Frogleg wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> > Since stainless is common and silver is expensive, it makes
> > perfect sense that silver is now used on special occasions.

My parents received a set of silverplate and a set of stainless
as wedding presents when the married in the late 1940s. Ever
since the silverplate has been for special occasions.

> Weird. I've used my sterling every day of my adult life. Never had the
> spare cash (or desire) to get a set of "stainless."

Did you buy your own sterling or did you receive them as an
inheritance, gift or whatever? If I had inheritted a set or
gotten a set as a gift, I would still be using it is well.

I had to buy my own, and when I bought my first set there was a
factor of 10 or more price difference between stainless and
sterling. Since stainless performs well, to this day I have not
yet bothered to spring the extra dollars of a sterling set yet
I've given away a few stainless sets to the kids when they moved
out and replaced them with other stainless sets.