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09-19-2009, 10:07 AM | #1 | |||
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In Remembrance
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I'm sitting at the kitchen table contemplating my coffee cup. I don't specifically remember what it used to say but I can make out a very faded I and A from the word MICHIGAN. It used to have a blue M on it and I think it said GO BLUE.
I think it also used to say Red Lobster or some other restaurant on it at one time... The thing looks like it's been sitting in a smokehouse. Wierd coffee stains all over it. Some areas look like it's been sandpapered. The stains suggest the cup's cracked but it always comes out of the dishwasher whole. The part I sip on is dark brown. The part of the handle where my left thumb invariably rests when I pick it up is extremely worn. I've been drinking out of this cup for over 30 years. 2 countries, 5 states, 4 houses, a college dorm room, several apartments... Should I give in to my wife's disgusting scowl and retire it? Or should I keep drinking it until the MICHIGAN WOLVERINES WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Is it another college football Saturday or what? Tom Last edited by freeinhou; 09-19-2009 at 10:08 AM. Reason: hit the wrong key |
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09-19-2009, 10:30 AM | #2 | |||
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A good coffee cup is hard to find ! I broke my favorite one a while back and I miss it every morning .
I wouldn't give it up without a fight, lol. Try soaking it in Cascade for a day or so it may make the mug a little bit more presentable .
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09-19-2009, 10:40 AM | #3 | |||
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Keep it! It's part of you!
I tend to use the same coffee cup every day. I have a cupboard full of them but only use the one. Maybe I should try rotating them so I don't grab the same one everyday. Come to think of it....even when it's not the "next one up" in the cupboard I look for it, wash it, and use it again!
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09-19-2009, 10:45 AM | #4 | |||
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No way! Keep it, it's part of your soul, like a great pair of leather shoes, it just fits.
I agree with J., a little spa time with some bleached water will give it another decade or more. I have two stainless mugs that are identical and I've been using them since 1998, life would never be the same without them. Oh, and yeah, Tom, I'm the one with the weird ideas.
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09-19-2009, 10:50 AM | #5 | |||
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Mr Clean MAgic Erasers will take off even the darkest coffee stains.
I vote to hang onto an old friend. It sounds like the day may come that it wont be there, and you will have treasured memories. Tell the wife when company is over you will use a better mug, but till then, its a mug full of memories that you cant bear to part with.
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09-19-2009, 11:55 AM | #6 | |||
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My DH bought me a cup for my 40th birthday. that says, "It's my 29th birthday and I'll cry if I want to"
It has a colorful burning cake with candles and confetti flying all over it....and I've been slurping all of my drinks out of it ever since...29 yrs.......Hey, it the cup's 29th birthday.. I hand wash it every day....it has not faded or stained, although the bottom of it gets pretty discusting at times.. If this is a poll...I say, ""Have it buried with you"!!!!!!
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09-19-2009, 07:05 PM | #7 | ||
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Or you could say honey I'll keep it until your buckeyes can beat USC, or beat a #5 top ranked team or better or until OSU wins a national championship. All of those might take longer than Michigan winning a national champ game. Go Blue! |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (09-19-2009) |
09-19-2009, 07:17 PM | #8 | |||
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Sounds like you have had that cup longer than you have had that wife.... Therefor the cup wins.
Kind of like me and my collection of high heeled shoes I cannot bear to part with even though I cannot wear them anymore. Hubby to be realizes I have had those shoes longer than I have had him and it is mandatory that we pack them up every time we move.
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09-20-2009, 06:33 AM | #9 | |||
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Kind of like me and my collection of high heeled shoes I cannot bear to part with even though I cannot wear them anymore. Keep that mug. I have ones I love and could never part with. Legzzalot _- I have every pair of shoes I once wore. No way could I use them now, but if I wanted, I could visit them. My belts are on a rack, they're like art. They remind me when my waist was skinny, so the belts I normally could not afford were on sale. I've kept some dresses I loved too and can no longer wear. I have shorts I wore at 17, and up to the last year in a chair, fit in them (Not that I'd wear them!!). It's my own personal museum of my past. I also have books and teaching materials in attic still.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (09-20-2009) |
09-20-2009, 07:20 AM | #10 | |||
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And I had to laugh about this thread this morning as I filled my favorite coffee cup. It was a special gift from the firemen. It's my INS mug they gave me after they came over for dinner and realized I was not joking about the 14 illegal aliens living in the 3 bedroom house next door. Oh memories of my first house! I miss that place. It was horrible and falling apart, but it was ours.
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