Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem
> > is that whatever I select ends up being discontinued and
> > after I break a few pieces I can't get replacements.
>
> So you've had luck, but it's been mostly bad?
>
> I admire a dry sense of humor.

Thanks :-)
What can I say. When we married we chose a Fransican pattern. When we broke
a few pieces and tried to replace them we could not get any because they
had been discontinued. I thought I would be smart and buy something that
had been around for a long time and chose a Johnson Bros. pattern that
friends had had for 20 years. When we lost a few pieces of that one and
went to buy more we discovered that, even though it had been a popular
pattern for decades, it had been discontinued. We were ready for a change
and thought we would get one of the newest patterns with the rationale that
it would be around for a while, but when we went to get more of them a few
months later it had already been discontinued.