Actually, MaryAnne, they seldom get used anymore. Did at one time in our lives when she prepared foods from scratch but today they're just there like my weapons which, at one time or another, were used as intended. It's kind'a hard to let go of the past, you know -- for her and her knives and me and my guns -- but I think the time has come for both of us to turn the other cheek and dispose of items that are more "conversation species" than needed gadgets today.

Gramps