On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 2:57:22 PM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On 2016-11-28 1:49 PM, Gary wrote:
> >
> > >> One night I dropped it on the floor and it landed flat and shattered
> > >> into hundreds of thousands of tiny shards. The sound of the
> > >> shattering was incredible. 3 months later I was still getting tiny
> > >> shards in my bare feet despite several vacuumings.
> > >
> > > I remember when you said that and I've had a bowl break the same way
> > > since. Damn things just don't break....they explode on the floor and
> > > shards go everywhere. What's with that?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I swept the kitchen floor twice, then got down on hands and
> > > knees and using a damp washcloth, I wiped it all down twice. Still some
> > > underneath fridge and stove. Not only that, pieces flew into two rooms
> > > that are carpeted too. (I have two kitchen doorways).
> > >
> > > 30 some years ago a corelle plate shattered and deep cut to my wife's
> > > ankle. Went to the emergency room where she got 3-4 stitches. These
> > > things must have not plastic explosives but Plate explosives built in..
> > > They are like bombs just waiting to be dropped. huhuh
> > >
> >
> >
> > I had a similar experience with a supposedly unbreakable sort of
> > dishes... Duralex??? The were glass like sets of plates bowls and cups.
> > I broke one at a friend's place. It fell out of the cupboard, bounced
> > off the door onto another shelf, them onto the counter, then to the open
> > door of the dishwasher, then hit the floor, bounced once or twice and
> > then it shattered into a thousand little pieces.
>
> Back in the 50's my best friend showed me his mothers new teaset,
> melamine in bright modern colours, said "and it's totally unbreakable,
> watch this" and threw a cup at the wall. It broke.
> He was sent to bed and I was sent home.
>
> Janet.

The kids are out of control! It's beautiful stuff. The modern 50's colors would be striking, even today. A big problem for me is that you can't stick it in the microwave. Oddly enough, I like that funny sound that the cups makes when it bounces around on the floor.