forgot to mention another common thing that I don’t have: Caller ID, call-waiting, call-forwarding and any of those other features the phone company wants to sell. It’s just copper wire with dial tone and DSL for us. Speaking of phones, another common thing that I don’t have a lot of is touch-tone phones. Most of our phones are rotary dial, but I keep one touch-tone phone in the office so I can connect with conference lines for work and order prescription refills. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/67 "2009-05-19T18:55:59Z")
No dishwasher No toaster oven No china for entertaining (like, a gravy boat or butter dish) No salad tongs No Tivo No shaving cream (I do, however, now have 1,000 posts 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/68 "2009-05-19T19:44:53Z")
Neither my wife nor I have a credit card. If we don’t have the money for it, we don’t need it. God knows we have every-damn other thing under the sun though. There are days I dream of a house without horizontal surfaces, thus no spaces for accumulating junk … ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/69 "2009-05-19T19:53:43Z")
I have no Facebook or MySpace page, no video games of any sort, no rollerblades, no automatic ice dispenser, no wife, no children and no dog. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/70 "2009-05-19T20:35:35Z")
Nothing not said already. Our household has no: dishwasher television closets toaster oven dryer pets > [@kushiel](#): > > (I do, however, now have 1,000 posts 😉 ) Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/71 "2009-05-19T21:26:36Z")
No TV or VCR (DVD-RW in the computer, though) No car (or license to drive one) No toaster No blender No landline No even remotely recent gaming consoles (there’s an NES in storage somewhere) No coffeemaker ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/72 "2009-05-20T00:39:48Z")
Cell phone Tivo High speed internet Cable or satellite TV ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/73 "2009-05-20T07:49:23Z")
No dishwasher, no coffee pot, no washer or drier. No ice cube trays, no lawn mower an no mop. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/74 "2009-05-20T10:52:55Z")
No dishwasher (I’d put one in, if my kitchen were laid out for it), just recently bought ice cube trays, but haven’t put them in the freezer. No garage-door opener. (unless you count me.) ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/75 "2009-05-20T11:14:22Z")
No dishwasher. No clothes dryer. No countertops (no counters). No hot water in kitchen (only from the bathtub faucet). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/76 "2009-05-20T12:33:02Z")
No: cell phone coffee maker spare bed/air mattress iron or ironing board garage, though oddly I DO have a garage door opener video game system washer or dryer DVR or Tivo ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/77 "2009-05-20T13:00:30Z")
Technically I have a dishwasher, since it was there when I bought the house, but I never use it. I hardly ever use the disposer that’s in one sink, either. No coffee maker, since I don’t drink coffee. No toaster, just because I’m not much of a toast person. No video game system, since I don’t play them. No car, or license. No Facebook, etc, although the other day a friend was telling me that I really should get one. She didn’t say why, although I suspect it’s part of her plot to get me re-socialized, since I’ve a bit of a hermit. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/78 "2009-05-20T13:21:11Z")
I’m still living with my parents, but I’m moving out in a couple months, and I’m not going to have a landline or a TV. All the TV shows I watch can be watched for free online, so I’m just going to get a second monitor for more efficient multitasking. I don’t drink coffee, so I won’t have a coffee maker. I don’t have a car because I’m a shitty driver (I have my license, but they shouldn’t have passed me). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/79 "2009-05-20T13:37:32Z")
Hope. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-things-you-dont-have/496904/80 "2009-05-20T14:16:23Z")
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