http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/lid Questions tagged with 'lid' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:44:43 -0800 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:44:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/104411/What%2Dcan%2DI%2Ddo%2Dabout%2Da%2Dstuck%2Ddishwasher%2Dmain%2Dsoap%2Ddispenser%2Dlid What can I do about a stuck dishwasher main soap dispenser lid? The main soap dispenser that you fill with your dish washing detergent of preference and close the lid on is stuck closed. I can manually open it, but it fails to open during any of the various wash cycle options. I have instead just been filling it and leaving it open but I know this likely loses the soap in the pre-clean phase (which the un-enclosed dish is intended to be used for). My dishes, however, come out fairly clean.<br> <br> I was wondering if anyone knows the likely cause OR if any of the pre-packaged dish washer detergent balls/cubes can just be tossed in at the start and successfully make it past the initial pre-clean phase all the way to the primary wash cycle. They all say to put them in the main dispenser and close lid (yet they all say "contain pre-wash cycle cleansers") so I am hoping someone can speak from experience.<br> <br> It is a Kenmore dishwasher if that matters. If no one has any input, I will just have to call the home warranty company and shell out $65 for them to come fix it (not so worried about the money but arranging to be home from work is an issue). tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.104411 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:44:43 -0800 cycle detergent dishwasher dispenser lid soap stuck criticman http://ask.metafilter.com/7546/Toilet%2Dlid%2Dup%2Dor%2Ddown%2Dwhen%2Dyoure%2Dfinished Toiletfilter: Up or down? And before you answer, I'm not talking about which way to hang the toilet paper. (Lift the lid and come inside.) OK. You've done your business, any kind of business. See the toilet lid? What do <i>you</i> do with it? What <i>are</i> you supposed to do with it? Me, I like closing the lid. Whoever uses the toilet next—male or female—must make a choice to either lift the lid and the seat, or just the lid. And besides, leaving the lid up—even if the bowl is spotless—just doesn't seem right. What's the lid there for, if it's not meant to be used as a lid? (I just got read the riot act by the woman who gave birth to me 30 years ago this very day for closing the lid and not assuming that the next person to use the toilet might not remember to look at the damn toilet before she sat down.) tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.7546 Wed, 26 May 2004 18:53:48 -0800 down lid resolved seat toilet up emelenjr