On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:37:32 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >
> > "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Cheryl wrote:
> >>> merryb wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Being sent home with leftovers in one is okay with me, but being used
> >>>> as serving dishes at the table is kinda weird.
> >>>
> >>>I guess if you can't afford real serving dishes.
> >>
> >> Huh? What's to afford, no one I know uses fine china as everyday
> >> dishes... I see nothing wrong with 10¢ dinner plates from thrift
> >> stores and yard sales... I use 1¢ paper plates at every opportunity. I
> >> save more than the price of the plate not having to wash it.
> >
> > And she was a coworker of mine. We worked at K Mart! You can't get much
> > cheaper than that! I still have some mismatched dishes that I got there
> > for maybe 10 to 25 cents a piece. I like the saucers for feeding the
> > cats. There was no reason that she couldn't have bought anything except
> > that she was a major cheapskate and also had some odd notion that a bride
> > shouldn't have to buy things for herself. She actually did have the one
> > set of Melamine dishes that were given to her as a wedding gift but she
> > wouldn't use them and called them "toy" dishes. I grew up eating from
> > Melamine. Quite common in those days.
>
> She was very particular for someone who had nothing!
>

+1 !!!


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