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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Modern top tier models are more expensive but they take care of all these issues. I'm on my third Robot vacuum and I know exactly the prep and work you're taking about.
New models can identify obstacles like shoes, cords, socks, and pet waste to avoid them entirely. So no need to clear obstacles before running it.
They also can mop, refill the mop water, and clean and dry their own mop pads. You can even get docks that are fully plumbed in that don't have tanks to be refilled or emptied at all.
They really have come a long way, as long as you're willing to spend the money.
We have ours set to run in all the main rooms of the apartment every day, including a deep clean in the kitchen. We just have to empty and fill the tanks on the dock about every day to day and a half. The dock portion that cleans the mop pads needs cleaning about once a month.
We have a dog so that little bit of maintenance is more than worth it.
As long as you keep on top of the prep then it cleans all by itself?
Yeah, we just have to keep the dirty and clean tanks in the dock empty/full.