On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:28 -0500, mm
wrote:

I may just be confusing my dishwasher with my clothes washer, but I
thought in my 27-year-old machine, the first cycle was as long as the
second. I'll have to do another load, or at least look at the knob.
Soon.

No wonder you keep breaking the dishes.
BG