On 03/06/16 13:51, John Rumm wrote:
On 03/06/2016 06:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 02/06/16 23:58, John Rumm wrote:
On 02/06/2016 23:03, jim wrote:

why TF would anyone want an Internet connected washing machine or
oven?

So you can trigger the washing to complete soon before you arrive home,
giving it less chance to crease in the drum. And so you can come home to
a hot but not burnt dinner?


Sigh. In the 50s that was called 'a wife'

These days you can phone her at work and ask her to remotely put the
dinner on ;-)


There was an article I read - something like the dfeath of te americamn
mifddle calss, which made the following point.

When wives stayed at home, husbands had to be paid enough to live on,
and houses were cheaper because no one could afford to pay more.

When wives started working, husbands salaries got less, and house prices
got steeper as two income houses where competing for them. Single income
families could not afford to pay so *all* wives now *had* to work, and
so also the demand for labour saving devices to do in an hour what used
to take a day (e.g. washing) rose, and skills like cooking died, as
microwaved ready meals became the order of te day.

Its called 'progress'


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