secretsqirrel
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I’m both, the left is very active, stuff in and out all the time, getting broken, getting replacements. The one on the right is never opened and is neglected and dusty.
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I’m both, the left is very active, stuff in and out all the time, getting broken, getting replacements. The one on the right is never opened and is neglected and dusty.
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Are you me?
Pblakeney
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briantrumpet
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Ah, which brings us to the question of whether to put glasses upside down or the right way up in cupboards. I see you're hedging your bets there, even with the same design of glass. I'm not an upsidedowner.
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briantrumpet
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@Pblakeney - your cupboards also make me wonder what's the oldest thing in there that you use frequently. I've only just retired a mug that was bought for me in Westward Ho! when I was four (it's developed a crack - should I take it back for a refund?), and a bowl made by one of the Leach pottery clan that I bought in 1985 is still in daily use.
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Pblakeney
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Hmmm. Well, under that wooden salad bowl there is a glass trifle dish which was my Gran’s. Probably somewhere around the 1920/1930s although possibly up to the 1960s.
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briantrumpet
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Only if the bases and widest point on the bowl are significantly different, which they don't appear to be in your photo. (I'd also note that anyway you've got lots of space between the alternating glasses, so the claimed advantage is not being put to any use.)
I think we need an experiment.
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briantrumpet
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Daily use? Maybe you have a trifle addiction.
I've probably got stuff that's older than my 1985 bowl, but I think that's my oldest breakable in daily use.
I'll probably report tomorrow that I've broken it.
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icowden
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The left is a crime against humanity. The right is over perfect although it's nice when your crockery fits the cupboard well.
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briantrumpet
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It's rather a metaphor for life: a slightly random jumble of maybe-useful stuff that somehow fits in between birth and death. Over-tidiness simply means you could have been getting on with fun stuff rather than rearranging your cupboards yet again with stuff you rarely use anyway.
My parents had a lovely bone china tea set they were given for a wedding present, but it stayed in the cupboard, virtually unused, for the 60 years they were in the house, as it was deemed to nice and too delicate to use.
Pblakeney
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The bases are narrower than the tops and it is more space efficient. The cupboard has a few glasses to go back in which is why it looks so empty. Time for you to do an experiment, or take my word for it.
Pblakeney
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Used frequently as you asked, not daily.
Daily stuff is the same items over and over with most rarely used.