Kantek Acrylic Paper Towel Dispenser

As is with everyone else these days we are washing our hands several times a day. Rather than use the same dish rag or bathroom towel, we thought that having single paper towels would be a good idea. So I ordered a case of Kleenex single fold towels. To keep them in order, an acrylic container would be nice, so I found a Kantek dispenser. After spraying everything off with an alcohol solution on them and all the other packages and groceries we get, I soap and watered the containers. After drying out, one container was placed on the kitchen counter and the other one on the bathroom toilet tank. Even though the containers are a bit larger than needed, it does the job. Who would have guessed one would need this - or any other - stay at home cleaning element to ward off an ugly virus? For the first time since March 13 we took a ride in the neighborhood today after lunch to just get the car started and running for a bit. We wore our home made coffee filter masks and food processing gloves. It wasn’t anywhere near a joy ride. I was very happy to get back home and hibernate. 

GE Dishwasher Automatic Detergent Dispenser Clogged - DC Water Grain?

I don't know what it is with GE appliances, but we haven't had a lot of luck with them. In Milwaukee our automatic ice dispenser didn't last very long. And it didn't last much longer here with the new GE refrigerator in spite of following instructions for regular filter changes. Now we started to notice that the dishes weren't quite as clean as they should be, and found that the automatic detergent dispenser component didn't seem to be working because the level of detergent hasn't changed for awhile. So my husband snaked a wire through and sure enough, it was very clogged. But that maneuver didn't seem to fix the problem. So now we are going to use the manual dispenser. Upon reading the instructions, they said to contact the water department to find out how hard the water is first. That would then tell you how much detergent you should use. So I sent an email to the DC water department. It was bounced back because the person is on vacation. They left another name to contact so I did. That person returned the email with a number to call. I called the number. They said to leave a message with a name and number. I did.  Did they return the call? Of course not. So now we will probably never known whatever information we need. I think we will just get the cascade tablets and forget this ever happened.