# Cranky's Board Request **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250 "2002-08-23T16:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/21 "2002-08-24T00:42:00Z")
I couldn’t agree more. I hate when people try to correct typos, **CrankyOldAssMan** , so you won’t be seeing me do it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/22 "2002-08-24T01:05:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billdo \* > \*\*We all have come to realize that the board periodically posts multiple times when submit was hit just once. When that happens, I assume that the person whose post was doubled (or tripled, or quadded, or whatever) did not do it intentionally, and in fact is somewhat sorry about the excess load on the server and burden on the reader. > > Therefore, please, please, I beseech you, DO NOT post to say you’re sorry for the multi-post. We know you didn’t do it intentionally, and adding the apology does nothing but put additional load on the server and further burden the reader. \*\* As soon as I read the OP, I said to myself, “Self, I’m gonna add something about those damned people who apologize for double posts.” And then I find that my dear brother has beaten me to it. Great minds think alike, I guess. 🙂 FWIW, my dishwasher is working fine. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/23 "2002-08-24T02:25:49Z")
I’d like to point out that in the rare cases when I DO clean up multiposts, an apology post is just one more post to delete. I only clean up multiposts these days when the hamsters are feeling good. Lately they’ve seemed rather…constipated. MY dishwasher is working fine. However, my car’s AC has had a coronary, and now blows only hot air. This means that I can’t get out of the house unless I get a ride from someone with AC. Which means I’m pretty damn cranky. Which means that all of you had better be on your best behavior. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/24 "2002-08-24T03:00:17Z")
Cranky, a little suggestion I have is to go to your usual supermarket and buy a box of borax. This is white powder which is found in the laundry aisle. It costs about $2.00 a box and you sprinkle about 1-2 tablespoons in the bottom of your dishwasher. I do this every time I run the dishwasher, and my dishes, silver and drinking glasses all come out clean and streak free. HTH ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/25 "2002-08-24T03:08:10Z")
Cranky, a little suggestion I have is to go to your usual supermarket and buy a box of borax. This is white powder which is found in the laundry aisle. It costs about $2.00 a box and you sprinkle about 1-2 tablespoons in the bottom of your dishwasher. I do this every time I run the dishwasher, and my dishes, silver and drinking glasses all come out clean and streak free. HTH ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/26 "2002-08-24T05:33:04Z")
I find it silly that people sometimes won’t preview “because it takes too long and the board’s slow”, but then they’ll take the time to post AGAIN to fix their mistakes. Waiting for the board is waiting for the board, ain’t it? Fer gosh sakes, people. You’re better off using the poor hamsters’ time and energy towards making sure your post is as you want it the first time around. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/27 "2002-08-24T05:40:13Z")
Primaflora, if you have a garbage disposal (or whatever you call them in Oz) you might try running it before you run the dishwasher. A friend recommended it to me saying it would help. Can I now add that I seem to be having a drug reaction and I itch all over?!?! Can I not catch a break?!? I’ve glugged antihistimine and am waiting for it to work so I can get some damned sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/28 "2002-08-24T07:41:20Z")
I don’t have a garbage disposal – we do the compost thang but I’d try it if I had one. God knows I’m on the verge of caving in and buying brand name dishwasher powder. Primafloret the Elder is going through drug reactions too – I think the antihistamine he had yesterday was Not One of My Brighter Ideas. It’s been the day from hell and I want to resign as parent of this child. Especially as we get to enjoy trials of ritalin with and without an SSRI and dexampethamine with and without an SSRI. I think today proved that out of control rages are not pretty to witness. I think I need another drink or two. He’s having quality time with his grandparents who have cable TV. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/29 "2002-08-24T11:07:22Z")
