[Ads-l] gold silverware

Peter Reitan pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 4 05:17:21 UTC 2020


I believe my parents used "plastic silverware" back in the '70s, and we always used stainless steel "silverware" except on special occasions, so gold silverware seems pretty normal to me.
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So much for oxymorons.

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> From CNN.com " It was Thanksgiving, but instead of being seated at an
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> elaborate table dressed with gold silverware..." Heh.
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