# who else is living without certain major appliances? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275 "2007-09-15T03:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/1 "2007-09-15T03:12:08Z")
me, i dont have a tv or a microwave. to compensate, i watch and re-watch the same 9 episodes of the golden girls on youtube, and i make popcorn on the stove. i dont have a tv on purpose - i love tv above all else, but if i have a tv, i will spend 23 hours a day watching it, and so i figured, if i dont have a tv, i will not, obviously, be able to watch one, which will make me a much more efficient and productive person. (sadly, it didnt work out that way. i am perfectly capable of spending 23 hours a day futzing around online.) i dont have a microwave on accident - my apartment didnt have one when i moved in and there is really no good place to put one. the only time i really long for a microwave is when my hot-dog pot is dirty, but my yearning for a hot dog is not motovation enough for me to clean it. it would be so easy to just wrap a hot dog in a paper towel and go to town. actually, it is probably best i dont have a microwave - all of my futzing around on-line has given me a list of Interesting Experiments To Do With Your Microwave (grapes, eggs, matches, do-it-yourself plasma, etc) which would inevitably lead to fire and mayhem. ditto a blender - ever since i discovered the phenomenon of Will It Blend? i have longed for a blender, but it is best i do not have one, as i would quickly proceed to blend myself out of all my earthly possessions. i also dont have a dishwasher, a washing machine, or a dryer, but for me those dont really count because i live in a tiny apartment, in which a dishwasher would look silly, and there is a laundry room in the basement. oh, and i dont have an air conditioner, but i DO have two very nice fans. i also dont have a coffee-maker, but i think i might buy one. so who else is living and lacking in certain major modern appliances? love yams!! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/2 "2007-09-15T03:37:38Z")
One of my previous apartments didn’t have a dishwasher, a microwave, a TV, a freezer, or a coffee pot. I tell ya, that year I actually got really good at domestic skills like washing dishes and cooking. I didn’t have a TV so I didn’t have much else to do, so why not a rousing Thursday night game of “How the heck do I make coffee with a pot of boiling water and a strainer wtihout getting 3rd degree burns?” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/3 "2007-09-15T03:42:47Z")
I am currently living without an oven, as the model is a 24" built-in and it’s proving hard to find someone who can both sell and install such an obsolete model. You can do a lot with a toaster oven, but sometimes you gotta have the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/4 "2007-09-15T03:46:38Z")
No dishwasher or oven in my lil studio apartment. Oh well, I live in New York. Anything I would’ve “baked” can be purchased at any bakery, and at much better quality than I’d have made. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/5 "2007-09-15T04:01:34Z")
No oven. It’s also a bult-in. I use the space for storage. There is one electrical outlet in the entire kitchen and it isn’t in the workspace. No garbage disposal. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/6 "2007-09-15T04:21:46Z")
I have not had a TV or related devices since I was 17. The last time I saw TV was when I was in the army. ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/7 "2007-09-15T04:44:49Z")
I didn’t have a dishwasher for 8 years, from college graduation until I bought my condo in May. I’m actually not sure how to use it, I still just wash the dishes by hand. It’ll get used when my mom comes to visit. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/8 "2007-09-15T04:53:21Z")
I’m Chinese and I never knew what a dryer was until I saw one in the army. I don’t have one right now, it seems like a perfectly useless device. Never had a dishwasher either. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/9 "2007-09-15T05:19:26Z")
No dishwasher, washer or dryer. I, too, live in a small apartment with a laundry room downstairs, so I do laundry there. The biggest reason I might want a dishwasher would be to get the counter space over it. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/10 "2007-09-15T06:14:40Z")
For the first time in my life I don’t have a dishwasher or a garbage disposal. They just don’t really do those things here. I miss them very much–I cook a lot and their absence makes doing so more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Ermes\_Marana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b77776/32.png) [@Ermes\_Marana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ermes_Marana)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/11 "2007-09-15T07:10:37Z")
No microwave, dishwasher, garbage disposal, air conditioner, washing machine, dryer, coffee maker, blender, … ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/12 "2007-09-15T08:09:46Z")
No dishwasher, washing machine, dryer. I live alone, so the first is silly to have, the second I used to have, but it leaked so it got biffed and not replaced years ago, and the third is way too expensive to run, and I sold the one I had for grocery money some time back. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/13 "2007-09-15T08:31:12Z")
no working tv, no dishwasher, no clothes dryer, no freezer, no coffee pot (minor) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/14 "2007-09-15T09:51:36Z")
For about 10 years, I didn’t have a TV. Then I splashed out. I still don’t watch it that much. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/15 "2007-09-15T10:35:39Z")
I don’t have a television. I do have a dishwasher, but I use it only once a year to make sure it’s still working. I don’t have a car either. I do practically all of my travelling on public transport. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/16 "2007-09-15T10:36:03Z")
No sinks. Makes me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/17 "2007-09-15T18:40:04Z")
I don’t have a dishwasher either but I don’t really consider it an essential. I wonder what percentage of households have them? I bet it’s far less than microwaves, dvd players, or computers. I just got a washer and dryer this year after twenty years of not having them. It’s truly awesome to be able to laundry whenever I want. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/18 "2007-09-15T19:23:10Z")
We don’t have a dishwasher either. I’ve only had one for about 3 years total of our nearly 15 years of marriage. I might actually get one if we ever got around to the kitchen remodel. Since that involves stripping the room back to the studs and starting over, it’s going to be a little bit longer. ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/19 "2007-09-15T19:25:54Z")
I spent all summer without a toaster. I love toast. Sometimes I make it now just cause I can. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275/20 "2007-09-15T19:27:37Z")
Easier to list what I have: Radio/CD player. Laptop (2) My flat comes with: Washer/dryer. Microwave. Cooker Fridge/freezer. That’s about it really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-living-without-certain-major-appliances/419275.md?page=2)