tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post816608918682674129..comments2023-10-31T10:04:18.134-04:00Comments on That Old House: Foiling The Klepto-Ghosts of That Old HouseCass @ That Old Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12173199705431319322noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-48574665282757727622013-07-29T22:01:15.475-04:002013-07-29T22:01:15.475-04:00Your new flatware is an amazingly close match. Con...Your new flatware is an amazingly close match. Congratulations on getting a bargain!<br />NancyNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533958204266882852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-24069566492090120582013-07-26T22:08:49.528-04:002013-07-26T22:08:49.528-04:00First it was the socks.
Then it was the bras.
Thin...First it was the socks.<br />Then it was the bras.<br />Things got serious, and it was the teaspoons from my everyday pattern.<br />What next?!<br />Is there an international ring of thieves interested only in the minutia of domestic life?Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-52605618254686741462013-07-25T14:54:41.073-04:002013-07-25T14:54:41.073-04:00I have had the same problem with a paring knife th...I have had the same problem with a paring knife that belongs to a set. Could not be found anywhere. I really think my house sitter threw it away by mistake. But I still look for it.<br />Glad you found a great set on Amazon.<br />MaryMary@mydogsmygardenandmaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265174897498950754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-75837107195455182982013-07-25T12:16:20.343-04:002013-07-25T12:16:20.343-04:00Yes this is a reality of life, at my house as well...Yes this is a reality of life, at my house as well. Where do they go?podsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880888514207597761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-31545315075228232902013-07-25T11:26:18.197-04:002013-07-25T11:26:18.197-04:00We finally gathered together a set of Betty Crocke...We finally gathered together a set of Betty Crocker stainless - in the very pretty St. Ives pattern - we saved the Betty Crocker coupons and sent them off for place settings until we had service for 8. (Way back then you could send in only coupons and get premiums from Betty Crocker). I was so proud of the pretty flatware - I loved it so. Many, many years later - our three children were adults - and we moved to Washington state - the silverware was no where to be found. We searched the unpacked boxes - and the still packed boxes - not a single piece - I was heartbroken - how could my beautiful silverware be completely gone (I think it went to your house to visit). <br /><br />Over the last few years I've found pieces of it at thrift stores - but they have had the silly habit of breaking up a set and putting mis-matched pieces in a bag - so I've had to buy a lot of silverware that I didn't want to get the pieces I did want - but now, except for enough iced tea spoons - I have service for 10. I tried ebay but that Betty Crocker stuff is outrageously expensive for the most part - and there are few pieces of St. Ives (maybe everyone's went missing).<br /><br />Funny how silverware does that. And every time I open my silver draw I smile and am content!!!JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-9763846682124815292013-07-25T09:50:03.314-04:002013-07-25T09:50:03.314-04:00Well no wonder she checked for missing pieces! Ho...Well no wonder she checked for missing pieces! Holy smokes -- her STERLING got tossed? What a nightmare . . . and something that I'm sure would happen to me if I had sterling. It's probably a very good thing that I do not, or the missing flatware would REALLY drive me totally nuts!<br /><br />At parties, it is easy for someone to scrape off a plate, and send a fork along with the scraps, but I've never used my Royal Scroll flatware at a big party, there are no kids in the house, and we CHECK for runaway forks, spoons, etc., all the time when we clean up. <br /><br />It's a mystery; if I truly believed in ghosts who stole cutlery, I'd be really scared!<br /><br />Thanks for visiting ... Cass<br />PS I'm guessing it was your Dad who accidentally tossed the sterling? How funny!<br />Cass @ That Old Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173199705431319322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-3305019757827826572013-07-25T09:33:47.548-04:002013-07-25T09:33:47.548-04:00I had to laugh at your post. My mother used to ins...I had to laugh at your post. My mother used to insist upon counting silverware before anybody left on Thanksgiving. It always made me feel like bad company - however she had the awful experience when she was first married, of having her entire sterling silver set accidentally thrown away and my father had to search the town dump! He found it and saved the marriage...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093140912823862752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-29585471764243289832013-07-25T08:17:58.760-04:002013-07-25T08:17:58.760-04:00When we had little ones it was socks and silverwar...When we had little ones it was socks and silverware that disappeared, but now......???<br />Both sets are lovely, but have to admit that I am partial to the older set. <br />That old saying just flashed into my mind...Lock the doors and bolt the windows! (((hugs)))My name WAS Female, I shit you not!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18261595799137622984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-65269696154136943242013-07-25T01:53:09.965-04:002013-07-25T01:53:09.965-04:00Lucky break for you!
I'd say good luck but yo...Lucky break for you!<br /><br />I'd say good luck but you may need<br />a security guard instead.<br /><br />:o)<br />Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686645083942652050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-52742128020010162542013-07-24T22:41:04.014-04:002013-07-24T22:41:04.014-04:00I have had the same problem since my parents moved...I have had the same problem since my parents moved in to live with me....I see the correlation but they don't!! LOL!!! I love my stainless flatware but I got it many, many years ago with Betty Crocker coupons and they don't make it anymore. One of these days I will have to breakdown and buy new....for now I just supplement it with plastic.Sissysmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634206653716377187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072219918314541508.post-22573479574768736772013-07-24T22:21:05.133-04:002013-07-24T22:21:05.133-04:00Oops -- MORE gone! Do you check the pockets (o...Oops -- MORE gone! Do you check the pockets (or suitcases) of guests as they leave? (Just kidding about the suitcases!! -- but I would check pockets!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114417561785860122noreply@blogger.com