tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post8068628022874103733..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: A waste of timeA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-34084304816866879122016-08-08T19:40:12.110+01:002016-08-08T19:40:12.110+01:00Sackers - they would probably do although the cuff...Sackers - they would probably do although the cuffs are a little short for washing up.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-76789544341351468532016-08-08T06:28:08.295+01:002016-08-08T06:28:08.295+01:00No, no gloves. Nitrile - the ones they use in hosp...No, no gloves. Nitrile - the ones they use in hospital?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-53378133829008025922016-08-07T21:05:43.106+01:002016-08-07T21:05:43.106+01:00Sam - I agree, but people who opt out can be surpr...Sam - I agree, but people who opt out can be surprisingly dull too. One thinks they ought to have a fascinating philosophy yet they don't, or don't explain it, or just assume it's all so obvious.<br /><br />Sackers - we are only recent converts. Have you tried nitrile gloves? They last for ages, much better than Marigolds. <br /><br />Demetrius - as a recent convert, I still have the indefinable benefit of pleasure when I close the door and let the machine get on with it.<br /><br />Wiggia - our cooking is fairly simple and there is very little the dishwasher doesn't handle.<br /><br />James - or as one might say...<br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21394082261626435622016-08-07T10:50:24.805+01:002016-08-07T10:50:24.805+01:00Wasting time becomes increasingly an issue as we n...Wasting time becomes increasingly an issue as we near the ... [er, think it best to just stop here].James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-79256330130977890092016-08-05T13:11:37.133+01:002016-08-05T13:11:37.133+01:00The dishwasher, oh yes we have one a boon my wife ...The dishwasher, oh yes we have one a boon my wife says, yet certain items get exempted from the dishwashers ponderous cycle as the machine "doesn't clean them properly and/or it marks the surface" quote, this from a machine with all the German technology that can be thrown at it and costing a small fortune in salt and special detergents to run.<br /><br />Still as a friend in Africa whilst we were visiting said to my wife when asking if he had a washing machine she could use, he's standing over there, guess who washes up the non participating dishwasher items, exactly.wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4321018415475508182016-08-05T12:38:17.391+01:002016-08-05T12:38:17.391+01:00At the risk of being boring, when you buy a machin...At the risk of being boring, when you buy a machine there is not just the cost of buying it. There are the added costs of maintenance and repairs, running costs and allowance for replacement cost, adjusted for inflation. Then there is the opportunity cost of what else the money might be spent on, whether that is a better deal or if you have the indefinable benefit of pleasure. For example buying better booze. Few people these days do these calculations, they just wave the credit card and in many cases will finish up paying more in interest than the actual purchase cost on top of that.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-26272389507822518122016-08-05T08:39:02.809+01:002016-08-05T08:39:02.809+01:00Dishwashers - I don't have one; I am one.Dishwashers - I don't have one; I am one.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-57824090226747734822016-08-04T23:14:15.464+01:002016-08-04T23:14:15.464+01:00Excellent post.
One reason for the phenomenon i...Excellent post. <br /><br />One reason for the phenomenon is the fact that paid employment is considered as an almost unqualified good. Unless an activity or product is illegal or obviously ought to be so, doing it or making it is judged to be better than idleness. Your point plays on the difference betwen what is valuable because it is economic activity, and what is valuable in itself.<br /><br />People who don't play the game - who opt out of that consumption and time-wasting - are exceptionally interesting, in ways that are often difficult to define. It might be because we think they know what is valuable in itself. And it certainly produces interesting trains of thought in us, when we decide not to buy some "desirable" item or other.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com