Blame big government for your dirty dishes

Washington Examiner ^ | 12/17/2010 | Mark Hemingway

[FourPeas]

I’ve used TSP to clean various really dirty outdoor items, mostly decks and house siding. It’s pretty nasty stuff. It sounds like a simple solution, though. Will TSP damage china, delicate glass, Teflon or other types of dish/cookware? Will it etch glass?

[Arrowhead1952]

I got carded the other night buying Nyquil!

I got carded by a new cashier at the CVS yesterday while buying beer. The screen told her to check buyer's ID, so she did. I really wanted to kiss her, since I am 58.

[TomGuy]

I got carded the other night buying Nyquil!

I have to show more ID when I purchase those little red behind-the-pharmacy-counter sinus pills than when I pick up prescription medicines. And it has to be a picture ID (such as driver's license).

[Pilated]

No it won’t hurt your dishes. Just don’t use too much. Use adult common sense when handling. It is the ingredient they took out of the old detergents. You used it all these years and never knew it.

[ClearCase_guy]

I told a lib neighbor of mine that Washington state banned a certain type of soap. She said no way.. When another neighbor told her it was true, the look on her face was priceless.

Have you told her that incandescent light bulbs are becoming illegal?

[FourPeas]

Thanks. I probably still have some out in the garage or the shop.

[MHGinTN]

That’s because those little red pills (of pseudoephedrine) are used to make meth.

[ColdOne]

Have you told her that incandescent light bulbs are becoming illegal? I try not to speak to her anymore.

[TomGuy]

That’s because those little red pills (of pseudoephedrine) are used to make meth.

So, then, because those little pills are behind the counter and require ID, extrapolating: there is no more meth being manufactured in basements or garages.

[In actuality, putting those pills behind the counter has NOT slowed or stopped meth labs. In fact, one was shut down just 3 blocks from me about 3 years ago.]

[tiki]

They suck. My dishes don’t get clean anymore.

[lkco]

Go to the hardware store, paint department, buy TSP Hard Surface Cleaner. Add one tablespoon to dishwasher along with your regular soap. It is what is missing from the new “green” detergents. Your dishes will look like you remembered.

Be careful with that though too. The first two boxes of TSP that I picked up in the hardware store were "phosphate-free" TSP. (Yes, I know it's supposed to stand for tri-sodium phosphate. I have no idea how they can make it phosphate-free ... and I have a degree in chemistry!) My dishes had been awful too until I bought "real" TSP. I also add it to the laundry now. The new clothing detergent doesn't take out greasy stains without phosphate ... I have 4 kids ... I need to get laundry clean the first time through.

[RinaseaofDs]

THANK YOU!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

We’ve never had a dishwasher. Why trust a machine? Or a human one either. I do the dishes, and I’ve got those choices.

[castlebrew]

a bit of TSP would help with that...

[castlebrew]

and we learned just this week that only 10% of the dissolved phosphorus can be utilized by algae.

yet another enviro-whacko crock of crap.

[donna]

Thanks. I’ve had a really cloudy problem.

[MHGinTN]

Even more absurd is the fact that by trying to prevent the meth makers from getting massive amounts of the little red pills off the open shelves, the fools in law enforcement took away one of their best means to trail the pseudoephedrine back to the meth labbers!

Decades ago I represented a company that made Drixoral, which had 120 mg of pseudoephedrine in the time released formulation. Back then interns and nurses who partied all weekend and got little or no sleep would take the tabs and chew them, downing the grit with orange juice, to get the jolt of the pseudoephedrine that kept them going. It leads to heart disease, but those folks didn't care at their age.

[RockinRight]

Don’t get me started on decongestants. Sudafed/Actifed and other meds that used pseudoephedirine WORKED and worked well.

The replacement drug, phenelyphrine, doesn’t work worth a sh*t when taken orally. It originally (and still is) a nasal spray and works OK that way but can’t be used for more than a couple days.

[MarkL]

How does it feel to live in a country where you have to produce more identification to by cough medicine than you do to vote?

Last year I had a cold and also needed a refill on some pain medication, vicodin (a narcotic). I went to the pharmacist that I've gone to for about 15 years, and when I asked for some cold formula advil, they needed to photocopy my drivers license, and I had to sign a form. They just handed me the vicodin refill.

Mark

[indubitably]

We use Cascade and I knew something was up when our dishes started coming out cloudy and with white *dusty* streaks on everything. Black handles and black plastic looked terrible. I tried a couple of products but finally found Lemi Shine and this stuff is fabulous! Glasses come out crystal clear and look like new. Everything just shines. I buy it at Walmart. http://tinyurl.com/2bmgfgk