Marlawynne all time low or all time high

[loveallthingsitalian]

VIENNA....."My Mum died in 1987 and I`m still using one of the pans she`d had for years, plus the original collander she bought as a newly wed in 1941 and also her bread knife also bought in 1941."

Just this past week my ex sister in law gave me something that was lying dormant in her loft, My brother clearly took it from our parents house when they died. It was a cutlery set in a now rather tatty box with velvet lining. Mum never used it, but kept it in a chest of drawers - a wedding present circa 1945 that was never to be used - too good she'd say. When I saw it, it was like returning to my childhood as I remember this set so well. So, its now going to be used for everyday use in my house - no point in giving it to charity and no other family members want it, so finally, someone's gift to my Mum and Dad is being used, albeit almost 80 years later.

Strangely for years now I have combed the charity shops for the old fashions bone handled knives because with their rounded ends are perfect for butter spreading (current modern pointy ones are rubbish), and now I have 6 bone handled knives suitable for this. Divine providence !

Old cutlery especially bone handles are rare now because they can’t be put in the dishwasher.

 

[madaunty]

Strangely for years now I have combed the charity shops for the old fashions bone handled knives because with their rounded ends are perfect for butter spreading (current modern pointy ones are rubbish), and now I have 6 bone handled knives suitable for this. Divine providence !

My mother has one of these knives, which she’s had since before I was born.
So it must be at least 62 years old. It’s used every day.

 

[Brissles]

I don't have a dishwasher.

Yes Madaunty, it re-inforces what I said, that these old style cutlery pieces are worth their weight in gold. I still use my Gran's metal tablespoon and dessertspoons for measuring. Is it possible to still buy tablespoons ?

 

[Ballerina]

This was at 5.30 and she was with a big group of others, coming from the shopping center,no where near the hospital which is 3+ miles away and not near bus stop for/from hospital. My daughter works at our hospital and the entrance to her dept is the cancer entrance, so many with drips etc smoking.

I am a staff nurse and regularly see other members of staff smoking outside the hospital, as well as the patients. They have banned smoking anywhere on the hospital grounds but just can't enforce it, I am sad to say. I am not able to pass judgement , it is not my place, or my job to do so. However, I am a non smoker myself and see first hand what the health implications can be. I treat all my patients with the utmost care and respect but on a personal note, out of uniform, it is heartbreaking to watch already very sick people harming themselves. I disapprove strongly of staff setting a bad example, from the lowest grades to the top of the tree.

 

[Ballerina]

Oh god! Those awful articles with the mother saying “I’m soooo hot people think I’m my daughters twin sister and all her male friends want to date (ie bed) me”

In all honestly what young woman wants a mother like this? Getting your nails done or going to the spa together is one thing, getting your knockers out for 18 year old boys together is quite another.

Amen!

 

[Ballerina]

Good for an evening out at the ballet,Frank Usher said so.

Erm, I think I'll pass

 

[Twilight]

I don't have a dishwasher.

Yes Madaunty, it re-inforces what I said, that these old style cutlery pieces are worth their weight in gold. I still use my Gran's metal tablespoon and dessertspoons for measuring. Is it possible to still buy tablespoons ?

I do too. On the tablespoon there's a dip where my granny's thumb must have rested, my ma had them after she died & even though my hands are smaller than theirs when I hold that spoon it's a link to the past. I'm sure tablespoons are still available although measuring scoops seem to have cornered the market.