Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> 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

And I am now the opposite. I felt "too young" to be using that stuff
before but love all of it now. I like all my sets of china. I like variety.
An hour polishing silver is a very peaceful hour to me. I love owning
and using silver (especially the monogrammed items) from my ancestors
and thinking of them and where they came from and how they lived.