in article , Blair P. Houghton at
wrote on 10/5/03 6:55 PM:

> Sheryl Rosen > wrote:
>> this is the perfect example of why i hate all-clad.
>>
>> some poor soul paid a shitload of money for these stupid things, and now is
>> upset because they were used and washed, and no longer have the mirror
>> finish.
>
> I'll be over to dent your pans later.
>
>> hello!
>> repeat after me.
>>
>> "they are pots". "they are not objects of art. You're supposed to cook food
>> in them, not admire them from afar"
>
> Unless they are, and you are, and you're wrong.
>
>> See...the original poster is all warped because these friggin things were so
>> damn expensive, he's scared to use them!
>
> Mine were damn expensive, and I'm not scared to use
> them, nor clean them, but I'd be ****ed if some yobbo
> without the proper respect for them scratched them up
> and said "they are pots, they are not objects of art,
> blah blah blah."

But the OP clearly said "someone used them and now they are all scratched"
(paraphrased).

they obviously don't "get" it.

>
> --Blair
> "Go stand on a cutting board."