Prim, you have ALL the luck!! Grandparents with _cable_ no less! AND you’ve gpt a dishwasher!! My ‘dishwashers’ have gone on strike (not that they ever worked beforehand!) What IS the trick to getting kids to do the dishes?? Oh, and resignation as parent?? How’s about we start a movement…while we can’t enact the ‘retrospective abortion’ bill (bugger and damn) maybe we can garner some support for the Divorce Decree…that is…when kids don’t abide by the rules of childhood, we can divorce them and adopt some others who are better suited to being decent kids!!! Dunno about the dexy’s and ritalin with SSRI’s…it does sound like they should cancel each other out. I know SSRI’s do not have the soporific effect of the old tricyclics, but even so, they sound like a dubious combination…just in my humble opinion! And what sort of antihistamines were you using? Normally they will sedate, but sometimes (as I have discovered to my annoyance when my kids were little tackers) they can hype-up to the buggery! You didn’t use Phenergan did you? As you may have gathered, I hate my kids tonight! Jeez they’re little bastards…but maybe I’ll take this (and them) to the pit where they belong! ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/30 "2002-08-24T13:50:01Z")
You should try the new Cascade Complete diswashing detergent. It’s worth the extra money. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/31 "2002-08-24T13:55:10Z")
And another reason why you shouldn’t correct posts. Sometimes your brain is just so dern smrt, you read the correct word anyway. I’ve done this on several occassions and it’s only because I was pointed out a typo in the next post that I even noticed the word was misspelled in the first place. I just naturally inserted the correct word and went on with the post without missing a beat. Obviously this is what **Cranky** did with my post above. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/32 "2002-08-24T15:14:09Z")
Always room for bottom gags so I say; embrace thaipoos. BTW, I _am_ dishwasher ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/33 "2002-08-24T17:14:29Z")
It’s all about the Electrasol Tabs with the Powerball, people. My dishes come out dandy, and I never rinse before I put them in. I think the tablet-type dishwasher detergent is more economical for me because I can’t put in too much detergent. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/34 "2002-08-24T17:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DougAB \* > \*\*By the way, is the intentional misspelling of “gotchya” due to the “gotcha ya” funeral post by Wildest Bill? (referenced in “funniest posts ever”) \*\* yes ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/35 "2002-08-24T17:58:08Z")
Yes, the Electrasol Tabs are nice, and they’re convenient and all, but my dishwasher’s detergent dispenser only opens about once every other load. Is it okay to just drop the thing in the bottom of the machine? Maybe this would be better in **General Questions**. Oops. I meant _Perhaps_ this would be better in **General Questions**. d&r ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/36 "2002-08-25T01:20:07Z")
Ya know, there’s a guy on this board who I SWORE corrected himself 50% the time. Til I got bored last night, picked his latest Pit entrance, and found (in that one thread, at least) he only corrected himself 18% of the time. THAT was a load off my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/37 "2002-08-25T07:50:54Z")
A woman without her man, is nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/38 "2002-08-25T07:52:06Z")
Shoot. I’m sorry. I meant to say A woman: without her, man is nothing. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/39 "2002-08-25T12:59:59Z")
One person correcting their own typo is far less annoying than 5 other people pointing out the error. Never pay for shepherd’s pie. It’s like stew. Unless you make it yourself, you never really know what’s in it or how long the leftovers have been left over. Take an aspirin and lie down a bit. Do you have a Pots and Pans cycle on the dishwasher? The longest cycle you have is worth the extra time. Also, one time ours was doing the same thing and it turned out that the tube for the upper rack spinner thing was partially clogged with a small piece of what was assumed to have once been spinach. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250/40 "2002-08-25T13:42:23Z")
_“One person correcting their own typo is far less annoying than 5 other people pointing out the error.”_ I was just coming in here to mention this. It’s not as bad as it used to be, but when you type, say, “I meant to ass her a question but she had gone,” and five people pile in, all Covered in Gleaming Wit and practically simulpost in their superior way, “I think you meant ‘ask,’ dumpling”… I mean, you know, **fucking duh, I meant ‘ask.’** And now YOU have put another useless, count-padding post under your name, and made it that much more likely that I’m going to skip over posts of yours I see in the furture, because you’re a pompous windbag who feels the need to point out the obvious in an effort to appear clever. The only time I post spelling (or grammar) corrections is when someone’s being a complete tool. (A few days ago some asshat told someone else, “Ps…it’s PS.” to which I replied, “No, it’s P.S., you hamster-humping troglodyte - it stands for ‘post script’” (or something equally yawn-inspiring). Anyhow. _pant pant pant_ I concur on the “Cascade Complete.” Works like a freakin’ dream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crankys-board-request/125250.md?page=3)