Whatever happened to "truth in advertising"?
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Whatever happened to---corningware
Comments (59)Well, I have no professional expertise, but I doubt that dnaleri2 is correct about only marked items being safe for stovetop use. We could go back to the Oct 21, 2011 post above that all 'flat' smooth corning ware is OK. I have several versions of the square units with various markings. My first point is that all are smooth white on the bottom, but some have a very slight raised (still smooth) outer rim. However, some are completely smooth on the bottom. My most important point supporting general stovetop use is that Corning sold two clip on handles to go over one of the hand holds at the side of most units. One was for the small (~5") P-41 PETITE PAN and the other was for the common size pans. Obviously, this turned the dishes into sauce pans etc for stove use. All my dishes have essentially the same shape hand holds that can be gripped by the clip on handle. It seems unlikely that Corning would not modify the shape to prevent the handle use if newer or different non-stovetop formulations were designed. I have looked at the bottoms of all my Corning Ware. Some specifically say RANGE - OVEN - MICROWAVE, others say FOR RANGE & MICROWAVE, and others say nothing. My P-41 PETITE PANs say nothing, but they came with that handle. I have three regular blue corn flower units, all in exactly the same shape: the P-1-B says nothing, the P-1 3/4-B says For Range & Microwave and presumably the oldest 2 1/2 QT unit (no P- designation) only says PYROCERAM. My guess is that newer units don't say anything due to our more litigious society....See MoreWhatever happened to Galerkin furniture?
Comments (4)Thanks for the reply, I still got the notification after all this time. I never did get my sofa reupholstered but I guess this is a good reminder to get it done. I still like the style, and construction quality was solid so that should make it it worth doing. He made some great stuff. Thanks!...See MoreWhatever happened to Jackson and Perkins?
Comments (11)Kristine mentions, above, that she had heard they (JP) had been sold to Weeks (in the past). hoovb's post (in the discussion started by Sara Ann) from 2013 referenced arsyankee.org, where an article about JP says: In 2007, when J & P appeared to be a financially sound business, Weeks contracted with J & P to produce rose plants for delivery to J & P in December 2009. However, due to its financial problems J & P was unable to take delivery, resulting in a $1.7 million dollar loss to Weeks. This may have distorted Weeks’ sales figures for 2009 and 2010, decreasing sales in 2009 and increasing sales in 2010 as Weeks attempted to sell the plants that J & P had been unable to accept. Weeks’ sale of these J & P rose plants may have led some to conclude, incorrectly, either that Weeks had purchased J & P or that J & P had been liquidated and Weeks had purchased their inventory....See Morewhatever happened to plaque mounting?
Comments (0)Looking for folks with framing knowledge. I am very into photography - or I should probably say used to be - and have a number of my photographs that I had printed with a Lightjet starting in the early 2000s. It seems like back then, 'plaque mounting' - although IIRC it had a different name, something like "laminate box mounting" - was all the rage. This is when the image is coterminous and coplanar to the black (usually) wooden box, glued on, and laminated for protection. You could get it at any custom framing shop and I'm pretty sure I also got one done at a chain like AC Moore. Now I've been calling around...almost nobody seems to know what it is...finally got a manager at a Michaels who was an old timer like me (I guess haha) who remember it being more common. She said they don't offer it but I might call a trophy shop because people sometimes use it for diplomas and sports certificates. I can understand the concern might be that it isn't archival, but when done well it looked really good. Most of my lightjet prints have the intrinsic value of the printing itself, which ain't cheap, but I don't care if a process is non-reversible because I can always get another one printed. I own the digital files, obviously. My oldest one is from 1999 and it still looks just fine, the lamination hasn't faded or peeled or affected the image. In the photographic arena, it might have been partly supplanted by the print directly on metal process, which has a similar net effect, but I've had trouble getting those to have the richness and color depth of real photographic paper like Fuji crystal archive. I'm going to try again one more time, bumping the saturation up beyond what looks good on my (calibrated) NEC IPS monitor. So...has anybody else noticed that this has fallen out of a favor? I found a couple places to do it online and assume that will be my only option now...am happy to get any recommendations for a provider....See MoreYogaLady1948
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