On Dec 14, 12:59 pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > Nice-looking server. I have quite a few pieces of elegant silverplate
> > and sterling, actually, which I don't have occasion to use anymore.
> > If my oldest ever gets a house, he can have it (he wants me to keep
> > everything, and this is from the 60s - wedding presents). I get it
> > out and polish it now and then, just for kicks. Sometimes I use it as
> > part of my holiday decor.
>
> > N.
>
> I'm ashamed to say I rec'd much silver when I married, and didn't use it
> much then. And moving around it was always annoying to have to find a
> place to store it. I gave a mess of it away to the Salvation Army. I was
> young and dumb and regret it very much. I kept a lot, but it was still
> stupid. We entertained a lot as we moved around more in the military and
> I grew up. <sigh>

I had more fancy stuff when I was young. Now, I can't be bothered.
Life's
too short to polish silver. I'll hardly look at anything that can't
go in the
dishwasher. If the Queen came to dinner, she'd have to eat off the
everyday dishes, as I don't have any good china.

Cindy Hamilton