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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:17 PM Original message |
Can someone explain the function of placemats? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. To keep spillage off of the table top. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, it's certainly a quick and non-economical way to make your table look tacky and ugly |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I have seen people do that - remove the placemats to eat. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. If you have a table that is not solid wood but has a veneer then placemats will protect |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I remember a stack of plates always on the stove. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. exactly, hot plates leave a funny white mark on a solid table |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Define territory |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That's right! |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. my mom seldom uses them either, i prefer them n/t |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Note paper |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. We use them to protect the glass tabletop from scratches. |
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