On 12/21/2016 4:17 PM, wrote:
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> I do believe I've seen that in one or two houses - but only many years ago. Most people can't afford that much space in their homes, after all. (As mentioned below, one can use wall space to show off china.)
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> https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...=.024a3b247200
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> Q: Dear Miss Manners: I have a shared living room/dining space, and a separate breakfast table off my kitchen. However, my formal dining table is always set, but rarely used.
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Are these real questions or just stuff Miss Manners makes up?

I have to wonder how long those table settings sit there, unused. No,
don't eat there! It's for show! How often does she wash & dust them?
Is she like Dickens' Miss Haversham, waiting for a bridegroom? Are there
cobwebs on the silver candelabras?

I have never seen a table set that way, untouched, other than in
museums/historic homes. IIRC Monticello. Mount Vernon. I saw those
places as a kid on school field trips. Of course those rooms were roped
off. Look, don't touch. Perhaps this woman should invest in some of
those velvet ropes. LOLOL

Jill