Oh dear, no, Carol... I do wish it were so!! But your pound is now worth $1.93 (as of the charts today...) Our dollar is worth about a half-pound.
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello All, > > I have found this thread fascinating! To add my four pennorth, I went > into the local Pharmacy this week, and found a huge packet of those brightly > coloured - not to say gaudy in the extreme - rubber bands for pigtails and > ponytails, which aren't actually rubber, more plasticy, and I can't remember > what the name is! However, they ranged in size from very tiny - like the > orthodontic ones - to quite large, so I spent a good few minutes sorting > them out, and gave the larger ones to my grand-daughter to hold her plaits, > and kept the tiny ones to hold bobbins together when the threads run out. > There were also enough to let all members of my classes have several too, so > at £1.00 sterling per packet (probably about 60 cents American) they were a > good buy. > > Carol - in Suffolk UK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "lace: arachne.com" > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:05 AM > Subject: [lace] Re: non-lace Lace tools > > > > How about the tiny "rubber" bands that orthodontists use on braces? > > They're great for bundling two bobbins together. When a bobbin is running > > out of thread, I like to run a new thread alongside the old for a ways, > > and bundling the bobbins together makes that a lot easier to do. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
