Re: broken china


"Melba's Jammin'" <barbs.challer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:barbs.challer-AC8B3F.09364226122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <PM000408C84797A492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> The Bubbo <oyobo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> P.Aitken wrote:
>>
>> > It sounds like this china is nothing but a source of worry for you. Why
>> > bother - to impress people? It is meant to be used, and therefore will
>> > get broken. Enjoy it and accept the inevitable breakage - or put it on
>> > display where it is safe.
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
>>
>> welcome to the wonderful world that is me where I worry about everything
>> and
>> everything is a source of anxiety.
>>
>> I like the china, I like to eat off it and I like servinbg on it. I think
>> it's
>> pretty. I know things will break but I'd like to keep the 8 place
>> settings
>> that I have complete.
>
> And don't let anyone try to convince you that there's anything wrong
> with that plan, Kiddo. Sure, they break if not handled carefully. And
> those "special occasion only" things are often what 'make' the memory.
> Nice to recall when you're older. A friend has her mom's Haviland china
> - it is very, very beautiful - and she uses it for Christmas, I think.
> And she washes it by hand - alone. Puts a towel at the bottom of the
> sink. And you can bet that she remembers her mom and those special
> times when she does. A person could do worse.

Haviland is the old china I have inherited that I said the replacement for
the tureen was $$$. It is old, thin and fragile. And it has been used by
the family, well used. But I am very careful of it.
I remember when I was a teen that we visited a home for dinner, the likes of
which I'd never seen before, and they insisted that I come in to dry the
crystal. I don't know what they were thinking. They told me to be careful,
but I didn't even know what crystal was, but from their admonitions, I knew
it was dear.
Dee Dee


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