On 5/2/2020 9:59 AM, Silvar Beitel wrote:
> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 9:11:44 AM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>> On 5/2/2020 4:37 AM, Silvar Beitel wrote:
>>> Dinner last night 5/1/20. Served with grilled Alaskan salmon fillets and steamed broccoli.
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>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojShDSbvK4sdLagU6
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>> What are you doing with my dishes?
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> Had to ask Mrs. B. Corelle, Old Town Blue pattern. She bought them back in the early 70s when she moved out of her parents' house and got her own apartment. And here we are nearly 50 years later, still using them. I suspect you and I are not the only ones.
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> You can still find them.
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> <https://www.replacements.com/webquote/coroltb.htm>
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Oh goody! Corelle! The unbreakable ones? Not a pattern I would know.
I like the name "blue onion".

My mother bought a set of the original Harvest Gold pattern unbreakable
Corelle when it first came out. She was fascinated by the claim they
wouldn't break. I'm not kidding, she literally threw a plate on the
kitchen floor to try to break it. Nope, didn't break, didn't crack.
She was thrilled! (Don't try this at home, when they do break they
shatter into tiny slivers.)

I honestly don't know why she was so thrilled. She wasn't in the habit
of dropping or breaking dishes. None of us were. I still have the full
set of Franciscan Ware she used for her every day dishes from the
1950's. Nary a broken plate, bowl, tea cup or serving platter. Dessert
Rose pattern. It was very popular at the time. I still use them
occasionally.

Jill