Phred wrote:
> In article >, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>>>> For what it's worth, my Tupperware containers take a lot of
>>>> abuse and last for years. They don't get brittle. Obviously
>>>> they're pricey but they've paid for themselves.
>
> G'day Nance,
>
> I've got a couple of Tupperware containers that a friend's wife bought
> for me at a Tupperware party back in 1963 (or was it 1961?).
>
> They're the "1lb butter size". One still works "as new". The other
> doesn't look so good, but it still works okay. (It seems Tupperware,
> or at least that old stuff, doesn't like microwave ovens. :-)

That's true.

> I don't recall the price at the time -- probably relatively expensive;
> but amortised over 46 (48?) years, who cares?

Exactly, I don't remember what I paid for my stuff but I know
it wasn't cheap. I've bought pieces over the years. I do have
one that needs a new lid, I suppose they'll replace it, that was one
of their claims to fame.

nancy