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 @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Our local chain of charity shops are awash in wedding China, the stuff that can't be in the microwave or go into a dishwasher due to metallic paints. You would not be alone in donating yours. Do it. Donate them and remove any anxiety you have from them. 29 comments
@Lynnd @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Depends on the shop. But yes. Enjoy what you have. Send it through the dishwasher enough times so that the plate is white in a few years. Stop worrying over it. The charity shop near me sells these plates for US$0.50 each. They certainly are not trying to make bank off of them. @MyWoolyMastadon @Lynnd @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley We have a free shop in town, they get in sets of fine china regularly d/t people dying off & their kids don't want it. My everyday stuff is a mixture of china & other plates I enjoy looking at. Some are one of a kind. Even use it out at the trailer. Had a big supper do with the other campers one night, the older campers were aghast at using fine china around the campfire. "What if it gets broken" 😜 @CodieneC @MyWoolyMastadon @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley that’s awesome. I think that so many shops get inundated with “the family china,” that they just can’t handle it all, especially if it doesn’t sell. One option for teacups and saucers might be a local tea or coffee shop. @Lynnd @CodieneC @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Ages ago I saw a jewelry artist who took broken China plates and made broaches and earrings and hair clips using the decorative edges. Moziac artists too could use them. Unless repurposed, no one is paying US$35 a plate and up like they once did for these dishes. @MyWoolyMastadon @CodieneC @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley it’s a lesson on the value of conspicuous consumption - what is “valuable” to one generation may be garbage to the next. I love how you were able to repurpose these things. @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley It would be great if every town had a free shop for recycling stuff they no longer want or need. We were lucky that one lady in town had an old shop that wasn't being used for anything so now 2x a week you can drop off unwanted items and/or pick something up that you can use - for free. @CodieneC @Lynnd @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley I was watching a show that was discussing the Maker mentality in GB. There was a garbage transfer station where people pulled up to discard their rubbish. They put usable but unwanted stuff in a corner where anyone could pick from to take home. Single pane windows, busted chairs that needed paint and woodworking, lamps missing shades, etc. It was brilliant. Plus it was a community where you HAD to take your own garbage to the dump. @MyWoolyMastadon @Lynnd @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Definitely a good idea for any dump to be doing. @MyWoolyMastadon @CodieneC @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley that’s a great idea. I think that some dumps do that here in Ontario, but ours does not.  @econads @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley @econads @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley No problem - just that nowadays most charity shops are owned by big corps or churches & they like Feregi style profit @econads @CodieneC @Lynnd @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Yep. Salvation Army and Goodwill are horrible charities. Their prices for goods they got for free are exorbitant. A few bucks more and you could buy brand new. Lucky to have a religious charity in my area that keeps prices cheap. Saw a Tommy Bahamas shirt some time ago. The price was $5 like all of the other shirts. @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Yep, I never take the cups, saucers or bowls. Sometimes someone will take cups/saucers for the senior's centre & I know of some that grab whatever is left for various art projects. They never really last long :) @MyWoolyMastadon @Cbfoley @falcennial @econads @CodieneC @daviddlevine @Lynnd We have fine china bc my mother-in-law insisted we choose a pattern, bc ‘everyone should have it’ (grew up quite poor). Usually gets used just a couple times a year, but I think maybe we’ll start using it for Sundays even when we’re just have soup and grilled cheese. Will make for fun variety, and will make me less salty about the cupboard dedicated to storing them. @DavidM_yeg @Cbfoley @falcennial @econads @CodieneC @daviddlevine @Lynnd In the wedding industry there are many traditions that I'm happy to see go. Expensive seldom used fine place settings were always a silly expense. My mom had to pick out a place setting and ask for it at her wedding. Things she did not get she was expected to go out and buy herself. The sets were only used at major holidays. They required hand washing, could never go into a microwave & caused anguish when chipped. @MyWoolyMastadon @DavidM_yeg @Cbfoley @falcennial @econads @CodieneC @daviddlevine and because of that, so many people stopped using them altogether, and they just sat in the fancy china cabinet unused and unloved as a status symbol of a bygone era. I go my mother’s and my aunt’s china and crystal, and I am using it all, and enjoying it. If it gets broken, oh well, one less thing for my executors to deal with 🤷♂️ @CodieneC @Lynnd @DavidM_yeg @Cbfoley @falcennial @econads @daviddlevine Excellent view to take! Enjoy them. In a thousand years who cares what you did with them. @DavidM_yeg @Cbfoley @falcennial @econads @CodieneC @daviddlevine @Lynnd I'm glad you will use the fine China and enjoy them. @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley Do that Greek or Russian or whatever thing where you finish the drink/meal, shout something, and throw the glass/plate against the fireplace or wall. Then you've had good (memorable) fun, and don't have to wash them. @kelvin0mql @Lynnd @MyWoolyMastadon @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley I'm just picturing a very refined lady finishing up tea and tiny biscuits and then throwing her tea cup on the ground, shouting something foreign in a posh accent and then acting as if there was nothing out of the ordinary. I'm liking it. @MyWoolyMastadon |
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@MyWoolyMastadon @econads @falcennial @daviddlevine @Cbfoley unfortunately a lot of thrift stores and charity shops won’t take any of that fine China, crystal, and silverware because they can’t sell it. So just use it, and enjoy it. I hate to say this, but the thrift store may just throw it in the dumpster if you leave it with them, so you might as well get the joy out of using it.