Well, the peace and quiet is over and so is the stitching time

My pint (pottery) mug holds a pint of hot, strong, sweet tea. My pint (glass) mug holds a pint of (home brewed) beer.

Hee hee, that's a real oldie lol

I love the bit where the old chap couldn't understand why his water tower collapsed when he cut "just a small piece" from one of the main supports. But they bred them tough in those days!

This is somewhat interesting

I think I would die of the surprise if people on Skye sued lolol

And there is never something else in the pottery mug?

I've love to have a decent mug that size.

Cheryl

Great book though.

Just finished Peyton Place - another golden oldie, but the story still rings true today.

Cheryl

Definitely just like Peyton Place. I have a friend from Wolfboro (supposedly Peyton Place in the book) and there is still anger over the book.

Cheryl

We have these beautiful museum mugs with Vincent Van Gogh paintings on them, AND our other stuff is Green Bay Packer...and now I will be having The Jets! Phew on that trade. I hated that Buchaneer Boat and the pewter spandex!

Yeah. I meant Oliver!

I have my head on straight. it's only a fantasy. Our suburban backyard is enough. Mark saw three baby and mommy raccoon in the tree last night, then there are four baby oppossums, and he found a little tiny baby oppossum in the pool, alive and he saved it. Now he's out there taking a photo of a tarantula hole in the tree. Our backyard is definitely a wildlife habitat. The rats sit there eating their seeds by the brush pile and when they see us they wave now!

Oh - no comparison. Just always find it a bit interesting - public perception versus a little more behind the scenes. We're big Gretzky fans in this household. But, at least in hockey, can never think that anyone is above/beyond the nasty remarks - even if only meant for the opponents' ears.

Personally, we've never been Chris Simon fans - as he's so prone to losing his temper and some seriously ugly attacks - like the stick to the head of the laying on the ice Donald Brashear. I think who you're thinking of is Marty McSorley - who IIRC someone picked up after his lengthy suspension. Similarly, after Todd Bertuzzi caused such a horrid injury, and I believe was brought up on criminal charges, after his suspension for a year - he was brought back. Oh, well.

Ellice

I understood you - just answering with what rationale I could. I'm sure that it is illegal to have a child on a motorcycle without a helmet.

Ellice

If it's not illegal, it certainly should be.

Does it surprise you as much as it does me that people today seem to think they invented sex and intrique yesterday and it will be the ruination of the world as we know it. Didn't any of those people read books in the past?

Lucille

Tea cups are slightly smaller than coffee cups in china services. Also, older sets will have deeper saucers for the tea (slops thing WRT antiques). Anyhow, generally the teacups will be daintier, generally shallower, and the coffee cups are larger and more upright. But, not all the time - some patterns it's just kind of the ~6 oz tea cup and an ~8 oz coffee cup. Demi-tasse cups, smaller, quite upright.

My DA collects antique china, and my DM collected tea cups - enough that my SIL & I split her collection. There's a bit of range in the shape, style - but most of them are 19th century, some 18th, maybe 1 or 2 early 20th. My DA has 18th century and 19th century Royal Doulton, and Royal Worcester - plus when she married - they actually had a set of Royal Imari made for themselves as "good" china - complete with hand fluted plates, interiors of bowls and cups painted. It's stunning - if overwhelmeing. Anyhow, I also have a china set (inherited) that has complete servie - including of all things - cream soups, regular soups, tea and coffee cups, etc. It's only about 60 years old, but.....

My DF, for many years, would refuse to drink out of anything but cup and saucer, then finally DM got him to do coffee in a mug, but tea stayed in cups and saucers. So, family fun - when we did take-out Chinese - there was always a pot of China Oolong tea, and cups with saucers. Go figure. I love that teapot, and still have it (though it's still packed up). Black, with fine striped enamel decoration in relief. Likely way to good for the brutal use we gave it.

Ellice

Ah, how very French. I just loved it my first ever morning in France - go down for petit dejeuner (breakfast) - and a hot, perfect baguette with gorgeous butter, and a bowl of coffee! Yum - great café au lait. Interestingly, I found that in my friends, and then beau's, houses they would have a bowl - deep, uaually angled sides, for coffee, but in some of the restaurants/hotels - the bowl would be a huge mug like we sometimes use for soup - with a handle. Bowl shaped, but with the handle and not so angled. Anyhow, of course I brought a set home!

Ellice