The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

We buy our boring, white dishes from IKEA. When I drop them, or am too rough...it's easy and cheap to find replacements.

After my shoulder surgery a few years ago, I dropped and broke more cereal bowls than I care to admit. It took me a long time to figure out how hard to grip things again.

 

[Gary A.]

Y'all got some groovy dinnerware. I ain't taking no pics of mine. They're probably Coachware from Macy's not bought on sale. When I was single, I bought mine at the Goodwill. One of the first things that disappeared when I got remarried was my thrifty crockery, POOF! GONE! I was wise enough not to ask.

Gary saw snippets of your dinnerware ... very very nice.

 

[Gary A.]

I just bought some dishes, too. Handmade Portuguese ceramics from a place called Casa Fina that has periodic warehouse sales. These are the bowls. The dinner plates match, and the dessert plates are cream without the raised crest.

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I like the square ... adds to the uniqueness of it all. The bronze glaze is like semi-metallic and semi-reflective. More interesting in person than in photos. Gary has been gifting Mary Lou these hand-crafted glass serving pieces ... in shades of blue. But we haven't any platters matching the new set.

 

[Gary A.]

Thanks @Gary A. ! Now I am cruising the Black Friday sales ads for new dishes! Will definitely have to donate that fall colored set. I saw a post on our community Facebook page the other day about a single mom family that was moving from a shelter to a new apartment and needed just about everything. I was going to just give a Target gift card but maybe I'll donate the dishes too.

Gary has some you can deliver.

Gary can't find a matching pattern online and may be out of production ... this set is for four. After bringing the dishes home ... we even like them more than in the store ... so Gary is going back for the last box.

 

[jcdeboever]

Y'all got some groovy dinnerware. I ain't taking no pics of mine. They're probably Coachware from Macy's not bought on sale. When I was single, I bought mine at the Goodwill. One of the first things that disappeared when I got remarried was my thrifty crockery, POOF! GONE! I was wise enough not to ask.

Gary saw snippets of your dinnerware ... very very nice.

The wife has style for stuff. I try to stuff stuff into style.

 

[Gary A.]

Geez, I guess it depends on where you live/work... I always had to have daily lesson plans, and a sub notebook with schedules, info. on the kids, etc. Even in EI with the toddler classes. I do remember teaching in public school many years ago on occasion covering someone's class and they may have just done homework. Or maybe I'm thinking of study hall duty... lunchroom duty was much more exciting! (yeah, right)

Hall duty, now that was really entertaining. Why are you at this end of the building? (because the hall pass says something clear at the other end...) Um, I had to get this thing out of my friend's locker and um, their locker is by the gym and then, um, had to get my whatever and my locker's over here, and then um... (Giving them the teacher look) never mind just go, get to class... while I'd keep one eye on them the rest of the way down the hall... Could jr. high kids ever come up with great reasons to be anyplace but where they were! lol

Boy does Jon need a break.

In 10th grade biology class, we had to do experiments with fruit flies to study genetics. We had to keep careful watch after the mating pairs were introduced to see when the first eggs were laid (based on the timing of the eggs, you could determine the fathers whereas later eggs could have been mixed...or something like that.)

My friend and I had to go check our flies in the bio lab during a lunch period one day. The hall monitor stopped us to ask where we were going, and we deadpanned in response, "To check if our flies are still virgins." We got past.

True story: one day, I actually caught two of the flies in the act. I am now able to cross "Witness sex between fruit flies" off my bucket list

And yes, after months and months of experiments in both 10th grade bio and 12th grade AP bio, I still remember the Latin name: Drosophila melanogaster.

Gary remember's having a sub in high school chemistry. Someone set a trash can on fire in the open hallway. Gary and his bud told the sub that we were the fire marshals for this hall and we need to get the fire extinguisher and put the fire out. The sub agreed with our claim ... I remember looking at my bud in complete disbelief ... he had the presence to nudge me into action. So we grabbed the extinguisher and shot each other and all the windows and open doors on route to the trash can. By the time we arrive at the fire ... we had run out of CO-Two.

 

[Gary A.]

I have some Pfaltzgraff Heritage which is white, slightly, octagonal square edgy-ish... and no I'm not bothering to take pictures! lol And some Russel Wright Modern in light gray. I like modern streamlined styles.

I got plastic/melamine after the stroke because of difficulty gripping things and having enough things hit the floor, but the problem is you can't microwave it (well you can try, but boy does it get hot!! lol) Now I use mostly cheapo odds and ends so I can just fling those on the floor and not worry about breaking anything good.

Funny, you don't look Greek ...

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

Gary has some you can deliver.

Gary can't find a matching pattern online and may be out of production ... this set is for four. After bringing the dishes home ... we even like them more than in the store ... so Gary is going back for the last box.

Careful. It's very addictive.

 

[davidharmier60]

We eat on a mix of dishes. We have some bowls we all like. We have less of them than we did. Funny thing about plates.
We have some that match the bowls.
We have two sizes of fancy plates.
The smaller of the two while much bigger than the matching plates has no more usable space. The larger plate isn't all that much larger.

I remember plastic plates back when. Pastel colors. Usable to the extreme.

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[davidharmier60]

This is one of three youngest.
Her name is J.J. (named for Mr. Watt.)

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[davidharmier60]

Whoops. Shot the pic with the phone upright.

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[davidharmier60]

This is one of the three sisters. This one is called Nub (or Nub nub or Nubbie)

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[Gary A.]

Gary likes your dogs. Gary wishes he had the room for a flock of pooches.

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave is about to close his eyelids.
Y'all take care, ya hear?

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[smoke665]

Gary likes your dogs. Gary wishes he had the room for a flock of pooches.

We had 3 before a Brittany, a Yorkie, and a Boxer. Strange mix I know. The Brittany was our first as a puppy, then the Yorkie a year later as a puppy, then the Boxer later as a puppy.