On 5/2/2020 3:59 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 3:16:25 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/2/2020 1:20 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 11:12:37 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojShDSbvK4sdLagU6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What are you doing with my dishes?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can still find them.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.replacements.com/webquote/coroltb.htm>
>>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> My mother has Corelle. I never saw the attraction.
>>>
>>> I have these:
>>>
>>> <https://www.ebay.com/i/163420926748>
>>>
>>> Not those exact pieces.
>>>
>>> Been using them for about 30 years. They don't look markedly different
>>> from the day I got them, and I think I've only broken one or two--and
>>> I _am_ pretty clumsy in the kitchen.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> Hey, that's cool. Sort of diner ware.
>>
>> This is an example of my everyday dinnerwa
>>
>> https://www.replacements.com/p/inter...intlat/2651701
>>
>> I bought the entire set of 12 everything from plates and bowls and cups
>> and saucers online for $99 about 20 years ago. They want $19.99 to
>> replace a single dinner plate? Wow. Guess I got a deal.
>>
>> I've yet to break any of them.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Those are quite pretty. I only have everyday dinnerware. I've never
> seen the need for anything else.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I get what you're saying. I mostly don't use the other dinnerware I
have. I honestly don't know why my mother had so many sets of
dinnerware. It's not as if she entertained or had big family dinners.
I gladly gave my oldest brother the Noritake bamboo pattern china after
she died. No one wanted what we grew up with as her everyday Desert Rose
Franciscan ware so it's in the kitchen cabinet. Then there is her
"good" china that no one ever saw except on holidays. Oh well. I use
the stuff I bought. I like the simple lattice pattern.

Jill