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Dear belMarduk: my dictionary gives a second word, charger, meaning a large flat dish, a platter.
I never heard it before. I sure as hell would not buy any pewter, even lead free types. The price of titanium is due to drop perhaps as much as seventy five percent, according to recent article in New Scientist. Titanium resists corrosion, and except that it is not as easy to shape as pewter, may lend itself to very attractive kitchenware.
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Dearr Max: You must be really pinching pennies. The amount of titanium in a ring must cost less than a buck. The US Army in Gulf War had tank treads made of titanium. The only problem is it may not be as easy for a jeweler to form.
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A long shot here, but Max, could you be thinking of platinum?
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Dear Max: I'm sure your wife would be glad to lean on her brother (if this is the relationship) to make band for you without much injury to your wallet.
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wow, what is a pewter charger?A charger is a large, flat plate placed directly on the tablecoth. Your other dishes are placed on the charger. They are usually silver, although pewter would work, or they are china that may compliment or contrast the china used for the main course. To see a picture, go to: http://www.bluesuitmom.com/food/jorj/dinneretiquette.htmlThis, of course, is a dish used at a very formal dinner. Never used in our home. Paper plates on top of a charger? I don't think so!   
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Dear Angel: then the cost of a trifle charger would not be a trifle.
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Dear wwh,
Chargers are attractive in table settings. You see 'em used all the time in junk mail slick magazine photographs--just sittin' there on those Martha Stewart kind of table settings framing in a circular way each place setting.
What I'd like to know is why are chargers called chargers?
And I wonder whether trifle really might have been called trifle because you use a trifle of this and a trifle of that...
Best regards,
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