The Ranger wrote:

>
> If we need to replace flatware (not yet in seventeen years), it'll
> be due to wanting a new pattern and not because we're throwing it
> out with the plate scrapings. Can you really purchase individual
> knives, forks, and spoons? I've only ever seen them in sets...

You can buy the plain SS ones (for everyday use) in sets of 6
(teaspoons, knives, whatever) around here. I don't have to buy the whole
set...

If you haven't lost one in 17 years you are lucky... Teaspoons are like
socks around here - they "go missing". And my DS managed to "lose" one
of my "good" knives years ago - he left it in a pizza box and threw the
whole thing away - well, that's the theory anyway We have a whole
drawer full of *real* silver flatware. Never use it. It stains too
easily and is a b*tch to clean.
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Chatty Cathy