China

[nwhiker]

OK. The reason I put up that horrid photo. It's my mom's china pattern. She actually went out and bought that, at some point in the 70s. I remember being a small child and thinking that these were HORRID back then, and several decades haven't changed my opinion in the slightest.



So my mom sent me an email Saturday, asking me if I wanted said china set. I'll add, btw, that it's from a reputable Swiss brand, but it's ugly. Anyhow, I composed a polite I DON'T THINK SO.

While I was composing my gentle refusal, she emailed again to ask me if I wanted my grandma's china.

Ah! Yes, that I actually do want and like. So I'll get that, whenever. This is the pattern:



Probably not something I'd have picked out myself, but I really like it. I don't have china and since my brother has my aunt's (well, it's in my closet, waiting for him), my sister had a zillion sets, I don't feel bad taking my nana's.

I still would love to understand why my parents bought that hideous stuff. I mean, my mother otherwise has good taste. Darker than I'd like (darker woods, stuff like that), but nothing that makes me suspicious of her ability to distinguish nice china from a nightmare pattern.

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[camelsamba.livejournal.com]

Is the "ugly" china blue and white, or black and white? Hard to tell on my monitor under current lighting conditions. Maybe it was the height of fashion in the era. I actually kind of like it - although maybe i'd feel different if I saw it in person - or had to eat from it. It is kind of busy for eating from.

My mom has 2 sets of china: one of them in an, ummmm, "interesting" green color. It was either her mother's or her grandmother's, so quite old and very fragile. My sister loves it. I don't. Looks like we'll have a relatively easy time dividing that part of the 'estate'...

[nwhiker.livejournal.com]

Black and white. Dh said it reminded him of burlap. Clearly the 70s, right? Oh the horrors that happened then.

Interesting green sounds, umm... worrisome! But yeah, sounds like an easy division to me!

[camelsamba.livejournal.com]

i wonder what a QR code reader would make of it? :^)

eta: just checked. the answer: nothing. it does not recognize it as QR. Oh well!

[arcanetrivia]

Maybe it distracted from horrible 70s food?