Thanks NinaSue, the machines are still under warranty so that's good AND he did the dishes. Sad to say I have never owned a dishwasher, but I don't mind. When our children were younger and DH and I were both working long hours it was always our time when cleaning up the kitchen to chat about our day. It is something we still do today when he is home. We have renovated 2 homes and always made room for a dishwasher just never got around to putting one in ourselves, guess we always enjoyed our chat time.