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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is funny that you are posting about this because our conversation around the dinner table on Thanksgiving Day was about the china, crystal and silver.  We talked about the heritage of the items and the stories we associate with them.

I read an article a few years ago in WaPo that said that people are turning away from the old stuff.  For some reason our family is different.  My sister and mother and I are in the midst of scouring E-bay, Replacements, estate sales and every other place we can think of to add to our sets so that as our families get bigger with weddings and babies and such that we can handle the population explosion.  Our children are also asking about specific sets (Nana's china, Great-Grandma's china, PeePaw's crystal).  So we are also working under the philosophy that we want sets of 12-14 of everything to pass along.  It is a pretty tall order.

As we were setting up on Thursday, I asked the kids what they thought about using all of this "old fashioned" stuff.  One of the teen boys said that it was "stunning" and the rest of the kids agreed.  I think they were right.  The table looked absolutely stunning with 100 year-old crystal and china and silver.  And it pleased us all that we had such a wonderful connection with those relatives who have gone before us.

Anyway, we look at it as our effort at reuse and renew.  I think my grandparents and great-grandparents would be thrilled!  Sorry if I'm offering a different take than the title but I did want to chime in with the perspective of our family, which as per usual seems to be going against the current.[/quote]

Well, our family was volunteering in a [b]3rd world country [/b]building houses for the needed while your monster family in your home drains the resources on this planet. But keep throwing away money on China and silver.  And your use or “reuse and renew” makes me ill. [/quote]

Did you swim to said country? Or did you fly, using massive amounts of fuel?

Do you live in a yurt, or a nice, heated home? Are you on an iPhone or similar right now, you massive hypocrite?

-NP[/quote]

Come on. If you are truly working with these populations, you would know that these nations prefer "developing." Not to be PC. To be encouraging.

EXACTLY.[/quote]

Come on. If you are truly working with these populations, you would know that these nations prefer "developing." Not to be PC. To be encouraging. [/quote]

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