Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> I have a cutting board that is eighteen inches wide by 30 inches long,
>> custom made by a cabinet maker friend from hard rock maple many years
>> ago. That thing has traveled the world with us in my suitcase. He
>> laminated strips of the maple so that the cutting edge was perfect. I've
>> used it almost daily for over thirty years and it's still as good as new.
>>
>> I use one of those plastic cutting boards for meat, run it through the
>> dishwasher, buy another about once a year.
>
> Why?

I chucked a little to myself when picturing George wondering the world's
airports lugging his hefty cutting board around in a suitcase :-)

Bob