Re: [lace] One more attempt to clarify Yahoo and Arachne-7....

2004-06-12 Thread Ann-Marie Lördal
I am a member of many yahoo lists and I use my own emailadress. I also have a yahoo email which I use if I want newsletters from fabric companies or such. The strange thing is that I get a lot of spam at my own address but almost nothing to my yahoo account! Ann-Marie

[lace] Riddle not rhyme

2004-06-12 Thread Laceandbits
As Jean said, don't forget you will need the person (not necessarily male!) who is the I in the rhyme. Also, please remember this was originally a riddle, not a nursery rhyme, the question being, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St Ives? The two solutions

[lace] Re: Knipling-Festival in Tönder 3 (long)

2004-06-12 Thread Ilske und Peter Thomsen
Hello everybody, Jenfeld, the part of Hamburg , we live celebtate its 700year- jubilee, that's why I am a bit late. We have here an archive/museum which is normaly only once a month open. So I forgot allways to go there and have a look, but now it is open all the days of the celebration and we

[lace] ebay - for spiders!

2004-06-12 Thread Diana Smith
Here's an item for the very committed spider ;)) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=58430item=5303049043rd=1#ebayphotohosting - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Photos from Sheila - cottage designs and more...

2004-06-12 Thread alan . brown8
[IMAGE] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, to all my friends who can now see what I do to keep myself out of mischief. My thanks to Sue(Babbs), it worked! Sheila from E.Herts.,GB [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]

Re: [lace] Riddle not rhyme

2004-06-12 Thread Alice Howell
At 05:03 AM 6/12/2004, you wrote: As Jean said, don't forget you will need the person (not necessarily male!) who is the I in the rhyme.. if you put a signpost in, make sure it faces the right way. No, you do not need a person who is the I. The *viewer* can be the I. And, yes, a sign To St

Re: [lace] Riddle not rhyme

2004-06-12 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 12/06/2004 19:02:24 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The people would mostly be facing the TO. sign, except for a wife who stopped to pick up a lost sack and is turned around while picking it up. No. That's the whole point! It's I that's going to St Ives,

[lace] As I was going to St Ives

2004-06-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Try these: http://www.rhymes.org.uk/as_i_was_going_to_st_ives.htm http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/As%20I%20Was%20Going%20to%20St%20I ves Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

[lace] I'm Away

2004-06-12 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
I'll be away for the coming week and will unsubscribe as soon as I post this message. Tamara (Arachne) and Suzie (UDC-L) please do let me know of any earthshaking developments I need to know from the lists. Thanks. Any private postings will be attended to when I return at the end of next week.

Re: [lace-chat] sleeping in parks

2004-06-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Weronika wrote: Why was there a rule like that? Did taxis count as cars? As I understood it, Youth Hostels were a way that people, who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to, could afford to travel. If you had a car you were well off, and even now, if you can afford to travel far by taxi in

[lace-chat] :-) Words of Wisdom

2004-06-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Words of Wisdom People who live in glass houses should make love in the basement. Never read the fine print. There ain't no way you're going to like it. The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals. The trouble with bucket seats is that not

[lace-chat] SP thanks

2004-06-12 Thread dominique
Wow Wow! my new parcel has arrived .. from Australia !!! ... thank you s much . you can be sure i'll wear the sunhat ( is that the right word ? ) at the first occasion . i'm sure it'll be a great success with my friends !! . they'll think i'm as crazy as ever . i really liked the

[lace-chat] russian lace booklets on ebay

2004-06-12 Thread Barron
these look interesting http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=81108970 08rd=1 they were published in 1984 but the cover illustrations look older. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Dishwashing liquid fleas

2004-06-12 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Before I started using Frontline (fipronil?) on my dogs, I used to use the dishsoap-in-water to drown the little biters. That was after I discovered a flea could struggle to the surface of plain water and leap back out! G. However, adding the dish liquid made them struggle around under the

Re: [lace-chat] russian lace booklets on ebay

2004-06-12 Thread Lorri Ferguson
I have these booklets (32 36 pgs. ea). The cover says MOCKBA 1994 and the drawings are very 'stylized' much like high fashion drawings. I think MOCKBA is the designer as most of the prickings are labeled 'mockba a yr.. The lace is basically tape lace with some tallies/leaves. I

[lace-chat] Re: russian lace booklets on ebay

2004-06-12 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jun 12, 2004, at 21:31, Lorri Ferguson wrote: I have these booklets (32 36 pgs. ea). The cover says MOCKBA 1994 and the drawings are very 'stylized' much like high fashion drawings. I think MOCKBA is the designer as most of the prickings are labeled 'mockba a yr.. Lorri, C is s and

[lace-chat] SP thanks

2004-06-12 Thread Alice Howell
Dear Secret Pal, A mail truck stopped outside my home, and I found a package on my front porch. What fun!! The little glass birds came through intact, and are beautiful! They're hanging by my computer until I find the perfect place for them. I've always loved things made of glass. The

[lace-chat] Europe in a wheelchair

2004-06-12 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Weronika, The long and the short of such a plan (and without wrapping in clean linen, to use as many cliches in one breath as I can g) is this: It is, probably, still safe enough to live outside the loop in Europe for a while, if you're willing to stick to small towns/villages (and what