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#3309311 15-Nov-2024 10:56

They're useful when multiple people access the dishwasher, especially in office situations and for dual washer setups. We have dual dishdrawers and since there are only 2 of us we usually only wash a load every couple of days. The magnets make it much easier to keep track of drawer status.

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#3309327 15-Nov-2024 11:56

People at work insist on rinsing things till they look clean and put them in, and others will just dump dirty stuff into a whole lot of clean stuff because they don't look.

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#3309374 15-Nov-2024 13:34

neb:

I never knew this was a thing until now... are they even worth the effort of having to remember to flip them every single time you use the dishwasher, vs. just looking inside on the rare occasion that you need to check?

I keep meaning to get one as my son seems incapable of opening the door to check if dirty or clean so just leaves his dishes in or more usually by the sink.

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#3309440 15-Nov-2024 18:50

I'm recalling the doublesided magnet type was a pain to use. Because I have short fingernails it was always a scrabble to grip it and unstick it. So..

I've decided I like the sliding type.

credit to Dick Smith product for the image - $30 for two which I won't be buying at that price ; )

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#3309454 15-Nov-2024 19:51

Beware that certain cats may see such magnets as prey.

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#3309459 15-Nov-2024 20:31

SomeoneSomewhere:

Beware that certain cats may see such magnets as prey.

Oh, definitely:

A: Who left the dishwasher full of dirty dishes but with the slider set to "clean"?

B: Musta been that cat again.

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#3309460 15-Nov-2024 20:34

gzt: credit to Dick Smith product for the image - $30 for two which I won't be buying at that price ; )

Your favourite crapvendor has them for a dollar or two.

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#3309604 16-Nov-2024 11:30

gzt:

I'm recalling the doublesided magnet type was a pain to use. Because I have short fingernails it was always a scrabble to grip it and unstick it. ...

Add a small tab of Sellotape.

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#3309605 16-Nov-2024 11:33

How does Harvey Norman sustain the level of newspaper advertising that it does? Today's "The Post" has 14 full size pages of HN adverts spead through it and barely a day goes by without 4-6 pages.

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#3309635 16-Nov-2024 13:12

allan: How does Harvey Norman sustain the level of newspaper advertising that it does? Today's "The Post" has 14 full size pages of HN adverts spead through it and barely a day goes by without 4-6 pages.

I think these days the cost of advertising in traditional print media is extremely cheap

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#3309833 17-Nov-2024 11:14

neb:

gzt: credit to Dick Smith product for the image - $30 for two which I won't be buying at that price ; )

Your favourite crapvendor has them for a dollar or two.

Either those things are huge or they've photoshopped them onto the surface?

Also:

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3309837 17-Nov-2024 11:59

MadEngineer:

Also:

Who spells empty that way?

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#3309838 17-Nov-2024 12:02

A Dishlexic obviously.

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#3309856 17-Nov-2024 15:01

neb: I never knew this was a thing until now... are they even worth the effort of having to remember to flip them every single time you use the dishwasher, vs. just looking inside on the rare occasion that you need to check?

When I so much as put my hand on the dishwasher before I can even open it [someone] tells me "IT'S DIRTY!" or "IT'S CLEAN!". It will be worth it ; )

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#3309857 17-Nov-2024 15:07

neb: Your favourite crapvendor has them for a dollar or two.

I may yet climb down and order through one of those services. They are such a lottery I feel the need to order several things at once to make sure I get one useful thing out of it.

Anyway.. my new plan is stopping by two dollar shops and asking detective style - do you have one of these? [shows photo of slider type]

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