jmcquown wrote:
> 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

Your mother needed good dinnerware, just in case. She was the wife
of a high ranking military field grade officer. Popeye says they
are all faggots, but I believe they still deserve some respect.

Your dad would have shit if a general officer came to dinner and
mom only had paper plates.