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#3274215 21-Aug-2024 19:38

I see yeah I'd check the detailed specs carefully on that. I'd guess it's the same internationally maybe some gotcha like case or charging variation.

I see the 3rd generation is available from NZ resellers for less than 2nd gen in some variations.

Wikipedia is sometimes a good guide for SKU variations.

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#3274479 22-Aug-2024 14:06

Do forks go in the cutlery basket handle down or handle up? And what about knives?

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#3274485 22-Aug-2024 14:13

I always put knives handle up, after cutting myself on one loaded "upside down". I tend to do the same with forks, probably for consistency, although I haven't really thought about it very hard.

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#3274501 22-Aug-2024 15:04

Senecio:

Do forks go in the cutlery basket handle down or handle up? And what about knives?

Handle down, used bits up.

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#3274535 22-Aug-2024 17:20

Sharp knifes don't go in the dishwasher cutlery basket; bashing against other cutlery will blunt them. Dedicated knife holder/drawer or hand wash.

Forks, spoons, and butter knifes are handle down for better capacity and because the dirty bits are more exposed, rather than being shielded by the basket.

Teaspoons are spoon down because the handle slips through our basket.

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#3274623 22-Aug-2024 23:14

Blades down, prongs and spoons up.

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#3274724 23-Aug-2024 12:34

SomeoneSomewhere: Sharp knifes don't go in the dishwasher cutlery basket; bashing against other cutlery will blunt them. Dedicated knife holder/drawer or hand wash.

Too much text, it should be:

Sharp knifes don't go in the dishwasher

Or at least it's sort of true in that they'll be sharp the first few times they go in the dishwasher, then they'll be blunt. Dishwashing can also damage or warp the handles if they're not all-steel, and if that's a $300 chef's knife...

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#3274841 23-Aug-2024 16:55

After watching a parent load a baby in a car for a drive to get them to sleep I had a thought ... does the same trick work when the car is an EV ?

I used to load our twins into our old diesel and the vibrations had them from grumpy to asleep in moments, would it work in my Tesla now ? (can't test it, twins are now 16 :-)

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#3274914 24-Aug-2024 10:53

Pretty sure it would.

There's also the scenery flying past even if it's just the tree tops from their POV, the quiet environment or constant background noise even if low-level, the secure comfy seat that could be simulating swaddling, familiarity but also the motion around corners etc etc

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#3275727 27-Aug-2024 12:27

Why do people (mostly Europeans, it seems) get annoyed when you say "soccer"? It was originally a British term, but they seem to shun its use and I don't know why!

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#3275729 27-Aug-2024 12:36

Behodar:

Why do people (mostly Europeans, it seems) get annoyed when you say "soccer"? It was originally a British term, but they seem to shun its use and I don't know why!

Especially where football can refer to so many different sports depending on where you live. Soccer, rugby, league, AFL, NFL, CFL, GAA (Gaelic) and probably a few more.

It makes me laugh though - the same Brits who insist soccer is called 'football' will then, 5 minutes later, say something along the lines of "You see the footy last night" The Warriors played well..."

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#3275734 27-Aug-2024 13:05

Gurezaemon:

Especially where football can refer to so many different sports depending on where you live. Soccer, rugby, league, AFL, NFL, CFL, GAA (Gaelic) and probably a few more.

And yet all those "other" footballs involve using the hands more than the feet..... Isn't language wonderful.

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#3275737 27-Aug-2024 13:16

Behodar:

Why do people (mostly Europeans, it seems) get annoyed when you say "soccer"? It was originally a British term, but they seem to shun its use and I don't know why!

Its the UK people that do it, and its because when they are outside home, in one of the colonies they expect everything to be like back at home and any change from that is too much for them to handle.

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#3275798 27-Aug-2024 14:53

Senecio:

Do forks go in the cutlery basket handle down or handle up? And what about knives?

Funny you should ask that. We have number of long, thin-handled sundae spoons. Mrs Code always puts them in the basket handle-down and they poke right through and stop the lower sprayer from rotating.

I regularly have to ask/remind her to put them in with the handles pointing up. Today was another of those days.

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#3276079 28-Aug-2024 11:52

gzt: I see yeah I'd check the detailed specs carefully on that. I'd guess it's the same internationally maybe some gotcha like case or charging variation.

I see the 3rd generation is available from NZ resellers for less than 2nd gen in some variations.

Wikipedia is sometimes a good guide for SKU variations.

There are no 3rd gen AirPods Pro yet, 2nd gen are the latest. The 3rd gen you are seeing for cheaper are probably the non-Pro version.

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