"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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

my 2cents,
I now put both silver (flat ware) and china in the dishwasher; gold rim
china; however, I do have one good set that I use seldom and when I do, I
wash by hand. All of the silver pots, etc. I got rid of a long time ago.

The dishwasher does a fine job of polishing the silver.
Dee Dee