To: thecodont; ottbmare
The best part: there were shards of dishes left there that were identified as being Wedgwood, and because Wedgwood hasn’t changed in the past 200 years I was able to go out and buy dishes in the same pattern my ancestors used. This is very cool.
It sure is...just imagine the fun at formal family dinners trying to guess which person has the plate that's spent the last few hundred years marinating in poo.
19 posted on
04/06/2010 11:25:26 PM PDT by
highlander_UW
(Remember in November...vote the bums out)
To: highlander_UW
Is it wrong to get excited about antiquities?
Hey, it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it!
20 posted on
04/07/2010 12:01:06 AM PDT by
BenKenobi
("we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be")
To: highlander_UW
It sure is...just imagine the fun at formal family dinners trying to guess which person has the plate that's spent the last few hundred years marinating in poo. My co-workers are looking at me strangely as I keep re-reading this - it's as hysterical on the tenth time as it was the first.
46 posted on
04/09/2010 10:39:52 AM PDT by
nina0113
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