Re: broken china


Dave Smith wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > Then considering your opening premise you're being hipocritical.
> > Anyway, wine glasses are cheap, a box of eight everyday
> > stemware/barware costs like $10-$15... if a neighbor came to me and
> > asked to borrow stemware (it's probably last minute and the stores are
> > closed) I'd gift them a box of Luminarc, I have plenty extra. Normal
> > people neither borrow or lend expensive crystal... which is why I don't
> > believe your story.
> >
>
> Holy ***. I agree with Sheldon. Wine glasses have a short live expectancy in this
> house. I look for sets of nice glasses in stores where they have a running supply of
> them and stock up. Occasionally I buy several sets of them on sale, take one out and
> put the rest away for replacements. If/when I break a few, I have immediate
> replacements.
>
> Around here, wine stores have glasses for rent for people having large parties. In some
> of them, they loan you the glasses for free if you buy a certain amount of wine from
> them.... enough to need a lot of extra glasses. You don't even have to wash them. Just
> put them back in the case and take them back.
>
> I broke a nice crystal glass as a party a few years ago. I don't think it was my fault.
> I had to go to a party for my wife's church choir. I can't stand the hostess. She is a
> royal bitch. She is a self righteous snob who I have almost collided with on the road a
> few times when she pulled out in front of me. She is the reason some people have quit
> the choir. I got coerced into going to this party, but I arrived late because I had
> had a riding lesson. Her husband gave me a nice crystal wine glass. I opened my wine,
> poured myself a glass of wine. I set it down on the "bar" which turned out to be two
> card tables of slightly different heights with a cloth over it. I didn't realize that
> it was uneven. I set it down on the edge of the two tables, not realizing the surface
> was crooked. My bottle tipped over and caused a domino reaction. It fell over, hit
> another bottle, which then hit a third bottle, which in turn fell it hit the edge of
> the glass and broke it.
>
> Naturally I was upset about having broken a nice crystal glass and apologized to the
> host and offered to replace it. Then his wife gave over and started berating him for
> having me let me use the good crystal. It was her mother's and cannot be replaced.
>
> Well damn it. If you are going to bitch and whine about glasses being broken, don't put
> them out. If you are going to put up a bar, make sure the surface is flat. If there is
> an uneven surface, don't put an protective mat on top to disguise it and then another
> cloth on top of that. It is an accident looking for a place to hide it.

Obviously she's a no class selfish bitch... if you can't afford a
proper bar then use plastic... what if you had hurt yourself, cut
yourself badly... but all the bitch was concerned with is her stinkin'
glass, probably was nothing so special anyway.

My next door neighbor is a scotch drinker. He works hard and drinks
hard. When Mark stops by for whatever reason, if only to bring some of
his veggies, I'll offer him his Johnny Walker Black (I don't drink it
but keep it special for him), I'll pour him a high ball glass full
except for the space three ice cubes occupy, that's his drink... high
ball glass fits his tractor's cup holder better than stemware.
Sometimes he'll stay long enough for a second or even a thrid, but then
his wife comes looking for him... he's gotta run (Goddess has spoken)
but not without his unfinished drink... heck, by now he must own a
couple dozen of my $1.50 barware, but what do I care when the scotch I
poured into one glass is worth like four glasses. I know one day he
will walk in with like a gross of my cheapo glasses, and I'll continue
to fill them again... Mark is the greatest neighbor I ever had, if I
had a son I'd want him to be like Mark.

People who entertain never put out family heirloom tableware, not for
the plebian hordes... people who entertain regularly buy cheapo
glassware by the case. I don't even use my fancy-schmancy glassware
when it's just me... yes, it's for show! Like who needs a $50 goblet
for $2 worth of gin.

I have a lot of possessions that are just for show. I collect fountain
pens, I have many worth into the thousands of dollars, some into the
tens of thousands of dollars... I actually on occasion use them, but
essentially they are for show, in fact they are so for show that I am
the only one who ever sees them. Anyone wants to borrow a pen I have
19¢ BICs.

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