Using crime to overcome the impossible
In an inspiring tale of a millennial pulling them himself up by his bootstraps, The Backburner spoke to Sydney resident Alex Cisneros who has become a proud home owner in Australia's tough housing market by simply throwing a brick through the window of a house. Cisneros says: "It might seem impossible to own a home in the current climate, but you can't believe everything you read ... It wasn't easy, obviously - there's a lot of work involved in finding a house that looks pretty good but also has owners that you could easily overpower " but the results really speak for themselves." (Read the full story here)
How to keep a dishwasher technician in business
"Interesting what your good housekeeping so-called expert says about not rinsing dirty dishes before putting them in the dishwasher," writes Brian Burton, of Pukekohe. "We recently had a repair technician working on another appliance and I mentioned that on TV they show filthy dishes being piled in without so much as a quick scrape. The technician roared with laughter and said those adverts keeps him in business. He reckoned he went to homes, sometimes multiple visits in the same week, to clean blocked drainage systems in dishwashers. 'I tell them rinse first then dishwasher, but they don't listen to me, so I just keep going back to fix and they keep paying for me to do so'. His take was that hot water taps and waste-disposal units were to get plates and pots ready for the dishwasher. The dishwasher is the final sterilisation, not the gunge remover."
