As for the 'silver spoon in the mouth' I think Bill explained that.
No ! I explained that.
people used silver because of its health benefits.
it would be pretty stupid to use silver only because its
shiny after you polish it.
and think of the toxic polish itself and the work required to
keep silver sparkly and shiny.
and there was always gold that required no polishing.
if the rich wanted to show off their fortunes then gold
spoons would have been the better choice.
they used silver spoons because of the antibacterial benefits that gold does not have.
people have even used copper for its health benefits.
copper has antibacterial benefits like silver does.
why do you think they dont use copper pipes in houses anymore
they did away with copper pipes and replaced copper with less healthy plastic pipe.
it is also stupid to use copper just because it is shiny after you polish it.
people use copper utensils because of its antibacterial benefits.
I suppose that nasa and the ussr use silver water pipes in their space vehicles so they can polish them all the time and have something to do while they are up there , and to have nice sparkly shiny water pipes to look at.
