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Some things just amaze me.
I have been to parties, opened a trash can lid, and seen good utensils in there. I fish them out, bring them to the kitchen sink. How? I just do not understand it. I've seen it more than once. |
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11-15-2017, 12:34 PM
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SIL came from a wealthier family. At family meals she hosted is was always with all the fancy smancy china, silver utensils, and crystal glassware from the class doored china cabinet. If anything got messed up she just replaced it. She always just said it wasn't worth having if they didn't use it. My parents, nor my immediate family even own fancy place settings let alone all the serving stuff that goes with it.
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11-15-2017, 01:02 PM
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I’m not from a wealthy family. And have a few nice things. Irritating as hell when in laws come over and treat my stuff like it’s their own garbage. Even if my stuff were garbage it's still mine, not theirs.
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Understand that. My SIL, Bro, and their kids treat my stuff like it is okay to borrow, lose, tear up without asking of even mentioning. If I say anything I am just being an a over nothing.
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11-15-2017, 02:27 PM
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In all seriousness... plastic knives rock. Just imagine cutting into that steak and having the plastic knife snap in half. |
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11-15-2017, 02:56 PM
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I have a complete set of Mikasa fine china in a box in the garage, never used.
It was a wedding gift from my grandmother to my wife, but wifey didn't care for the pattern. My daughter isn't interested either, so there it sits for over 25 years. It's not worth that much, maybe 5 or 6 hundred bux. Sure seems like a waste. One of these days i'm gonna do something with it. |
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I've got genuine bronze set of utensils from Turkey that would make Tabs proud.
I'd show you but I'd have to kill you (preferably with my wife's "happy cook" Wustof knifes). Edit:My wife added her knife set was not top of the line, but somewhere in the middle. I asked "would they be nice enough to efficiently kill someone?" She hesitantly said "uh.... sure." So there you have it.... Edit two: as per wife- the Turkish knife set is actually from Thailand Last edited by LEAKYSEALS951; 11-15-2017 at 03:09 PM.. |
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11-15-2017, 03:27 PM
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Silverware
My grandmother had a set of sterling silver flatware that she used everyday. I don't even think she had any other set of flatware. By the time she died at 101+, it was all very worn with some of the spoon bowls nearly thin enough to read through! Now, that is the way to use and enjoy a set of silverware! It was passed on to my sister and later to my niece. No telling how long it will stay in use!
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I don't think your opinion is based on your (still unclear) generation, but rather on upbringing. In our family, there were lots of traditions we observed, which lead to strong sentiments about the trappings around those traditions as we carried them forward. I've got friends that same age that have no such connections because their families never did those things. No biggie. Heck, I'll concede those sentiments are sometimes a pain in the butt. Growing up, we had dinner together every night around the same table. One of my sisters has that table and it's way too big for the space, but hey, she's been eating dinner at it since she was four, we did our homework together there, etc. so it stays despite it blocking easy access to a couple of rooms.
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11-16-2017, 03:22 AM
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I have a collection of tablecloths etc. that my grandmother crocheted by hand. The stuff is amazing but no one has any appreciation for what she created. The machine made stuff looks the same but I watched this woman spin these things out of a ball of string!
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11-16-2017, 06:06 AM
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When I was cleaning out my parents house I found a lot of the family silverware and china sets. My dad was an Air Force officer and they held a lot of dinner parties. They had several sets of china. The cool part was a new LT. in the Air Force and his wife saw one set of china and like many newlyweds had little cash. We made them a bargain on the set and they loved the fact that a Air Force officer's family set was now theirs and I was happy it would get used.
My wife was not interested in real silver silverware. We have a nice set of stainless flatware that can be washed in the dishwasher. It has not been used often. The tough stuff to get rid of is old family photos. I had many big boxes of several generations of photos. I did a full family tree on Ancestry.com and uploaded a ton of photos that other distant cousins I don't know have thanked me for. I mailed off several large boxes to other cousins that were interested in keeping and treasuring them. I have no kids and I knew one day someone would be just trashing them. This way the people that will treasure them will get them. I had a quilt that my great grandmother received from her grandmother and a letter written by that great great great grandmother about the quilt. My female cousin that has many girl grandchildren cried for an hour when I gave it to her. I am very lucky to have had the heirlooms pass on to me. I just could not see letting them deteriorate in my attic to be trashed someday.
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1981 Porsche 911 SC Targa
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