The moral of this story:
Snatch your own lid or someone else WILL snatch your lid for you.
Not really, I just loved the phrase "someone else WILL snatch your lid".
I read the Revere-ware link pretty hard, Brad. The pre-'58 part wasn't all that obvious. Is it cause they switched to sandwiched copper?
I used to be pwned by
vintage Fiesta Ware. I get the compulsion. It's fun.
I hide money in my car. There's usually at least 3 inches of quarters in the console for emergencies, and bills hid somewhere. It's emergency ice cream money, really.